Vocational Nursing Concepts
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Course Introduction
Vocational Nursing Concepts introduces students to the fundamental principles and practices essential to the role of the vocational nurse within the healthcare system. Emphasizing professional responsibilities, legal and ethical considerations, communication skills, and patient-centered care, this course provides an overview of the nursing process, cultural competency, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Students will gain insight into the scope of practice for vocational nurses, effective strategies for patient advocacy, and the importance of promoting health, safety, and wellness in diverse healthcare environments.
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Success in Practical Vocational Nursing 8th Edition by Patricia Knecht
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Chapter 1: Personal Resources of an Adult Learner
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Q1) What understanding about the goal of evaluation would be most helpful to a student in a nursing program?
A) Evaluation lowers learner self-esteem.
B) Evaluation ridicules student performance.
C) Evaluation identifies behaviors that stand in the way of meeting goals.
D) Evaluation informs the learner of things that annoy the instructor.
Answer: C
Q2) Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the learner from being asked to leave an educational program without due process?
A) Eleventh
B) Twelfth
C) Thirteenth
D) Fourteenth
Answer: D
Q3) Which statement by a nursing student is an example of self-evaluation?
A) "The other student forgot to use a bath blanket."
B) "I contaminated my glove on the edge of the bed."
C) "The staff nurse was abrupt with the resident."
D) "It was nice to be complimented by my instructor."
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Academic Resources (Study Skills and Test Strategies)
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Q1) A student nurse is utilizing the technique of cooperative learning. Cooperative learning includes which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Working in small groups
B) Active involvement in learning
C) Development of critical thinking skills
D) Assistance in learning the course content
E) Discouragement of the development of teamwork
F) An emphasis on individual accountability for learning
Answer: A, B, C, D, F
Q2) In what significant way does the NCLEX-PN examination differ from a paper and pencil multiple choice examination given during the program of study?
A) The NCLEX-PN questions are more difficult.
B) The test taker cannot guess when taking the NCLEX-PN exam.
C) The questions on the NCLEX-PN must be answered in sequence.
D) Only program tests contain alternate format items, such as short answer questions.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Community Resources
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Q1) Nursing students are assigned to write a paper about professional use of social networking. Which professional organization has compiled a resource guide that nursing students can use to learn?
A) American Nurses Association (ANA)
B) National Council of State Board of Nurses (NCSBN)
C) National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service, Inc. (NAPNES)
D) National Federation Licensed Practical Nurses Association (NFLPN)
Answer: A
Q2) What is the best social media site to use when seeking professional employment?
A) Facebook
B) AllNurses.com
C) Twitter
D) LinkedIn
Answer: D
Q3) __________________ is food program that will deliver meals to the doors of Senior Citizens and disabled individuals.
Answer: Meals on Wheels
Seniors and disabled individuals can have special programs that deliver meals to their doors such as Meals on Wheels.
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Chapter 4: How Practical/Vocational Nursing Evolved: 1836
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Q1) The emergence of modern nursing is usually attributed to the influence of A) Florence Nightingale.
B) Clara Barton.
C) Lillian Wald.
D) Sairy Gamp.
Q2) Which was the first state to pass a law licensing practical nurses?
A) Alabama
B) California
C) New York
D) Mississippi
Q3) After licensing, the LPN/LVN is permitted to perform complex nursing skills as delegated by the registered nurse (RN) and allowed by the
Q4) Which of the following are major concerns associated with the present nursing shortage? (Select all that apply.)
A) Patient safety
B) High patient acuity
C) High nurse-to-patient ratios
D) High stress among nurses
E) High recruitment incentives
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Chapter 5: Critical Thinking: A Lifelong Journey
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Q1) A nursing student determines that she needs to increase her reading effectiveness. Identify two effective strategies for accomplishing this goal that can be implemented immediately.
A) Read one word at a time.
B) Move her lips while reading.
C) Read recreational literature more slowly than technical material.
D) Underline unfamiliar words.
Q2) A nurse is caring for a postpartum patient who is hemorrhaging. The nurse considers several possibilities for postpartum hemorrhaging, including retained placental fragments, a full bladder, and uterine atony. The nurse is using what cognitive level?
A) Analysis
B) Knowledge
C) Application
D) Comprehension
Q3) The cognitive levels used on the NCLEX-PN examination are knowledge, comprehension, application, and _______________.
Q4) The NCLEX-PN examination includes items that require various levels of thinking to answer a test item. These various levels are called ____________________.
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Chapter 6: Ethics Applied to Nursing: Personal Versus Professional Ethics
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Q1) What actions should be taken by the nurse to increase the possibility of doing no harm while caring for a patient? (Select all that apply.)
A) Never participate in any action that will deliberately harm the patient.
B) Question how to do the least amount of harm when doing something that is expected to result in good.
C) Make sure the patient has agreed to the procedure verbally or in writing.
D) Perform new procedures without seeking supervision.
E) Become aware of side effects of commonly administered medications.
Q2) What ethical principle underlies the statement in the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN) Code for Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses, "The practical nurse provides health care to all patients regardless of race, creed, cultural background, disease, or lifestyle"?
A) Autonomy
B) Confidentiality
C) Beneficence
D) Justice
Q3) A system of standards or moral principles that direct actions as being right or wrong is called ___________.
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Q1) Which statements are accurate with regard to a living will? (Select all that apply.)
A) An attorney is required to draft a living will.
B) Living wills are recognized as legal documents in Canada.
C) A living will does not let the person select someone to make decisions for them.
D) Living wills are recognized as legal documents in 47 states in the United States, the District of Columbia, and Guam.
E) The living will is filled out by the individual and witnessed by a person who will benefit by the death of that individual.
F) A living will is a legal document that describes the kind of medical or life-sustaining treatments the person would want if seriously or terminally ill.
Q2) When documenting patient behavior, the LPN/LVN should
A) record subjective interpretations of patient behavior.
B) avoid mentioning communicating with supervisors to report changes in condition.
C) record all interventions performed and patient instruction given.
D) Use white-out to erase errors in documentation.
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Chapter 8: Effective Communication: Health Care Team,
Patients, Faculty, and Peers
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Q1) On which statement about life span communication differences can the nurse rely when implementing patient care?
A) Children from birth to age 2 are most soothed by a high-pitched tone of voice.
B) Preschool children tend to respond well to a reasoning approach.
C) It is important to try to communicate with teens using their slang.
D) Older adults hear lower frequency sounds more easily than high-pitched sounds.
Q2) Characteristics of one-way communication include all of the following except
A) it is sender controlled.
B) receiver feedback is not expected.
C) it always has negative value.
D) it is useful to give commands.
Q3) Which statement is true regarding open-ended, closed-ended, and focused questions?
A) Open-ended questions always achieve their purpose.
B) Closed-ended and focused questions are used to get specific information.
C) Closed-ended questions are used primarily with children and older adults.
D) Focused questions are more useful when communicating with men.
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Chapter 9: Assertiveness: Your Responsibility
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Q1) Which nonverbal behavior is most congruent with a nurse's assertive verbal statement?
A) Firm voice, erect posture, direct eye contact
B) Soft voice, shoulders relaxed, eyes down
C) Loud voice, back stiff, eyes glaring
D) Smile while speaking, touch person's arm, eyes lowered
Q2) A nurse experiences potential danger from a patient who is highly suspicious and fears being harmed. Which behaviors by the nurse will help alleviate the threat of violence? (Select all that apply.)
A) Stand in the doorway of the room.
B) Maintain an open position with the hands in view.
C) Occasionally touch the patient gently on the forearm.
D) Turn away from the patient to demonstrate lack of fear.
E) Speak in a quiet, controlled voice.
Q3) Which behavior should be considered an early sign that a coworker may have the potential for violence?
A) Verbalization of a wish to harm someone
B) A suicidal threat
C) Destruction of agency property
D) Lack of cooperation with supervisors
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Chapter 10: Cultural Uniqueness, Sensitivity, and Competence
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Q1) The nurse sets a goal to avoid stereotyping culturally diverse patients. Which of the following measures will help the nurse attain this goal?
A) Automatically apply all information known about a culture to patients of that cultural group.
B) Assume that all individuals from Southeast Asia practice Buddhism.
C) Refer to textbook information about cultural groups to predict individual behavior.
D) Gather information about how the patient believes illness can best be treated.
Q2) A Native American patient keeps a small bunch of feathers on the over-the-bed table. They are in the way whenever the nurse serves a tray or sets up equipment for a treatment. A culturally competent action would be to
A) throw them away while the patient is sleeping.
B) move them to a place where they won't be in the way.
C) leave them where the patient wishes to place them.
D) ask why there are a bunch of feathers in a hospital room.
Q3) The process of giving up parts of one's own culture and adopting parts of the culture of the dominant group is called ____________________.
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Chapter 11: Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Caring, and Religious Differences
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Q1) The nurse working in the neonatal intensive care unit would implement baptism for a baby not expected to live if the infant's religion is listed as
A) Assembly of God.
B) Roman Catholic.
C) Mormon.
D) Baptist.
Q2) A patient who practices Buddhism tells the nurse, "My pain is the result of things I have done in the past." The nurse, who wishes to be supportive, should respond
A) "Are you saying you have been a bad person?"
B) "This understanding helps give meaning to your pain."
C) "Perhaps you could ask God to help you bear the pain."
D) "Pain can be an enlightening experience."
Q3) In what religion do adults abstain from food, drink, and sexual activity from dawn to sunset during the ninth month of their religious calendar?
A) Buddhism
B) Jehovah's witness
C) Mormon
D) Islam
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Chapter 12: The Nursing Process: Your Role
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Q1) The LPN/LVN should be alert to possible barriers to data collection, such as which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Inadequate assessment skills
B) Presence of distractions
C) Respectful distancing
D) Insufficient time
E) Inability to speak the language
F) Patient labeling
Q2) A beginning nurse asks an experienced nurse, "When should I focus on data collection?" Which statement provides the best description for when a nurse should collect patient-centered data?
A) After report when coming on duty
B) Within 1 hour of reporting off duty
C) While assisting a patient with hygiene
D) During each patient contact
Q3) Which of the following statements regarding short-term goals is accurate?
A) Short-term goals are broad rather than specific.
B) Short-term goals can be accomplished within days or hours.
C) Short-term goals must be accomplished while the patient is hospitalized.
D) Short-term goals are less realistic than long-term goals.
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Chapter 13: Nursing Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) Research studies in nursing are important because they generate knowledge for which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Clinical practice
B) Surgical procedures
C) Nursing education
D) Delivery of nursing
E) Prescribing medications
Q2) The National League of Nursing (NLN) expects the practical/vocational nurse's main role in evidence-based practice to be
A) To challenge the status quo
B) To identify questions that need to be studied
C) To formulate evidence-based protocols
D) To question the basis for nursing actions
Q3) An independent, not-for-profit organization established in 1993 with the purpose of preparing and promoting the accessibility of a collection of evidence-based health care interventions obtained by systematic reviews of research is known as the
Q4) In 2010, the ______________________________ established competencies for nursing graduates at all levels.
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Chapter 14: The Interdisciplinary Health Care Team: The
Role of the Practical/Vocational Nurse
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Q1) Which groups are members of a nursing team?
A) RNs, LPN/LVNs, nursing assistants
B) Radiologists, dietitians, respiratory therapists
C) Occupational therapists, physical therapists, pharmacists
D) Physicians, pharmacists, dietitians, physical therapists
Q2) The role of the LPN/LVN in the health care team is best described as
Q3) The role of the LPN/LVN can best be described as which of the following?
A) Initiates all health teaching
B) Works in an independent role
C) Initiates all phases of the nursing process
D) Assists with all phases of the nursing process
Q4) The most important reason for a student nurse to prepare adequately before providing patient care is
A) to be able to give the same safe care as a nurse.
B) to avoid arousing the anger of the instructor.
C) to maintain self-esteem by performing well.
D) to make a favorable impression on unit staff.
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Chapter 15: Health Care Settings: Continuum of Care
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Q1) The health care agency that provides information and support for breast-feeding mothers and breast milk for infants because of health reasons is the
Q2) Which individual is best served by receiving care at an adult day care center?
A) Mr. A, who needs a nebulizer treatment to control an acute asthma attack
B) Mr. B, who has been referred for carpal tunnel surgery
C) Mr. C, a new diabetic who needs teaching
D) Mr. D, who has first-stage Alzheimer's disease and a working wife
Q3) A nurse working in the emergency department who must obtain data to identify the patient's primary care provider should ask the patient about
A) hospital stays.
B) low-cost health care providers.
C) receiving specialized care aimed at restoring the function of a body part.
D) the referring physician, nurse practitioner, or ambulatory care setting.
Q4) Accountability of private health care agencies is assumed by the A) taxpayer.
B) government.
C) owners of the agency.
D) board of directors of the agency.
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Chapter 16: The Health Care System: Financing, Issues, and Trends
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Q1) Which of the following constitutes a problem that affects data collected by the nurse interviewing a chronically ill older adult patient? Many older adults who are covered only by Medicare Parts A and B find it difficult to pay the cost of
A) hospital care for an acute short-term illness.
B) prescription drugs while living at home.
C) post-hospitalization rehabilitation services in a skilled nursing facility.
D) doctor's office visits, Pap smears, and mammography.
Q2) When involved with discharge planning for a patient recovering from a mild cerebrovascular accident, the nurse should understand that Medicare provides
A) longer stays for Medicare patients in acute inpatient settings.
B) increased use of extended care units for rehabilitation needs.
C) inappropriate early discharge of large numbers of patients.
D) universal coverage for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
Q3) The monthly fee a person must pay for health care insurance coverage is known as the
A) premium.
B) deductible.
C) copayment.
D) coinsurance.
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Chapter 17: Collaboration: Leading and Managing
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Q1) The action the LPN/LVN charge nurse takes independently that would most likely require conflict resolution at the unit level is
A) organizing shift activities before morning report.
B) making sure the necessary equipment and supplies are available.
C) eliminating morning breaks and adding 10 minutes to the lunch hour.
D) creating a calm, supportive environment.
Q2) Which principles of delegation should the LPN/LVN charge nurse follow when delegating a duty to a nursing assistant? (Select all that apply.)
A) Choose a nursing assistant who is competent to perform the delegated duty.
B) Determine the nursing assistant's willingness to accept the delegated duty.
C) Transfer responsibility for the duty to the nursing assistant accepting the delegation.
D) Permit the nursing assistant to perform the duty without guidance or monitoring.
E) Plan to delegate duties the LPN/LVN charge nurse enjoys least.
Q3) During a staff meeting, the charge nurse encourages feedback from staff nurses about improving patient safety. The charge nurse is displaying the _______________ leadership style.
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Chapter 18: Work Force Trends:
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Q1) A student nurse is interested in working shortly after graduation. What action would have the greatest potential for achieving the goal of securing employment?
A) Limit job applications to positions listed in the Help Wanted section of the newspaper.
B) Obtain lists of job offerings posted in health care agencies.
C) Research agencies of interest and write brief letters expressing an interest in employment.
D) Depend on the school of nursing and school placement service to find employment.
Q2) Which services does membership in the National Federation of Practical Nurses (NFPN) provide? (Select all that apply.)
A) Subscription to the American Journal of Nursing
B) Insurance discounts
C) Continuing education articles for CEUs
D) Certification programs in IV therapy and gerontology
E) Current standards of practice
Q3) The area of nursing in which churches employ their own nurse to take care of basic health needs of the congregation is called _____________ nursing.
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Chapter 19: Licensure and Regulation: Becoming Licensed and
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Q1) What advice should the testing candidate consider the best method for preparing to take the NCLEX-PN examination?
A) "Participate in an all-night cram session the night before the test."
B) "Rely on your intuition to answer questions when you do not know the answer."
C) "Study throughout the year and review systematically before the exam."
D) "Quiz previous graduates about test content and study what they mention."
Q2) The content of the NCLEX-PN examination is divided into four Patient Needs categories. The Physiological Integrity category includes
A) newborn care.
B) stress management.
C) medical emergencies.
D) accident/error prevention.
Q3) Which of the following are needed by the candidate to arrange for and take the NCLEX-PN examination? (Select all that apply.)
A) An authorization-to-test letter
B) An appointment at a testing center
C) A picture identification and one other acceptable form of identification
D) A copy of one's fingerprint card
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