Nursing 101 Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
Exam 1, Part 1 Exam Questions with Accurate
Answers
During a physical assessment, the nurse closes and door and provides drape
to promote privacy. The nurse is performing her role as a/an:
A. Advocate
B. Communicator
C. Change agent
D. Caregiver - -D. Caregiver
The role of a nurse as caregiver helps client promote, restore and maintain
dignity, health and wellness by viewing a person holistically. As an advocate
the nurse intercedes or works on behalf of the client. Identifying the need
and problems of the client and communicating it to other members of the
health team is doing the role of a communicator. As a change agent, the
nurse assists the client to MODIFY their BEHAVIOR.
-During the nursing rounds Nurse Cathy is instructing the patient to avoid
smoking to prevent the worsening of respiratory problems. The patient asked
about the things that he can do when feelings of wanting to smoke arises.
The nurse enumerates ways of dealing the situation. This is an example of a
nurse's role as a/an:
A. Advocate
B. Clinician
C. Change agent
D. Caregiver - -C. Change agent
As a change agent, the nurse assists the client to MODIFY their BEHAVIOR.
As an advocate the nurse intercedes or works on behalf of the client. As a
clinician, the nurse would use technical expertise to administer nursing care.
The role of a nurse as caregiver helps client promote, restore and maintain
dignity, health and wellness by viewing a person holistically.
-Nurse Cathy on the other hand, knows the case immediately even before a
diagnosis is done. Based on Benner's theory she is a/an:
A. Novice
B. Expert
C. Competent
D. Advanced beginner - -B. Expert
The ability to perceive something without further evidence is the
development of intuition and is seen in Expert nurses. A novice nurse is
governed by rules and usually inflexible. Competent nurses are planning
nursing care consciously. Advanced beginners demonstrate acceptable
performance.
, -Newborn screening is done to every newborn in the Philippines. This is an
example of:
A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Rehabilitation - -B. Secondary prevention
Promotion of early detection and early treatment of the disease is under
secondary prevention. Example, breast self exam, TB screening, genetic
counseling.
-One of Nurse Cathy's co-workers is Annie who is flexible in any given
situation. Annie is performing her duties well without supervision but still
needs more experience and practice to develop a consciously planned
nursing care. According to Patricia Benner's category in specialization in
nursing, Annie is a/an:
A. Novice
B. Expert
C. Competent
D. Advanced beginner - -D. Advanced beginner
A- Novice is governed by rules and usually inflexible. B- Expert nurses have
intuitive grasp on the situation dealt. C- Competent nurses are planning
nursing care consciously. D- Advanced beginners demonstrate acceptable
performance.
-The clinical instructor is discussing about the Nursing Process. She
mentioned that when a cluster of actual or high-risk diagnosis are present
because of a certain situation it is called:
A. Wellness nursing diagnosis
B. Actual nursing diagnosis
C. Syndrome nursing diagnosis
D. Risk nursing diagnosis - -C. Syndrome nursing diagnosis
Presence of both actual and high-risk diagnosis is called a syndrome nursing
diagnosis. Wellness nursing diagnosis focuses on the clinical judgment on an
individual from a specific to higher level of wellness. Actual diagnoses are
clinical judgment of the nurse that is validated. A risk diagnosis is based on
the clinical are based on clinical judgment that the client may develop
vulnerability to the problem.
-The nurse in charge measures a patient's temperature at 101 degrees F.
What is the equivalent centigrade temperature?
A. 36.3 degrees C
B. 37.95 degrees C
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