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A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly position her ventilated patients to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory secretions. This is an example of which Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses (QSEN) competency? 1. Patient-centered care...

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NURS 1871 exam 1 Case Questions with Revised

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A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly position her

ventilated patients to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory secretions. This is an

example of which Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses (QSEN) competency?

1. Patient-centered care

2. Evidence-based practice

3. Teamwork and collaboration


4. Quality improvement - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -2


A new nurse is going to help a patient walk down the corridor and sit in a chair. The patient has

an eye patch over the left eye and poor vision in the right eye. What is the correct order of steps

to help the patient safely walk down the hall and sit in the chair?

1. Tell patient when you are approaching the chair.

2. Walk at a relaxed pace.

3. Guide patient's hand to nurse's arm, resting just above the elbow.

4. Position yourself one-half step in front of patient.


5. Position patient's hand on back of chair. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -3, 4, 2, 1, 5

,A nurse admits a 32-year-old patient for treatment of acute asthma. The patient has labored

breathing, a respiratory rate of 28 per minute, and lung sounds with bilateral wheezing. The

nurse makes the patient comfortable and starts an ordered intravenous infusion to administer

medication that will relax the patient's airways. The patient tells the nurse after the first

medication infusion, "I feel as if I can breathe better." The nurse auscultates the patient's lungs

and notes decreased wheezing with a respiratory rate of 22 per minute. Which of the following is

an evaluative measure? (Select all that apply.)

1. Asking patient to breathe deeply during auscultation

2. Counting respirations per minute

3. Asking the patient to describe how his breathing feels

4. Starting the intravenous infusion


5. Auscultating lung sounds - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -2, 3, 5


A nurse asks how a patient's condition from a serious infection changed since yesterday while

receiving a hand-off report. The 280nurse leaving the shift reports the patient has two priority

nursing diagnoses—fluid imbalance and fever. The receiving nurse begins to provide care by

measuring the patient's body temperature, inspecting the condition of the skin, reviewing the

intake and output record, and checking the summary notes describing the patient's progress since

the day before. The nurse asks a technician to measure intake and output during the shift. What

critical thinking indicators reflect the nurse's ability to perform evaluation? (Select all that

apply.)

1. Checking the summary notes

,2. Asking the leaving RN about the patient's condition.

3. Assigning the technician to measure intake and output

4. Comparing current outcomes with those set for the patient's goals


5. Reflecting on patient's progress - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1, 2, 4, 5


A nurse assesses a 78-year-old patient who weighs 108.9 kg (240 lb) and is partially immobilized

because of a stroke. The nurse turns the patient and finds that the skin over the sacrum is very red

and the patient does not feel sensation in the area. The patient has had fecal incontinence on and

off for the past 2 days. The nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis of Risk for Impaired Skin

Integrity. Which of the following outcomes is appropriate for the patient?

1. Patient will be turned every 2 hours within 24 hours.

2. Patient will have normal formed stool within 48 hours.

3. Patient's ability to turn self in bed improves.


4. Erythema of skin will be mild to none within 48 hours. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -4


A nurse completes the following steps during her shift of care. Which are the steps of nursing

assessment? (Select all that apply.)

1. The review of patient data in the medical record

2. Confirming a patient's self-report of abdominal pain by inspecting the abdomen

3. Reporting results of an ongoing assessment to a nurse working the next scheduled shift

, 4. Analyzing a set of signs revealing lower leg weakness and unsteady gait with a pattern of

mobility alteration


5. Conducting an interview of a family caregiver - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -1, 2, 4, 5


A nurse conducts an assessment of a 42-year-old woman at a health clinic. The woman is

married and lives in a condo with her husband. She reports having frequent voiding and pain

when she passes urine. The nurse asks whether she has to go to the bathroom at night, and the

patient responds, "Yes, usually twice or more." The patient had an episode of diarrhea 1 week

ago. She weighs 300 lb and reports having difficulty cleansing herself after voiding or passing

stool. Which of the following demonstrate assessment findings that cluster to indicate the nursing

diagnosis Impaired Urination. (Select all that apply.)

1. Age 42

2. Dysuria

3. Difficulty performing perineal hygiene

4. Nocturia


5. Episode of diarrhea - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -2, 4


A nurse enters a patient's room and begins a conversation. During this time the nurse evaluates

how a patient is tolerating a new diet plan. The nurse decides to also evaluate the patient's

expectations of care. Which of the following is appropriate for evaluating a patient's expectations

of care?

1. On a scale of 0 to 10 rate your level of nausea.

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