NU 518 Exam 1 Study Questions and Answers Top Graded
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NU 518
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NU 518
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint o...
NU 518 Exam 1 Study Questions and
Answers Top Graded 2024-2025
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be
appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory
infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" -Correct Answer ✔C
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items -Correct Answer ✔B
Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with
activity
and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective -Correct Answer ✔A
Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective -Correct Answer ✔B
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had
abdominal
pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity
is 7 to 9
on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the
midepigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems -Correct Answer ✔B
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,NU 518 Exam 1 Study Questions EXAM
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th
grade.
He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend.
He
works in a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems -Correct Answer ✔C
The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems -Correct Answer ✔A
The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems -Correct Answer ✔D
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric -Correct Answer ✔B
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric -Correct Answer ✔A
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient
has
never been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
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,NU 518 Exam 1 Study Questions EXAM
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric -Correct Answer ✔A
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations
are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
A Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective. -Correct Answer ✔A
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These
types of
data would be:
a Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective. -Correct Answer ✔C
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to
form
the:
a Data base.
B Admitting data.
C Financial statement.
D Discharge summary. -Correct Answer ✔A
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard.
The
nurses next action should be to:
a Immediately notify the patients physician.
B Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
C Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
D Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present. -Correct
Answer ✔C
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session,
the
nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and
experience
from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
a Intuition.
B A set of rules.
C Articles in journals.
D Advice from supervisors. -Correct Answer ✔B
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Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously
labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a Intuition.
B The nursing process.
C Clinical knowledge.
D Diagnostic reasoning. -Correct Answer ✔A
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement
best reflects EBP?
A EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
B EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
C EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
D The patients own preferences are not important with EBP. -Correct Answer ✔C
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses.
Which
is an example of a first-level priority problem?
A Patient with postoperative pain
B Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
C Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
D Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress -Correct Answer ✔D
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-
level
priority problems include which of these aspects?
A Low self-esteem
B Lack of knowledge
C Abnormal laboratory values
D Severely abnormal vital signs -Correct Answer ✔C
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data?
A Validation
B Clustering related cues
C Identifying gaps in data
D Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant -Correct Answer ✔B
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient relies
on the
appropriateness of the diagnosis.
a Nursing
b Medical
c Admission
d Collaborative -Correct Answer ✔A
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