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NR224 EXAM 1 LATEST 2023-2024 /Questions AndAnswers Graded (A+)
Quiz :While assessing a patient, the nurse observes the patient's IV line is not
infusing at the ordered rate. The nurse assesses the patient for pain at the IV
site, checks the flow regulator on the tubing, looks to see if the patient is lying
on the tubing, checks the point of connection between the tubing and the IV
enters the patient's skin. After the nurse readjusts the flow rate, the infusion
begins at the correct rate. This is an example of:
A. inference
B. Diagnostic reasoning
C. Competency
D. Problem solving - √Answer :D. Problem Solving
Quiz :The nurse sits down to talk with a patient who lost her sister 2 weeks
ago. The patient reports she is unable to sleep, feels very fatigued during the
day, and is having trouble at work. The nurse asks her to clarify the type of
trouble. The patient explains she can't concentrate or even solve simple
problems. The nurse records the results of the assessment, describing the
patient as having ineffective coping. This is an example of :
,A. diagnostic reasoning
B. Competency
C. Inference
D. Problem Solving - √Answer :A. Diagnostic reasoning
Quiz :A patient on a surgical unit develops sudden shortness of breath and a
drop in BP. The staff respond, but the patient dies 30 minutes later. the
manager on the nursing unit calls the staff involved in the emergency response
together, The staff discusses what occurred over the 30 minute time frame,
the actions taken, and whether other steps should have been implemented.
The nurses in this situation are:
A. problem solving
B. showing humility
C. conducting reflective practice
D. Exercising responsibility - √Answer :C. Conducting reflective practice
Quiz :A nurse has worked on an oncology unit for 3 years. One patient has
become visibly weaker and states, "I feel funny". The nurse knows how
patients often have behavior changes before developing sepsis when they have
cancer. The nurse asks the patient questions to assess thinking skills and
notices the patient shivering. The nurse goes to the phone, calls the physician,
and begins the conversation by saying, "I believe that your patient is
developing sepsis. I want to report symptoms I'm seeing." What examples of
critical thinking concepts does the nurse show? (Select all that apply)
A. Experience
B. Ethical
C. Analyticity
D. Self-confidence
E. Risk taking - √Answer :C. Analyticity
D. Self confidence
Quiz :A nurse who is working on a surgical unit is caring for four different
patients. Patient A will be discharged home and is in need of instruction about
wound care. Patients B and C have returned from the operating room within
an hour of each other, and both require vital signs and monitoring of their
intravenous (IV) lines.
Patient D is resting following a visit by physical therapy. Which of the following
activities by the nurse represent(s) use of clinical decision making for groups of
patients? (Select all that apply.)
, A. consider how to involve patient A in deciding whether to involve the family
caregiver in wound care instruction
B. Think about past experience with patients who develop postoperative
complications
C. Decide which activities can be combined for patients B and C
D. Carefully gather any assessment info and identify patient problems -
√Answer :A & C
Quiz :The surgical unit has initiated the use of a pain-rating scale to assess
patients' pain severity during their postoperative recovery. The registered
nurse (RN) looks at the pain flow sheet to see the pain scores recorded for a
patient over the last 24 hours. Use of the pain scale is an example of which
intellectual standard?
A. deep
B. Relevant
C. Consistent
D. Significant - √Answer :C
Quiz :During a home health visit the nurse prepares to instruct a patient in
how to perform range-of-motion (ROM) exercises for an injured shoulder. The
nurse verifies that the patient took an analgesic 30 minutes before arrival at
the patient's home. After discussing the purpose for the exercises and
demonstrating each one, the nurse has the patient perform them. After two
attempts with only the second of three exercises, the patient stops and says,
"This hurts too much. I don't see why I have to do this so many times." The
nurse applies the critical thinking attitude of integrity in which of the following
actions?"
A. "I understand your reluctance, but the exercises are necessary for you to
regain function in your shoulder. Let's go a bit more slowly and try to relax"
B. "I see that you're uncomfortable. I'll call your doctor to decide the next
step."
C. "Show me exactly where your pain is and rate it for me on a scale of 0 to
10."
D. "Is anything else bothering you? Other than the pain, is there any other
reason you might not want to do the exercises?" - √Answer :A
Quiz :The nurse cared for a 14-year-old with renal failure who died near the
end of the work shift. The health care team tried for 45 minutes to resuscitate
the child with no success. The family was devastated by the loss, and, when
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