{NGN} PN PHARMACOLOGY
PROCTORED LATEST EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE &
VERIFIED RATIONALES AND
ANSWERS 2023/2024
A nurse is providing nursing care to patients after completing a care plan from nursing diagnoses. In
which step of the nursing process is the nurse?
Assessment
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
ANS: C
Implementation, the fourth step of the nursing process, formally begins after a nurse develops a plan of care.
With a care plan based on clear and relevant nursing diagnoses, a nurse initiates interventions that are
designed to assist the patient in achieving the goals and expected outcomes needed to support or improve
the patient’s health status. The nurse gathers data during the assessment phase and mutually sets goals
and prioritizes care during the planning phase. During the evaluation phase, the nurse determines the
achievement of goals and effectiveness of interventions.
The nurse is teaching a new nurse about protocols. Which
information from the new nurse indicates a correct understanding of theteaching?
Protocols are guidelines to follow that replace the nursing care plan.
Protocols assist the clinician in making decisions and choosing
interventions for specific health care problems or conditions.
Protocols are policies designating each nurse’s duty according to
standards of care and a code of ethics.
Protocols are prescriptive order forms that help individualize the plan of
care.
ANS: B
A clinical practice guideline or protocol is a systematically developed set of statements that helps nurses,
physicians, and other health care providers make decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical
situations. This guideline establishes interventions for specific health care problems or conditions. The
protocol does not replace the nursing care plan. Evidence- based guidelines from protocols can be
incorporated into an individualized plan of care. A clinical guideline is not the same as a hospital policy.
Standing
1
orders contain orders for the care of a specific group of patients. A protocol is
not a prescriptive order form like a standing order.
, The standing orders for a patient include acetaminophen 650 mg every 4 hours prn for headache. After
assessing the patient, the nurse identifies the
need for headache relief and determines that the patient has not had acetaminophen in the past 4 hours.
Which action will the nurse take next?
Administer the acetaminophen.
Notify the health care provider to obtain a verbal order.
Direct the nursing assistive personnel to give the acetaminophen. Perform a pain assessment only after
administeringthe
acetaminophen.
ANS: A
A standing order is a preprinted document containing orders for the conduct of routine therapies, monitoring
guidelines, and/or diagnostic procedures for specific patients with identified clinical problems. The nurse will
administer the medication. Notifying the health care provider is not necessary if a standing order exists. The
nursing assistive personnel are not licensed to administer medications; therefore, medication administration
should not be delegated to this person. A pain assessment should be performed before andafter pain
medication administration to assess the need for and effectivenessof the medication.
Which action indicates a nurse is using critical thinking forimplementation of nursing care to patients?
Determines whether an intervention is correct and appropriate for the
a. given situation
Rea d s over the steps and performs a procedure despite lack of clinicalcompetency
b .
c. Establishes goals for a particular patient without assessment
d. Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions
ANS: A
As you implement interventions, use critical thinking to confirm whether the interventions are correct and still
appropriate for a patient’s clinical situation. You are responsible for having the necessary knowledge and
clinical competency to perform interventions for your patients safely and effectively. The nurse needs to
recognize the safety hazards of performing an intervention without clinical competency and seek assistance
from another nurse. The
nurse cannot evaluate interventions until they are implemented. Patients need 2
ongoing assessment before establishing goals because patient conditions can
, change very rapidly.
A nurse is reviewing a patient’s care plan. Which information
will the nurse identify as a nursing intervention?
The patient will ambulate in the hallway twice this shift using crutches
correctly.
Impaired physical mobility related to inability to bear weight on right leg.
Provide assistance while the patient walks in the hallway twice this shift
with crutches.
The patient is unable to bear weight on right lower extremity.
ANS: C
Providing assistance to a patient who is ambulating is a nursing intervention. The statement, “The patient will
ambulate in the hallway twice this shift using crutches correctly” is a patient outcome. Impaired physical
mobilityis a nursing diagnosis. The statement that the patient is unable to bear weight and ambulate can be
included with assessment data and is a defining characteristic for the diagnosis of Impaired physical
mobility.
A patient recovering from a leg fracture after a fall reports having dull pain in the affected leg and rates it
as a 7 on a 0 to 10 scale. The patient is not
able to walk around in the room with crutches because of leg discomfort. Which nursing intervention is
priority?
Assist the patient to walk in the room with crutches.
Obtain a walker for the patient.
Consult physical therapy.
Administer pain medication.
ANS: D
The patient’s pain is a 7, indicating the priority is pain relief (administer pain medication). Acute pain is the
priority because the nurse can address the problem of immobility after the patient receives adequate pain
relief. Assisting the patient to walk or obtaining a walker will not address the pain the patient is experiencing.
The nurse is caring for a patient who requires a complex dressing
change. While in the patient’s room, the nurse decides to change thedressing. Which action will the nurse
take just before changing the dressing?
Gathers and organizes needed supplies
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Decides on goals and outcomes for the patient
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