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Fundamentals Mid-Term Exam Question
And Answers 2024
1. You are participating in a clinical care
coordination conference for a patient with terminal
cancer. You talk with your colleagues about using
the nursing code of ethics for professional
registered nurses to guide care decisions. A non-
nursing colleague asks about this code. Which of
the following statements best describes this code?
a. Improves self-health care
b. Protects the patient's confidentiality
c. Ensures identical care to all patients
d. Defines the principles of right and wrong to
provide patient care - correct answers✅d.
Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide
patient care
2. An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency
department with fever and cough. The nurse
obtains her vital signs, auscultates her lung
sounds, listens to her heart sounds, determines her
level of comfort, and collects blood and sputum
samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is
performed?
a. Diagnosis
b. Evaluation
,Fundamentals Mid-Term Exam Question
And Answers 2024
c. Assessment
d. Implementation - correct answers✅c.
Assessment
3. A patient in the emergency department has
developed wheezing and shortness of breath. The
nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer
treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of
practice is performed?
a. Planning
b. Evaluation
c. Assessment
d. Implementation - correct answers✅d.
Implementation
4. A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage
lung disease. The patient wants to go home on
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the
patient to have a new surgical procedure. The
nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery
to the family and discusses the patient's wishes
with the family. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
a. Educator
,Fundamentals Mid-Term Exam Question
And Answers 2024
b. Advocate
c. Caregiver
d. Case manager - correct answers✅b. Advocate
5. Evidence-based practice is defined as:
a. Nursing care based on tradition
b. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and biomedical
research literature
c. A problem-solving approach that integrates best
current evidence with clinical practice
d. Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and
economically sound manner - correct
answers✅c. A problem-solving approach that
integrates best current evidence with clinical
practice
6. The examination for registered nurse licensure is
exactly the same in every state in the United
States. This examination:
a. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
b. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
c. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
, Fundamentals Mid-Term Exam Question
And Answers 2024
d. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a
registered nurse in practice - correct answers✅d.
Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a
registered nurse in practice
7. Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse
has knowledge and skills for a variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the
following are examples? (Select all that apply.)
a. Caregiver
b. Autonomy and accountability
c. Patient advocate
d. Health promotion
e. Lobbyist - correct answers✅a. Caregiver
b. Autonomy and accountability
c. Patient advocate
d. Health promotion
8. Advanced practice registered nurses generally:
a. Function independently
b. Function as unit directors
c. Work in acute care settings
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