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Fundamentals Midterm Review Questions *Answer –Reasoning With Complete Solutions
Nursing student or nurse with no previous experience
*Novice
Nurse who has been in the same clinical position for 2-3 years
*Competent
Nurse with more than 2-3 years of experience in same clinical
position
*Proficient
Nurse with diverse experience and intuitive grasp of a clinical
problem
*Expert
Professor Brown tells Susan the assignment is due today.
*Feedback
Professor Brown
*Receiver
Susan uses email to ask Professor Brown about the assignment.
*Channel
Susan reviews her planner and sees the assignment, but not the
due date.
*Referent
"Hi, Professor Brown. When is our assignment due?"
,*Message
Susan
*Sender
_____ _____ beliefs are primarily unconscious thoughts.
Correct Answer *Zero-order
-Zero-order beliefs are primarily unconscious thoughts, such as
object permanence.
__________________ include the life principles that are most
important to people and shape their thoughts, feelings, and,
ultimately actions. Correct Answer *Personal values
-Personal values include the life principles that are most
important to people and shape their thoughts, feelings, and
ultimately, actions.
*Why is "restating communication" a recommended strategy for
promoting therapeutic communication? Correct Answer *It
encourages patients to describe situations more fully.
-Restating a communication encourages patients to describe
situations more fully.
A 17-year-old female is admitted for emergency surgery after a
motor vehicle accident. She is not emancipated. Who can sign
informed consent for her surgery? Correct Answer *The parent
or legal guardian
-Informed consent for a minor must be obtained from a parent or
legal guardian.
,A 48-year-old, obese female of Middle Eastern origin is
admitted with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. The health care
provider recommends an oral antidiabetic medication, but the
patient insists on trying some of her herbal supplements first.
After the nurse discusses the patient's wishes with the health
care provider, a pharmacist and dietician are consulted for the
patient and her family. Which part of Leininger's Cultural Care
Theory is the nurse implementing with this action? Correct
Answer *Preserving cultural practice
-By adhering to the patient's wishes and offering a consultation,
cultural practice was preserved in this scenario.
A 50 year-old construction worker arrives at the hospital
complaining of stomach cramps and states that he has been
unable to hold anything down for two weeks. He smokes a pack
of cigarettes day and lives near a landfill. Which environmental
factor would most likely be affecting this patient's safety?
Correct Answer Place of residence
The patient's place of residence is an environmental factor that is
possibly the reason for his current condition.
A 55-year-old female Muslim patient is on the surgical floor on
the second postoperative day. According to Leininger's Cultural
Care Theory, which nursing actions would be appropriate for
this patient? Correct Answer *Lowering the height of the bed
and offering a prayer mat
-By lowering the height of the bed and offering a prayer mat, the
nurse is adhering to the nursing action of accommodating, which
is a point of emphasis in Leininger's concept of transcultural
care.
, A cephalocaudal pattern of growth is seen in which aspect of
motor development? Correct Answer An infant can use their
upper limbs before he or she is able to use their lower limbs.
This aspect of motor development demonstrates a cephalocaudal
pattern of growth.
A charge nurse in the intensive care unit (ICU) is trying to
motivate other staff members to obtain certifications. Which
nursing role does this action represent? Correct Answer
*Leader
-The charge nurse is trying to lead, encouraging others to obtain
certifications. Leaders motivate others toward common goals.
A child who acts in a way to avoid consequences rather than
internal feelings of right and wrong is demonstrating which of
Kohlberg's levels of moral development? Correct Answer
Premorality
Children at this level do not have a good understanding of right
and wrong and will not feel guilty. Children will do what they
are told to do rather than what is right. The child will
demonstrate acceptable behavior because of a fear of
punishment.
A child who feels guilty about stealing a toy is demonstrating
which of Kohlberg's stages of moral development? Correct
Answer Morality of conventional role conformity (stage 3)
A child will start to have feelings of guilt at this stage, as they
are starting to become socially sensitive.
Morality of conventional role conformity (stage 4)
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