HAP

NYU HAP Exam 1 - Questions and Answers The nurse notices a colleague is preparing to check the blood pressure of a patient who is sitting with his legs crossed. The nurse knows that this will: a. yield a falsely low blood pressure. b. have no effect on the blood pressure reading. c. produces an auscultatory gap. d. yield a falsely high blood pressure. (Blood pressure increases when legs are crossed and care should be taken to ensure that feet are flat on the floor to avoid a *false high blood p...

A student nurse is taking public transportation home after clinical. When she sees a friend, she immediately takes a seat next to her and begins a conversation, saying, "You know that older man who lives in the apartment next to you? Well, I took care of him today in the hospital". The student nurse is not respecting which of the following principles? A. Confidentiality B. Veracity C. Fidelity D. Benevolence correct answer: A. Confidentiality When recording information for the review o...

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 Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during history taking. The t...

What is the role of the professional nurse in health assessment? correct answer: promote health prevent illness treat human responses to health or illness advocate nursing process correct answer: traditional critical thinking competency that allows nurses to make clinical judgments and take actions based on reason assessment, diagnose, outcome identification, planning, implementation, evaluation health history correct answer: subjective data-what patient tells you symptoms physi...

A student nurse is taking public transportation home after clinical. When she sees a friend, she immediately takes a seat next to her and begins a conversation, saying, "You know that older man who lives in the apartment next to you? Well, I took care of him today in the hospital." The student nurse is not respecting which of the following principles? A. fidelity B. benevolence C. confidentiality D. veracity correct answer: C. confidentiality When recording information for the revie...

The nurse is percussing the seventh right intercostal space at the midclavicular line over the liver. Which sound should the nurse expect to hear? a. Dullness b. Tympany c. Resonance d. Hyperresonance correct answer: a (The liver is located in the right upper quadrant and would elicit a dull percussion note.) Which structure is located in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen? a.Liver b.Duodenum c.Gallbladder d.Sigmoid colon correct answer: d (The sigmoid colon is l...

During a class on the aspects of culture, the nurse shares that culture has four basic characteristics. Which statement correctly reflects one of these characteristics? a. Cultures are static and unchanging, despite changes around them. b. Cultures are never specific, which makes them hard to identify. c. Culture is most clearly reflected in a person's language and behavior. d. Culture adapts to specific environmental factors and available natural resources. correct answer: d. When disc...

Biomedical definiton of health correct answer: absent from disease View that the mind, body, and spirit are interdependent and function as a whole within the environment correct answer: hollistic health definition (nursing perspective) Dynamic process and view of health; a move toward optimal functioning correct answer: wellness A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being correct answer: WHO definition of health ANA role of professional nurse (4) correct answer: ...

The nurse notices a colleague is preparing to check the blood pressure of a patient who is sitting with his legs crossed. The nurse knows that this will: a. yield a falsely low blood pressure. b. have no effect on the blood pressure reading. c. produces an auscultatory gap. d. yield a falsely high blood pressure. correct answer: D (Blood pressure increases when legs are crossed and care should be taken to ensure that feet are flat on the floor to avoid a *false high blood pressure.) ...

1. Nursing is best exemplified by which of the following definitions of health? a) Biomedical b) Prevention c) Holistic d) Wellness correct answer: c 1. According to the holistic model, a narrow definition of holistic health includes: a) An optimal functioning of mind, body, and spirit within the environment. b) The absence of disease. c) The response of the whole person to actual or potential problems. d) The internal and external environment. correct answer: c What type of data...