Chapter 1 NCLEX Style questions

A 55-year-old client on a limited income has accrued a large hospital charge after emergency surgery and is unable to pay the bill. What insurance can the nurse recommend to help with the cost? Select all that apply.

1. Medicare

2. Medicaid

3. A specialty program

4. A charitable organization

5. HMO

2 and 4

A nurse assesses a group of clients and develops a plan of care in which type of model of care?

1. Primary nursing

2. Team Nursing

3. Case method

4. Functional nursing

1

A nursing student recognizes that a client’s laboratory results are abnormal but does not know the reason why. In which stage of informal learning is this student?

1. Novice

2. Advanced beginner

3. Competence

4. Proficient

1. Novice

Which areas of healthcare are regulated by legislation? Select all that apply.

1. Confidentiality of client’s records

2. Treating clients that need emergency treatments

3. The client’s right to know

4. Right to a dignified death

5. Right to competent nursing care

1-4

Using the nursing process to carefully consider a client’s condition is an example of developing which skill?

1. Clinical Judgement

2. Critical Thinking

3. Problem-solving

4. Functional Nursing

Clinical judgment

In which capacity would a clinical nurse specialist best serve a healthcare facility?

1. Providing direct client care

2. Diagnosing and treating diseases

3. Conducting preoperative client screening

4. Educating clients and families on disease management

Educating clients and families on disease management

Which recommendations to redesign the healthcare system does the ANA’s Health System Transformation Agenda include? Select all that apply.

1. Shift the priority from illness care to health promotion

2. Promote economical ways to use healthcare services to increase access for all citizens

3. Establish dual-payer system for financing healthcare

4. Provide universal access to essential healthcare service for all citizens and residents

5. Shift healthcare law-making from the federal government to state government

Shift the priority from illness care to health promotion

Promote economical ways to use healthcare services to increase access for all citizens

Provide universal access to essential healthcare service for all citizens and residents