intro to prof nursing exam 1 quizzes

in the us, which educational pathways can enable someone to become a registered nurse?

bachelors degree, hospital-based diploma program, associate degree

throughout your time in school, you will be preparing for which licensure exam?

national council licensure exam (NCLEX)

what is the most common reason for which nurses have disciplinary action taken against their license?

substance use/abuse

what is the main reason that state boards of nursing been created by each state?

protect the public by overseeing the practice of nursing

in class, you heard a case study about a doctor who ordered a feeding tube for a patient who didn't need one, the nurse refused to comply with this order, in doing this, which characteristic(s) of nursing did this nurse embody?

knowledge, caring, patient advocacy

as nursing has progressed over the years, some nursing leaders have created theories/models of nursing to explain the overall role of a nurse, one of those theories says that nurses step in to provide what the patient cannot do for themselves at that time, which theory is this?

self-care deficit theory

as nursing has grown and developed over the years, many things have changed, those changed include all of the following except:

decrease in social responsibility

as you go through the nursing program, you should remember that one of the ethical principles advocated by the American Nurses Association (ANA) is that the nurse owes the same duty of caring to themselves as to their patients

true

select the definition of EBP from the list below

review research that has already been done in order to find current best practice

which of the following describes good use of evidence-based practice (EBP)?

implementation of a new procedure for bedside report after careful review of recent research, workflow of the unit, and input from stakeholders

faculty members work with some staff nurses on a unit to develop a project in which patients were to be called after discharge to follow-up on how they were doing, this had not been done before this time, to determine whether the project worked, half of the discharged patients were randomly selected to receive the phone calls and the other half did not, staff tracked readmission rates in both groups, this project is an example of:

research

which of the following steps reflect the evidence-based method for taking a blood pressure (BP)?

choose the correct size bp cuff, remove clothing from the patient's arm, assure that the cuff is snug around the patient's arm, have patient relaxed, sitting or lying in a comfortable position, have the arrow on the bp cuff pointing to the artery

challenges to using EBP in healthcare can include all the following except:

steps in the EBP process are not clear

if a nursing assistant (NA) tells you that a patient's bp is 85/58, what would you do first?

go to see the patient and recheck the bp yourself

SBAR-R is a tool that is used for:

communicating a significant issue to another member of the healthcare team

the letters in SBAR-R stand for:

situation, background, assessment, recommendation, read-back

case study: your patient has just told you that he is feeling dizzy, the patient is walking around the room holding his head and looking worried, he wobbles somewhat as he walks, you immediately check his bp and find it to be 88/50, from this case, which information is subjective data?

patient states he is dizzy

case study: your patient has just told you that he is feeling dizzy, the patient is walking around the room holding his head and looking worried, he wobbles somewhat as he walks, you immediately check his bp and find it to be 88/50, from this case, using the nursing process, you quickly assist the patient back to bed, which step of the nursing process does this reflect?

implementation/action

recall the case study of mrs. prada, here is part of that case: initial vital signs: bp 160/102 mm hg, hr 78, rr 16, t 36.8 C, ht 5'4" and wt 110lbs, physical assessment wnl, she is a non-smoker, non drinker, basic metabolic panel & fasting lipids are wnl, from this context, which items are objective data?

basically metabolic panel and fasting lipids are wnl, bp 160/102, physical assessment wnl, heart rate (hr) is 78

recall the case study of mrs. prada, here is part of that case: initial vital signs: bp 160/102 mm hg, hr 78, rr 16, t 36.8 C, ht 5'4" and wt 110lbs, physical assessment wnl, she is a non-smoker, non drinker, basic metabolic panel & fasting lipids are wnl, when the nurse check the initial vital signs, what part of the nursing process does that reflect?

assessment