Category 1
The nurse working in mental health nursing honors which historical nurse for working to improve care of the mentally ill?
A. Clara Barton
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Dorothea Dix
C. Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix championed the development of psychiatric hospitals, and her work also brought about improvement for prisoners in jails.
The physician asks the nurse to perform a procedure. The nurse is unsure whether nurses are allowed to perform this procedure. Which is the nurse’s best source of information to determine whether the procedure can legally be performed by the nurse?
A. Ask another nurse with more experience.
B. Consult the nurse practice act.
C. Call the nursing instructor.
B. Consult the nurse practice act.
Which level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is most threatened when the new graduate nurse begins working?
A. Physiological needs
B. Safety needs
C. Love and belonging needs
B. Safety needs
Why is it important for the new graduate LPN to seek a job with strong support systems?
A. Support systems will make the job easier.
B. Social needs will be met more effectively.
C. Support systems will help ensure job safety.
C. Support systems will help ensure job safety.
Which often results under a laissez-faire leader?
A. Job satisfaction
B. Chaos in the system
C. A free exchange of ideas
B. Chaos in the system
The nurse is caring for a patient transferred from the local prison who was arrested and convicted of child sexual abuse. The nurse feels disgust for the patient’s behavior but can avoid being judgmental by understanding which concept?
A. Motivation
B. State laws
C. The patient’s social history
A. Motivation
Understanding the patient’s motivation may help the nurse be less judgmental.
Which task would the nurse be most likely to perform using spreadsheet software rather than word-processing software?
A. Writing a paper on an assigned topic for school
B. Creating a presentation for an audience
C. Developing a budget for the nursing unit
C. Developing a budget for the nursing unit
A new graduate accepts a job that provides a strong support system, giving the nurse a sense of what?
A. Financial security
B. Safety
C. Love and belonging
B. Safety
Which is the purpose of “ice-breaking” time in the first few minutes of an interview?
A. To motivate the prospective employer
B. To determine your likes and dislikes
C. To allow for a comfort level to be established
C. To allow for a comfort level to be established
Which type of leadership style do most people prefer initially?
A. Autocratic
B. Democratic
C. Laissez-faire
B. Democratic
The nurse accepts a new job and will move from a long-term care facility to a job in an acute care facility. Which action should the nurse plan to implement?
A. Adapt motivational approaches
B. Work more hours per week
C. Obtain further formal education
A. Adapt motivational approaches
The nurse will need to adapt motivational approaches to suit the new job, the change in acuity, and the many changes that will come with working in a new facility.
The nurse manager is given a fax machine to receive physician orders and fax patient information to physicians’ offices. Where is the best place for the nurse manager to place the new machine?
A. In the hallway away from patient rooms
B. Behind the nurse’s desk on the unit
C. In the manager’s office
B. Behind the nurse’s desk on the unit
A résumé should include:
A. All jobs ever held.
B. Jobs that are relevant to the job for which you are applying.
C. Hobbies.
B. Jobs that are relevant to the job for which you are applying.
Which is an example of an informal leader in nursing?
A. A nurse manager
B. A team leader
C. A director of nursing
D. A competent staff nurse
D. A competent staff nurse
Which type of leadership style do most people try to avoid?
A. Autocratic
B. Democratic
C. Laissez-faire
C. Laissez-faire
Which features are components of Jean Watson’s caring theory of nursing? (Select all that apply.)
A. Caritas
B. Transpersonal caring
C. High-touch
D. Intentionality
E. Hierarchy of needs
A. Caritas
B. Transpersonal caring
C. High-touch
D. Intentionality
The nurse works in a clinic and provides classes to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancy. At which level of health-care services are these classes?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary
A. Primary
It is illegal for an interviewer to ask you which item?
A. Questions about your age and birthplace
B. Questions about your present employment
C. Questions about your physical health
A. Questions about your age and birthplace
Which will happen if the nurse gets involved in a power struggle with an autocratic leader?
A. You will win and your ideas will be praised by your leader.
B. Your individual needs will be met.
C. You and the organization will lose.
C. You and the organization will lose.
Which action best describes the most honest form of communication?
A. Your body language as you explain the dressing change you are doing
B. The instructions you give the patient on his or her discharge from the hospital
A. Your body language as you explain the dressing change you are doing
The nursing assistant asks the nurse to explain the meaning of advocacy. Which fundamental principle of advocacy should the nurse include in the response?
A. Independence
B. Caring
C. Protection
C. Protection
The nurse assists a patient to receive hospice care for a terminal illness, which is classified as what level of health-care service?
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary
C. Tertiary
Hospice care is a tertiary service providing comfort care to those with an irreversible condition.
Which individual should be the first one informed when a nurse plans to terminate employment?
A. A best friend
B. The nurse manager
C. The CEO of your institution
B. The nurse manager
Passive communication results in:
A. problems in the long term.
B. Positive feelings.
C. Keeping the peace.
D. Failure to move up Maslow’s hierarchy.
D. Failure to move up Maslow’s hierarchy.
Passive-aggressive behavior is demonstrated by the nurse who:
A. Gossips about other people.
B. Constantly complains during shift report.
C. Complains to everyone except the right person.
D. All of the above.
D. All of the above.
The charge nurse is preparing assignments when one of the staff nurses requests not to be assigned a specific patient, using a derogatory name to refer to the patient’s ethnicity. Which is the charge nurse’s best response?
A. Encourage the nurse to embrace diversity and reject prejudice.
B. Report the nurse to human resources for demonstrating prejudicial behavior.
C. Assign the patient to a different nurse and make a note never to assign this patient to this nurse.
A. Encourage the nurse to embrace diversity and reject prejudice.
The nurse is caring for a patient who will be discharged from acute care to home. How can the nurse best advocate for this client?
A. Arranging for Meals on Wheels to provide in-home meals
B. Administering pain medication before discharge C. Teaching the client how to take medications at home
A. Arranging for Meals on Wheels to provide in-home meals
The employer’s first impression of a potential employee comes from:
A. Your appearance.
B. Your professional communication.
C. Your résumé.
C. Your résumé.
A nurse is providing change-of-shift report to the oncoming nurse. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the report?
A. The client in room 105 had a bath.
B. The family of the client in room 107 seems upset
C. The client in room 108 has been prescribed a new pain medication.
C. The client in room 108 has been prescribed a new pain medication.
Which ability should the nurse have to make a planned change in the work environment?
A. Being selective in choices
B. Being the first to apply for a position
C. Using the network effectively
D. Making meaningful decisions
D. Making meaningful decisions
Which patient rights is the nurse likely to be called to advocate for? (Select all that apply.)
A. Research-related rights
B. Right to refuse treatment or medication
C. Right to be fully informed about procedures
D. The right to safe care
E. The right to the treating physician of choice
A. Research-related rights
B. Right to refuse treatment or medication
C. Right to be fully informed about procedures
D. The right to safe care
Which of the following are some of the most important factors in culturally competent care? (Select all that apply.)
A. Awareness
B. Individuality
C. Sensitivity
D. Proficiency
E. Skill
A. Awareness
C. Sensitivity
D. Proficiency
E. Skill
Which advantages does the nurse identify in providing patient care using an electronic medical record? (Select all that apply.)
A. Accessibility of medical record by multiple people
B. Faster reporting of diagnostic study results
C. Easier readability of documentation
D. Improved privacy of information
E. Error reduction
A. Accessibility of medical record by multiple people
B. Faster reporting of diagnostic study results
C. Easier readability of documentation
E. Error reduction
A nurse is assisting with the care of a group of clients on a gynecology unit. Which of the following clients should the nurse attend to first?
A. A client who is a 1 day postpartum following a later term miscarriage
B. A client who had a bilateral tubal ligation 12 hr ago
C. A client who was admitted 1 hr ago for an ectopic pregnancy
C. A client who was admitted 1 hr ago for an ectopic pregnancy
A licensed practical nurse is receiving change-of-shift report. Which of the following clients should cause the nurse to request a change of assignment?
A. A client who had a cardiac catheterization 24 hr ago
B. A client who is receiving enoxaparin subcutaneously following right hip arthroplasty
C. A client who is to receive a unit of packed RBCs at the start of the shift
C. A client who is to receive a unit of packed RBCs at the start of the shift