Quiz:

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At what phase of the nursing process is the nurse in when he modifies his care plan.
Prioritization of nursing problems is at what stage of the nursing process?
It is the first step in the nursing process
It is referred to as the provision of welfare and protection
It is a value in a caring relationship where the nurse enables the patient to grow in his own way and
time
6. A value in caring where a nurse is expected to dress and act in a way that is in harmony with a caring
presence
7-11. Give the 5 Common Caring patterns.
12. type of knowledge that is focused on Nursing as a science
13. type of knowledhe that is focused on Nursing as an art
14. type of knowledge that focuses on the nurses therapeutic use of self
15. type of knowledge focuses on the moral and ethical awareness of the nurse
1. The most traditional and most essential role of a nurse
a. Teacher
b. Counsellor
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The following are basic roles of a nurse, EXCEPT:

a. Nurse entrepreneur
b. Client advocate

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c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner

A nurse who knows the case immediately even before a diagnosis is made according to Benners
theory is a/an:
a. Novice
b. Expert

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c. Change agent
d. Caregiver

One of Nurse Emillias co-workers is Anna who is flexible in any given situation. Annie is performing
her duties well without the supervision but still needs more experience and practice to develop a
consciously planned nursing care. According to Benners category in specialization in nursing Anna
is a/an:
a. Novice
b. Expert

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c. Caregiver
d. Teacher

During the nursing rounds, Nurse Emilia is instructing a patient to avoid smoking to prevent the
worsening of respiratory problems. The patient asked about the things that he can do when feelings
of wanting to smoke arises. The nurse enumerates ways of dealing with the situation. This is an
example of a nurses role as a/an:
a. Advocate
b. Clinician

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c. Teacher
d. Client advocate

A patient who had undergone appendectomy was assigned to you. You have assessed him that he
needs more knowledge about proper wound care. What role should you apply in the situation?
a. Role model
b. Counsellor

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c. Nurse Researcher
d. Nurse Anesthesiologist

What role does a nurse assume if she stands to protect the need and wishes of a patient?
a. Caregiver
b. Counsellor

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c. Change agent
d. None of the above

Advancement in Nursing leads to the development of the Expanded Career Roles. Which of the
following is NOT an expanded career role of a nurse?
a. Nurse practitioner
b. Clinical Nurse Specialist

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c. Care giver
d. All of the above

c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner

During physical assessment, nurse closes the door and provides drape to promote privacy. The
nurse is performing her role as a/an:
a. Advocate
b. Communicator

c. Change agent
d. Caregiver

10. Student nurse Lito is reviewing about the roles and responsibilities of a nurse. The following
portrays the role of a nurse as a client advocate except:
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Informs the client about the progress of his condition
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Evaluate the clients learning needs and his/her readiness to learn
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Allow the client to actively participate in his/her care
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Communicate the needs of the patient
15. A female patient is being discharged after thyroidectomy. After providing the medication teaching.
The nurse asks the patient to repeat the instructions. The nurse is performing which professional
role?
a. Manager
b. Caregiver

c. Patient advocate
d. Educator

16. Carrying out pre-operative status assessment of clients is under what expanded role of a nurse?
a. Clinical Specialist
b. Nurse anesthetist

c. Nurse-midwife
d. All of the above

17. As a nurse manager, which of the following best describes this function?
a. Initiates modification of clients lifestyle
b. Protect clients right
c. Coordinates the activities of other members of the health team in managing patient care
d. Provide in service education programs, use accurate nursing audit, formulate philosophy and
vision of the institution
18. What best describes nurses as a care provider?
a. Determine clients need
b. Provide direct nursing care
c. Help client recognize and cope with stressful psychological situation
d. Work in combined effort with all those involved in patients care
19. The nurse questions a doctors order of Morphine Sulfate 50mg, IM for a client with pancreatitis.
Which role best fits that statement?
a. Caregiver
b. Client advocate

c. Teacher
d. None of the above

20. What role do you play as a nurse when you hold all clients information entrusted to you in the
strictest confidence?
a. Patients advocate
b. Educator
c. Patients liason
d. Patients arbiter
21. The collaborative function of the nurse is demonstrated when the nurse
a. Plans care with the patient
b. Initiate nursing action with co-workers
c. Works together with other members of the health care team
d. Speak in behalf of the patient
22. As you become socialized into the nursing culture you become a patient advocate. Advocacy is
explained by the following EXCEPT:
a. Respecting a persons right to be autonomous
b. Demonstrating loyalty to the institutions rights
c. Shared respect, trust and collaboration in meeting health needs
d. Protecting and supporting another persons rights
23. Gemma, a nurse, works as a private nurse for sick clients at home. What field of nursing is she in?
a. Clinic nursing
b. Community health nursing

c. Nurse education
d. Independent nursing practice

24. It is an act that provided a more responsive nursing profession

a. RA 9173
b. RA 7164

c. RA 9713
d. RA 9317

25. Symptoms are also known as

a. Objective data
b. Subjective data
c. None of the above
26. Signs are also known as
a. Objective data
b. Subjective data
c. None of the above
27. The following are activities done in the Assessment phase of the nursing process, EXCEPT:
a. Collect data
b. Validate data

c. Organize data
d. Analyse data
28. The nurse performs an assessment of a newly admitted patient. the nurse understands that the
admission assessment is conducted primarily to:
a. Diagnose if patient is at risk for falls
b. Ensure that the patients skin is intact
c. Establish a therapeutic relationship
d. Identify important data
29. Which statement by the nurse indicates that the nurse needs more instruction in promoting health
behaviors?
a. My client needs more than usual amount of support to cope with his asthma because of his
depression
b. I gave my client a book on diabetes. It is comprehensive and should help her
c. I want my client to inject his own insulin, even though his daughter has volunteered
d. My client needs a cheerleader to inspire her to do wound care
30. A client in the emergency department, who needs red blood cells, is a Jehovahs Witness who
believes it would be medical rape for the nurse to give the prescribed blood transfusion. Which of
the following statements would most likely lead to a resolution of the conflict?
a. You must accept the transfusion or else leave
b. Dont worry, you can ask for pardon after taking the blood
c. May I please call a representative of your religion so that I can understand your position better?
d. I understand your position, Ill be here with you as you die
31. A post-op client asks the nurse for pain medication. The nurse would take which most appropriate
action first? (consider the nursing process)
a. Ask the client how long it has been since the last dose of pain drug
b. Gather pain data
c. Prepare the prescribed drug
d. Ask if the medication that was last given was effective
32. When entering a clients room to assess a newly admitted client, the nurse identifies that the client
has brought with him a copy of the Quran. To further assess the clients spirituality as part of
knowing the client in the caring process, an appropriate statement would be?
a. Would you like me to call an imam to see you?
b. Would you like me to read the Quran to you during your stay?
c. Are there any particular religious practices that are important to you?
d. Would you like me to call the hospital chaplain to see you?
33. Which of the following examples illustrates the principle of knowing the client?
a. The nurse provides a back rub to help the client relax, and then makes the bed with clean linen
b. The nurse listens as the client describes how he has been caring for his diabetes at home
c. The nurse administers a piggyback antibiotic for a client with pneumonia
d. The nurse collects a urine specimen to send to the lab, and explains to the client the reason for
the test
34. The nurse teaches a client with diabetes how to make decisions about insulin management after
discharge. This teaching most clearly reflects which caring activity?
a. Empowering the client
b. Compassion

c. Knowing the client

d. Nursing presence

35. Mayeroff described allowing the other to grow on his own way and time. This behaviour most
clearly reflects which major ingredient in caring?
a. Humility
b. Knowing

c. Patience
d. Courage

36. Leiningers theory, culture care diversity and universality, would provide the best framework for
assessing which of the following nursing situations?
a. Because the Indonesian parents of an infant preferred to use hot/cold therapies to prevent
seizures, they withheld the prescribed phenobarbital medication
b. Staff nurses on a hospital unit discuss how to reorganize client care to provide more continuity
of staff with clients
c. Nurses in a community agency search for learning resources about intravenous therapy in the
home setting
d. A nurse manager explores ways to assist new nursing graduates to develop clinical skills on the
hospital unit
37. The nurse sits with the client and holds the clients hand as his pain decreases. This situation is an
example of the following caring practice:
a. Nursing presence
b. Assessment

c. Knowing the client

d. Empowering

38. The student nurse reviews the pathophysiology of myocardial infarction, in preparation for the next
days clinical experience. This activity is an example of which type of knowledge development?

a. Emipirical knowing
b. Aesthetic knowing

c. Personal knowing
d. Ethical knowing

39. Which mind-body therapy is described by the following activity: the person sits quietly in a chair,
breathing deeply and focusing on the mental image of a crystal?
a. Story telling
b. Yoga

c. Music therapy
d. Mediation

40. Which of the following best defines the term nursing process? Nursing Process is the:
a. Activities a nurse employs to identify a nursing problem
b. Process the nurse uses to determine nursing goals
c. Steps the nurse employs in planning and giving nursing care
d. Implementation of nursing care by the nurse
41. To begin the nursing process, the nurse must first:
a. State the patients nursing needs
b. Identify goals for nursing care
c. Obtain information about the patient
d. Evaluate effectiveness of nursing actions
42. Describe the appropriate steps in the process under which the following activities are done using
the options below: (Nos. 38 to 41)
a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Planning
d. Implementation
e. Evaluation
43. Validation of cues
44. Prioritization of identified problems
45. Analysis of clients strengths and weaknesses or data gathered from patient
46. Documentation of nursing care
47. A client has a diagnosis of anxiety and deficient knowledge concerning his impending surgery. The
nurse decides that the clients anxiety must be addressed first in order for the client to be receptive
to any formal instruction about the surgery. This decision is considered a part of:
a. Assessment
b. Intervention
c. Planning
d. Evaluation
48. Data collection includes the gathering of subjective and objective data from or about the client.
Subjective data are
a. Observations made by the data collector
b. Ancillary reports from other services
c. Clients perceptions about their health problems
d. Obtained from the physician history and physical form
49. The nurse using auscultation to obtain a pulse is an example of a/an:
a. Subjective measurement
b. Objective measurement
c. Nursing diagnosis
d. None of the above
50. Which among the following is an example of a primary data?
a. Respiration rate the nurse assessed from the patient
b. The endorsement of the outgoing nurse regarding the status of the patient
c. The information the nurse acquired from the significant other of the patient
d. None of the above
51. Which of the following behaviors is most representative of the nursing diagnosis phase of the
nursing process?
a. Identifying major problems and needs
b. Organizing data in the clients family history
c. Establishing short-term and long-term goals
d. Administering an antibiotic
52. Which of the following behaviors would indicate that the nurse was utilizing assessment phase of
the nursing process to provide nursing care?
a. Proposes hypotheses
b. Generates desired outcomes
c. Reviews results of laboratory tests
d. Documents care
53. Which of the following elements is best categorized as secondary subjective data?
a. The nurse measures a weight loss of 10 pounds since the last clinic visit
b. Spouse states the client has lost his appetite
c. The nurse auscultates bowel sounds of patient
d. Client states severe pain when walking up stairs
54. During assessment, aht is the best way for the nurse to accomplish a health history on a 14 year
old patient?
a. Have the mother present to verify information
b. Allow an opportunity for the teen to express his feelings
c. Use the same type of language as the adolescent
d. Focus the discussion of risk factors in the peer group
55. A client sustains a life-threatening head injury in a motor vehicle accident and is admitted to the
hospital. The clients wife approaches the nurse and asks, is he going to die? the nurses best
response would be

a. We wont let that happen. I know how much he means to you

b. I will get the physician to talk to you as soon as possible
c. He is very ill, and we are doing the best we can for him
d. His condition is very serious and I will arrange for you to see him