Fundamentals of Nursing Test 1 (Complete Solution) Nurses in a community clinic have seen an increase in the numbers of obese children. The nurses who
... [Show More] care for children are discussing ways to reduce childhood obesity. One nurse asks a colleague, "I wonder what the most effective ways are to help school-age children maintain a healthy weight?" This question is an example of a/an: 1. Hypothesis. 2. PICOT question. 3. Problem-focused trigger. 4. Knowledge-focused trigger. The nurses on a medical unit have seen an increase in the number of medication errors on their unit. They decide to evaluate the medication administration process on the basis of data gained from chart reviews and direct observation of nurses administering medications. Which process are the nurses using? 1. Evidence-based practice 2. Research 3. Quality improvement 4. Problem identification A nursing student is preparing to read the methods section of a research article. Which type of information will the student expect to find in this section? (Select all that apply.) 1. How the researcher conducted the study 2. A description about how to use the findings of the study 3. The number and type of subjects who participated in the study 4. Summaries of other research articles that support the need for this study 5. Implications for future research studies A group of nurses on the research council of a local hospital are measuring nursing-sensitive outcomes. Which of the following is a nursing-sensitive outcome that the nurses need to consider measuring? (Select all that apply.) 64 1. Frequency of low blood sugar episodes in children at a local school 2. Number of patients who develop a urinary tract infection from a Foley catheter 3. Number of patients who fall and experience subsequent injury on the evening shift 4. Number of sexually active adolescent girls who attend the community-based clinic for birth control 5. Patient-reported quality of life following coronary artery bypass graft surgery and cardiac rehabilitation Which of the following statements about evidence-based practice (EBP) made by a nursing student would require the nursing professor to correct the student's understanding? 1. "In evidence-based practice the patients are the subjects." 2. "It is important to talk with experts and patients when making an evidence-based decision." 3. "A nurse wanting to investigate the evidence to solve a problem starts by forming a PICOT question." 4. "It is important to ask a librarian for help when searching for literature to help you answer your PICOT question." A nurse is reading a research article. The nurse just finished reading a brief summary of the research study that included the purpose of the study and its implications for nursing practice. Which part of the article did the nurse just read? 1. Abstract 2. Analysis 3. Discussion 4. Literature review A researcher is studying the effectiveness of an individualized evidence-based teaching plan on young women's intention to wear sunscreen to prevent skin cancer. In this study which of the following research terms best describes the individualized evidence-based teaching plan? 1. Sample 2. Intervention 3. Survey 4. Results A nurse researcher wants to conduct historical research. Which of the following ideas for a study could the nurses conduct? (Select all that apply.) 1. Determining the effect of unemployment on emergency room usage 2. Understanding how Clara Barton shaped nursing in America 3. Evaluating the effect of the Vietnam War on nursing leadership and practice 4. Analyzing the evolution of nursing and patient care during recent disasters 5. Investigating barriers to exercise in women who have become mothers in the past year A nurse researcher is collecting data following approval from the institutional review board (IRB). In which part of the research process is this nurse? 1. Analyzing the data 2. Designing the study 3. Conducting the study 4. Identifying the problem A nurse hears a colleague tell a nursing student that she never touches a patient unless she is performing a procedure or doing an assessment. The nurse tells the student that from a caring perspective: 1. She does not touch the patients either. 2. Touch is a type of verbal communication. 3. Touch is only used when a patient is in pain. 4. Touch forms a connection between nurse and patient. Of the five caring processes described by Swanson, which describes "knowing the patient?" 1. Anticipating the patient's cultural preferences 2. Determining the patient's physician preference 3. Establishing an understanding of a specific patient 4. Gathering task-oriented information during assessment A Muslim woman enters the clinic to have a woman's health examination for the first time. Which nursing behavior applies Swanson's caring process of "knowing the patient?" 1. Sharing feelings about the importance of having regular woman's health examinations 2. Gaining an understanding of what a woman's health examination means to the patient 3. Recognizing that the patient is modest; and obtaining gender-congruent caregiver 4. Explaining the risk factors for cervical cancer A patient is fearful of upcoming surgery and a possible cancer diagnosis. He discusses his love for the Bible with his nurse, who recommends a favorite Bible verse. Another nurse tells the patient's nurse that there is no place in nursing for spiritual caring. The patient's nurse replies: 1. "You're correct; spiritual care should be left to a pastoral care professional." 2. "You're correct; religion is a personal decision." 3. "Nurses should explain their own religious beliefs to patients." 4. "Spiritual, mind, and body connections can affect health." Which of the following is a strategy for creating work environments that enable nurses to demonstrate more caring behaviors? (Select all that apply.) 1. Decreasing the number of consecutive shifts of the nursing staff 2. Increasing salary and vacation benefits of the nursing staff 3. Increasing the number of nurses who work each shift to decrease the nurse-patient ratio 4. Encouraging increased input concerning nursing functions from health care providers 5. Providing nursing staff an opportunity to discuss practice changes they can implement to enhance opportunities for patient caring When a nurse helps a patient find the meaning of cancer by supporting beliefs about life, this is an example of: 1. Instilling hope and faith. 2. Forming a human-altruistic value system. 3. Cultural caring. 4. Being with. An example of a nurse caring behavior that families of acutely ill patients perceive as important to patients' well-being is: 1. Making health care decisions for patients. 2. Having family members provide a patient's total personal hygiene. 3. Injecting the nurse's perceptions about the level of care provided. 4. Asking permission before performing a procedure on a patient. A nurse demonstrated caring by helping family members to: (Select all that apply.) 1. Become active participants in care. 2. Remove themselves from personal care. 3. Make health care decisions for the patient. 4. Have uninterrupted time for family and patient to be together. 5. Have opportunities for the family to discuss their concerns. Listening is not only "taking in" what a patient says, but it also includes: 1. Incorporating the views of the physician. 2. Correcting any errors in the patient's understanding. 3. Injecting the nurse's personal views and statements. 4. Interpreting and understanding what the patient means. A nurse is caring for an older [Show Less]