1. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupne- ic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute.
... [Show More] These types of data would be.
A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. Subjective
D. Introspective
2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated and feels hot. These types of data would be
A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. Subjective
D. Introspective
3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the
A. Data base
B. Admitting data
C. Financial Statement
D. Discharge Summary
4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to
A. Immediately notify the patients physician
B. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
C. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to breath sounds
D. Assess it again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present
A. Objective
C. Subjective
A. Data base
C. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to breath sounds
5. b. A set of rules.
The nurse is conducting a class for new gradu- ate nurses. During the teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to
draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
A. Intuition
B. A set of rules
C. Articles in journals
D. Advice from supervisors
6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assess- ment data and act without consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
A. Intuition
B. The nursing process
C. Clinical knowledge
D. Diagnostic reasoning
7. The nurse is reviewing information about EBP. Which statement best reflects EBP?
A. EBP relies on tradition for support of best prac- tices
B. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients
C. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience
D. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem
A. Patient with postoperative pain
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