1. Which important aspect of coordinating care within the interdisciplinary team is facilitated by use
of the ―SBAR‖ and ―PACE‖ procedures?
a.
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b. Implementation
c. Policymaking
d. Protocol development
2. The nurse educator is instructing newly hired registered nurses about patient-centered care.
Which competency categories are included in this content?
a. Attitudes
b. Environments
c. Judgements
d. Knowledge
e. Skills
f. Values
3. Bedside computers are an example of informatics used in health care primarily for which
purpose?
a. Documenting interdisciplinary care
b. Enhancing collaboration and coordination of care
c. Offering client access to e-mail and the internet
d. Retrieving data from evidence-based practice
4. The nurse has recently been assigned to a medical-surgical clinical rotation. According to the
scope of medical-surgical nursing, what type of client assignment does the nurse expect to see?
a. Hospitalized children with acute and chronic illnesses
b. Hospitalized adults with acute and chronic illnesses
c. Older adult in a nursing home
d. Working adults in a corporate setting
5. Which of these hospital staff members will the nurse manager assign to coordinate the discharge
of a client who will need community-based rehabilitation services after a traumatic injury?
a. The nurse responsible for the client‘s case management
b. The physical therapist who developed the client‘s exercise program
c. The health care provider assigned as the client‘s medial resident
d. The unit-based RN who has cared for the client during the hospital stay
6. The nurse is asked to collaborate with other to implement an interdisciplinary plan of care for a
client. Which health care team members are essential for the client‘s daily care regimen?
a. Anesthesiologist
b. Case manager
c. Health care provider
d. Occupational therapist
e. Chaplain
7. Which principal nursing action best support a focus on client safety?
a. Client restraints
b. Handwashing
c. Preoperative checklist
d. Respect of others
e. Five rights of drug administration
8. The nurse is appointed to a hospital committee whose goal is to ―improve the safety of nursing
practice.‖ Which areas of practice are included in the committee‘s task?
a. Attentiveness/surveillance of client
b. Mandatory reporting
c. Medication administration
d. Participation in professional organizations
e. Prevention of errors or complications
f. Teaching clients about the care regimens
9. An older client who has had a total hip replacement will be transferred to rehabilitation center for
continuing care before going home the joint commission, along with national patient safety goal
standards, mandates communication between hospital nurses and other providers to ensure
adequate transition management. Which aspects of this client‘s care plan are most important for
the nurse to communicate to the rehabilitation center care team?
a. Third-party payer information
b. Pain medication needs
c. Primary care provider
d. Medical history of osteoarthritis
10. The nurse supports the client and family in deciding on the ―Do Not Resuscitate‖ order. Which
ethical principle that guides nursing clinical decision making is demonstrated in this situation?
a. Beneficence
b. Justice
c. Legality
d. Self-determination
11. The nursing student asks the supervising nurse whether a certain fall protocol used on the nursing
unit is effective. To demonstrate effectiveness, what does the supervising nurse identify?
a. Information about how to implement a fall protocol and what nurses need to document
b. Data about the number of falls after the protocol was introduced compared with previous
fall rates
c. The number of clients who currently have a fall protocol in place
d. National statistics about the use of fall protocols to prevent serious injury from falls
12. A previously stable postoperative client on the medical-surgical unite now has a blood pressure of
88/40 mm Hg and a heart rate of 124 beats/min. after placing the client in Trendelenburg position,
which action does the nurse perform next?
a. Activate the rapid response team
b. Call for a code blue
c. Determine the cause of the changes
d. Re-check the vital signs in 5 minutes
13. When developing a standardized plan of care for clients with a diagnosis of pneumonia, how does
the nurse find the best information about providing optimal nursing care?
a. Access a website that reports on randomized controlled studies on nursing care for clients
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