QUESTION When an impaired nurse provides care, the primary concern should be for which victim? 1. The client 2. The nurse’s colleagues 3. The impaired nurse 4. The healthcare facility where the nurse works ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1 All of the options reflect groups that are in danger or are harmed when the nurse […]
QUESTION What is the purpose of a risk appraisal program? 1. To inform the public about the risks of particular lifestyle choices. 2. To improve the quality of risky environmental situations. 3. To enhance the quality of life and extend the life span. 4. To apprise individuals of the risk factors that are inherent in […]
QUESTION For which nurse would the concern about chemical abuse be most appropriate? 1. A nurse who avoids colleagues and friends and has frequent mood swings. 2. A nurse who requests night shifts because of increasing financial responsibilities. 3. A nurse who always comes to work 15 minutes early by bus. 4. A nurse who […]
QUESTION How are the behaviors in each category of Bloom’s domains of learning arranged? 1. Alphabetically 2. Simplest to most complex 3. By length of the word 4. Randomly ANSWER: Correct Answer: 2 Each of the domains has a developed hierarchical classification system; that is, the behaviors that demonstrate learning in each category are […]
QUESTION The manager of an emergency department tries to involve staff in department decisions. However, when a mass casualty situation arises, the nurse becomes very directive. What style of leadership does this situation describe? 1. Authoritarian 2. Transformational 3. Laissez-faire 4. Situational ANSWER: Correct Answer: 4 In situational leadership, levels of direction and support […]
QUESTION The nurse works in a small hospital that uses narrative documentation rather than computer documentation. The nurse makes a practice of documenting care only at the end of the shift, just before giving shift report. Which aspect of documentation credibility does this most clearly violate? 1. It is contemporaneous. 2. It is accurate. 3. […]
QUESTION Which option is an example of an inferential concept? 1. Rash 2. Equilibrium 3. Pain 4. Powerlessness ANSWER: Correct Answer: 3 Inferential concepts are indirectly observable and include such ideas as pain and temperature. Rash is a concrete or readily observable concept. Equilibrium and powerlessness are nonobservable or abstract concepts.
QUESTION What is the American Nurses Association Standard of Professional Performance as it applies to contribution to the professional development of peers? 1. Only nurses who want to contribute to peer professional development should do so. 2. All nurses have a responsibility for contributing to the professional development of peers. 3. Only nurses with master’s […]
QUESTION The nursing faculty is revising their program’s curriculum and is developing a conceptual model. What will this faculty develop? 1. A graphic illustration of a conceptual framework. 2. An overall view or orientation to focus thoughts. 3. A system of ideas proposed to explain a given phenomenon. 4. A specific outline of the curriculum’s […]
QUESTION A small school district cannot afford to employ registered nurses at each of its individual school campuses. Can this school offer health-promotion activities? 1. No; there must be a healthcare professional present for these activities. 2. It can only do so if the district employs a nurse consultant to plan the curriculum. 3. It […]