310 Exam 1 Review

The new graduate nurse is unsure how to operate a new intravenous pump. After reading the directions, the nurse seeks the assistance of a more experienced nurse and asks for a demonstration on how to operate the pump. What is the behavior exhibited by the new graduate nurse?

• Role pressure

• Role clarity

• Role conflict

• Role overload

A novice nurse decides to attend a diabetes workshop after a patient was admitted to the unit with an insulin pump that the nurse was not familiar with. This is an example of:

• Role performance.

• Patient advocacy.

• Collaboration.

• Professional self-awareness.

According to Benner’s Level of Proficiency, which of the following includes the correct names and order of the developmental stages demonstrating increasing proficiency in implementing the professional nursing role?

• Advanced beginner, novice, proficient, competent, expert

• Advanced beginner, competent, novice, expert

• Novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, expert

• Novice, proficient, competent, expert

What influenced Florence Nightingale’s views about trained nurses?

• Experiences in wartime.

• Ideas about sanitation.

• Relationships with physicians.

• View of education.

A high school senior is trying to decide on whether to apply to the local community college for their ADN program or the local university for their BSN program. What would be the response from the school counselor?

• The ADN program is easier because they do not have to take the full NCLEX exam

• Most hospitals are now focusing their hiring on BSN graduates rather than ADN graduates

• The ADN program is only one year while the BSN program is 4 years

• The nursing degree from the BSN program can be used in all states but the nursing degree from an ADN program can only be used in the state where the school is based.

A nurse manager evaluates staff members for the strength of their professional identity and ability to contribute to the profession in the future. Which nurse best demonstrates these qualities?

• Consistently incorporates knowledge, judgment, and ethics into everyday situations.

• Provides information on the latest research findings related to patient populations.

• Serves as the research “champion” on the hospital unit–based council structure.

• Uses evidence-based practice consistently when working with patients.

A nurse manager is evaluating staff members for the strength of their professional identity and ability to contribute to the profession into the future. Which nurse best demonstrates these qualities?

• Consistently incorporates knowledge, judgment, and ethics into everyday situations.

• Provides information on the latest research findings related to patient populations.

• Serves as the research “champion” on the hospital unit–based council structure.

• Uses evidence-based practice consistently when working with patients.

The nurse is caring for a patient who has just refused to undergo an invasive procedure that could possibly extend his life by a few months. The nurse supports the patient’s decision based on which essential value?

• Equality

• Truth

• Human dignity

• Autonomy

The nurse’s responsibility to provide the client with a reasonable standard of care that a reasonably prudent nurse would provide in the same circumstances?

• Autonomy

• Non-maleficence

• Malpractice

• Beneficence

What is the focus of the nurse with a clinical practice doctorate in nursing degree (DNP)?

• Evaluating ,translating and apply knowledge to the clients served.

• Investigating and identifying best evidence for practice.

• Engage in research to produce current practice standards.

• Generate new nursing knowledge and apply it to client care.