PCC Final Exam Review

Which of the following is the most likely reason a patient may refuse pain medication?

• Preference for higher dose

• Desire to avoid interacting with hospital staff

• Concern about medication cost

• Fear of becoming addicted

A patient is requiring increasing dosage of a medication to achieve the desired effect. What does this indicate?

• Addiction

• Tolerance

• Resistance

• Withdrawal

Which of the following is the most common side effect of opioid medications?

• Constipation

• Diarrhea

• Incontinence

• Urinary Retention

What stage of infection is a person symptomatic?

• Incubation

• Prodromal

• Illness

• Decline

• Convalescence

What initial step should the nurse take if a patient refuses medication?

• Document the refusal.

• Notify the physician.

• Assess the patient's reasoning for why they are refusing the medication.

• Educate the patient on consequences of refusal.

Which of the following statements describe actions that take place in the "take action" step of Layer 3 on the CJMM?

• Analyze the cues and generate a hypothesis

• Administer medication, documentation

• Identify potential complications, and recognize the cues

• Implement the plan of action, perform the skill or procedure, administer medication

Which of the following is the correct order of the nursing process?

• Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Intervention, Evaluation

• Assessment, Planning, Diagnosis, Evaluation, Intervention

• Diagnosis, Intervention, Assessment, Planning, Evaluation

• Planning, Diagnosis, Intervention, Assessment, Evaluation

Which of the following describes actions that take place in the "analyze cues" step of layer 3 on the CJMM?

• Administer medications and implement nursing interventions

• Evaluate patient outcomes, administer medications, implement nursing interventions

• Formulate a nursing diagnosis and discharge the patient

• Determine patterns, connect the cues, discern concerning information, decide if more information is needed

Which of the following actions take place in the "generate solutions" step of layer 3 on the CJMM?

• Determine the risk of action or lack of action, formulate the plan of care, identify desired outcomes

• Recognize and analyze cues

• Administer medications, document the response to treatment, cluster assessment data

• Evaluate the effectiveness of implemented interventions, administer medications, recognize cues

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Which of the following actions take place in the "Prioritize Hypotheses" step of Layer 3 in the CJMM?

• Perform nursing interventions and administer pain medication

• Combine or cluster the information that go together, decide on what takes priority

• Recognize and analyze cues

• Assess the effectiveness of interventions, documentation