Nursing Process Practice Quiz 3
Is your knowledge about the foundation of nursing well and sound? This quiz will question your ability to handle different nursing procedures, and other concepts covered by Fundamentals of Nursing.
Topics
Topics or concepts included in this exam are:
- Nursing Process
- Nursing Care Planning
- Goal Setting
Guidelines
To make the most out of this exam, follow the guidelines below:
- Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.
- You are given one minute per question. Spend your time wisely!
- Answers and rationales (if any) are given below. Be sure to read them.
- If you need more clarifications, please direct them to the comments section.
Q.1 Planning is a category of nursing behaviors in which:
A. The nurse determines the health care needed for the client.
B. The Physician determines the plan of care for the client.
C. Client-centered goals and expected outcomes are established.
D. The client determines the care needed.
View AnswerQ.2 When establishing realistic goals, the nurse:
A. Bases the goals on the nurse’s personal knowledge.
B. Knows the resources of the health care facility, family, and the client.
C. Must have a client who is physically and emotionally stable.
D. Must have the client’s cooperation.
View AnswerQ.3 The following statement appears on the nursing care plan for an immunosuppressed client: The client will remain free from infection throughout hospitalization. This statement is an example of a (an):
A. Nursing diagnosis
B. Short-term goal
C. Long-term goal
D. Expected outcome
View AnswerQ.4 The planning step of the nursing process includes which of the following activities?
A. Assessing and diagnosing
B. Evaluating goal achievement
C. Performing nursing actions and documenting them
D. Setting goals and selecting interventions
View AnswerQ.5 When developing a nursing care plan for a client with a fractured right tibia, the nurse includes in the plan of care independent nursing interventions, including:
A. Apply a cold pack to the tibia.
B. Elevate the leg 5 inches above the heart.
C. Perform range of motion to right leg every 4 hours.
D. Administer aspirin 325 mg every 4 hours as needed
View AnswerQ.6 The primary nurse asked a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) to consult on a difficult nursing problem. The primary nurse is obligated to:
A. Implement the specialist’s recommendations
B. Report the recommendations to the primary physician
C. Clarify the suggestions with the client and family members
D. Discuss and review advised strategies with CNS
View AnswerQ.7 After assessing the client, the nurse formulates the following diagnoses. Place them in order of priority, with the most important (classified as high) listed first. 1. Constipation 2. Anticipated grieving 3. Ineffective airway clearance 4. Ineffective tissue perfusion.
A. 3, 4, 2, 1
B. 4, 3, 2, 1
C. 1, 3, 2, 4
D. 3, 4, 1, 2
View AnswerQ.8 The nurse is reviewing the critical paths of the clients on the nursing unit. In performing a variance analysis, which of the following would indicate the need for further action and analysis?
A. A client’s family attending a diabetic teaching session.
B. Canceling physical therapy sessions on the weekend.
C. Normal VS and absence of wound infection in a post-op client.
D. A client demonstrating accurate medication administration following teaching.
View AnswerQ.9 The RN has received her client assignment for the day-shift. After making the initial rounds and assessing the clients, which client would the RN need to develop a care plan first?
A. A client who is ambulatory.
B. A client, who has a fever, is diaphoretic and restless.
C. A client scheduled for OT at 1300.
D. A client who just had an appendectomy and has just received pain medication.
View AnswerQ.10 Which of the following statements about the nursing process is most accurate?
A. The nursing process is a four-step procedure for identifying and resolving patient problems.
B. Beginning in Florence Nightingale’s days, nursing students learned and practiced the nursing process.
C. Use of the nursing process is optional for nurses, since there are many ways to accomplish the work of nursing.
D. The state board examinations for professional nursing practice now use the nursing process rather than medical specialties as an organizing concept.
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