NP1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
The graduates from the colleges of Nursing are being prepared to take the Nursing Licensure
Examination (NLE) with the main goal to _________.
Your Answer:
Provide opportunity for overseas employment.
Determine the standards of nursing practice.
Protect the public from incompetent nurse practitioner.
Limit the practice of the profession
Determine the standards of nursing practice.
Ms. Bright Sunshine is a professional nurse who was approached by her cousin to be in a Television
show where she has to wear the nurse’s uniform and advertise a commercially prepared beauty
product for use in their work setting. Her mother is presently having dialysis so she accepted the
offer. Ms. Bright Sunshine is violating the __________.
Your Answer:
Nursing Law
Nursing Code of Ethics
Nursing Jurisprudence
Consumers Fraud Law
Nursing Code of Ethics
Mr. Dark Night is scheduled for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery. He has to sign an
informed consent prior to operation. The validity of this consent is how long?
Your Answer:
36 hours after surgery
24 hours after surgery
After the surgical procedure
12 hours after surgery
After the surgical procedure
Nurse Bright Sunshine is assigned to a patient in ICU who is dying due to cardiac arrest. After two
hours, the patient was pronounced dead. Which of the following health status should guide the nurse
if the patient is declared dead?
Your Answer:
All body systems are no longer functioning.
Flat sign of electrocardiogram.
Has no more pain sensation.
Stoppage of heart beat and blood pressure
Stoppage of heart beat and blood pressure
The nursing process offers a framework for thinking through problems and provides some
organization to a nurse’s critical thinking skills. It is important to point out that this process is flexible
and not rigid. Which of the following statements about the nursing process is most accurate?
Your Answer:
The nursing process is a four-step procedure for identifying and resolving patient problems.
Beginning in Florence Nightingale’s days, nursing students learned and practiced the nursing
process.
Use of the nursing process is optional for nurses, since there are many ways to accomplish the work
of nursing.
It ensures quality care for patients.
The nursing process is a four-step procedure for identifying and resolving patient problems.
Nurse Morning Star is revising a client’s care plan. During which step of the nursing process does
such a revision take place?
Your Answer:
Assessment
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Evaluation
Nurse Morning Star noticed that there were two nursing diagnoses appear closely related, what
should the nurse Morning Star do first to determine which diagnosis most accurately reflects the
needs of a patient?
Your Answer:
Reassess the patient
Examine the related to factors
Analyze the secondary to factors
Review the defining characteristics
Review the defining characteristics
Nurse Midnight Blue performs an assessment of a newly admitted patient. Midnight Blue
understands that this admission assessment is conducted primarily to:
Your Answer:
Diagnose if the patient is at risk for falls.
Ensure that the patient’s skin is intact.
Establish a therapeutic relationship.
Identify important data.
Identify important data.
Which statement by nurse Midnight Blue most accurately reflects subjective data in a nursing
assessment?
Your Answer:
“The client’s red blood cell count is elevated.”
“The client has a positive Babinski sign.”
“The client’s x-ray result showed a fracture is present.”
“The client reported that his pain is a 7 on a 1 to 10 scale.”
“The client reported that his pain is a 7 on a 1 to 10 scale.”
To provide quality health care for patients in correctional settings, nurses must be able to
communicate with patients, other health care providers, correctional staff and outside providers.
Mrs. Palakpak a client with superficial varicose veins says to the nurse, “I hate these things. They’re
so ugly. I wish I could get them to go away.” The nurse should make which therapeutic response to
the client?
Your Answer:
“You should try sclerotherapy. It’s great.”
“There’s not much you can do once you get them.”
“What have you been told about varicose veins and their management?”
“I understand how you feel, but you know, they really don’t look too bad.”
“What have you been told about varicose veins and their management?”
Nurse Light Blue is providing information to a preoperative client who will be receiving relaxation
therapy. The nurse tells the client that which effects occur from this type of therapy? Select all that
apply:
Your Answer:
Increased heart rate
Improved well-bein
Lowered blood pressure
Decreased muscle tension
Increased respiratory rate
Improved well-bein
Lowered blood pressure
Decreased muscle tension
Health care facilities have infection control policies and procedures which personnel must follow in
an attempt to control the spread of infection. Which of the following examples relate to medical
asepsis to reduce and prevent the spread of microorganisms? Select all that apply:
Your Answer:
Practicing hand hygiene
Reapplying a sterile dressing
Applying a sterile gown and gloves
Routinely cleaning the hospital environment
Wearing clean gloves to prevent direct contact with blood or body fluids
Practicing hand hygiene
Routinely cleaning the hospital environment
Wearing clean gloves to prevent direct contact with blood or body fluids
A structured physical examination allows the nurse to obtain a complete assessment of the patient.
Observation/inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation are techniques used to gather
information. Clinical judgment should be used to decide on the extent of assessment required. What
action should the nurse take to increase the likelihood of obtaining quality data when doing a
complete physical assessment?
Your Answer:
Provide adequate lighting and a comfortably warm room for the interview and physical assessment.
Identify each piece of equipment used with the appropriate medical term
Ask all family members or significant others to wait outside the room
Outline the process in detail prior to beginning the examination
Provide adequate lighting and a comfortably warm room for the interview and physical assessment.
Nurse Sweet and Spice is about to perform Romberg’s test to patient Pierro. To ensure the latter’s
safety, which intervention should nurse Sweet and Spice implement?
Your Answer:
Allowing the client to keep his eyes open.
Having the client hold on to furniture.
Letting the client spread his feet apart.
Standing close to provide support.
Standing close to provide support.
Physical assessment is being performed to Geoff by Nurse Sweet and Spice. During the abdominal
examination, Sweet and Spice should perform the four physical examination techniques in which
sequence?
Your Answer:
Auscultation immediately after inspection and then percussion and palpation
Percussion, followed by inspection, auscultation, and palpation.
Palpation of tender areas first and then inspection, percussion, and auscultation.
Inspection and then palpation, percussion, and auscultation.
Auscultation immediately after inspection and then percussion and palpation
Beginning in their 20’s, women should be told about the benefits and limitations of breast self-exam
(BSE). Which scientific rationale should the nurse remember when performing a breast examination
on a female client?
Your Answer:
One half of all breast cancer deaths occur in women ages 35 to 45.
The tail of Spence area must be included in self-examination.
The position of choice for the breast examination is supine.
A pad should be placed under the opposite scapula of the breast being palpated.
The tail of Spence area must be included in self-examination.
A screen test for detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reveals a positive ELISA exam.
Which of the following test will be used to confirm the diagnosis of HIV?
Your Answer:
Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA).
CD4-to-CD8 ratio.
Radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) test.
p24 antigen assay.
Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA).
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan is prescribed for a client with a suspected brain tumor.
Which prescription does the nurse prepare to administer to the client before the procedure?
Your Answer:
An opioid
A sedative
A corticosteroid
An antihistamine
A sedative
Using crutches, a cane, or a walker can help keep your weight off your injured or weak leg, assist
with balance, and enable you to perform your daily activities more safely.
An adult is learning how to use a cane. Nurse Midnight Blue knows that the person can use the cane
wisely when observing which of the following?
Your Answer:
The cane is held on the unaffected side; the cane and affected leg are moved forward, then the
unaffected leg comes forward.
The cane is held on the affected side; the cane is moved forward then the unaffected leg then the
affected leg.
The cane is held on the unaffected side; the cane is moved forward, then the unaffected leg, then the
affected leg.
The cane is held on the affected side, the cane and unaffected leg are moved forward then the
affected leg comes forward.
