2026 NUR 245 Exam 1 TestBank Quiz (257 Questions And Complete Answers)
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After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
1. Objective.
2. Reflective.
3. Subjective.
4. Introspective.
1. Objective.
2. Reflective.
3. Subjective.
4. Introspective.
Objective.
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These types of data would be:
1. Objective.
2. Reflective.
3. Subjective.
4. Introspective.
1. Objective.
2. Reflective.
3. Subjective.
4. Introspective.
Subjective.
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
1. Data base.
2. Admitting data.
3. Financial statement.
4. Discharge summary.
1. Data base.
2. Admitting data.
3. Financial statement.
4. Discharge summary.
Data base.
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
1. Immediately notify the patients physician.
2. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
3. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
4. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present
1. Immediately notify the patients physician.
2. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
3. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
4. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present
Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
1. Intuition.
2. A set of rules.
3. Articles in journals.
4. Advice from supervisors.
1. Intuition.
2. A set of rules.
3. Articles in journals.
4. Advice from supervisors.
A set of rules.
Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
1. Intuition.
2. The nursing process.
3. Clinical knowledge.
4. Diagnostic reasoning
1. Intuition.
2. The nursing process.
3. Clinical knowledge.
4. Diagnostic reasoning
Intuition.
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
1. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
2. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
3. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
4. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
1. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
2. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
3. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
4. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
he nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
1. Patient with postoperative pain
2. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
3. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
4. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
1. Patient with postoperative pain
2. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
3. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
4. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
1. Low self-esteem
2. Lack of knowledge
3. Abnormal laboratory values
4. Severely abnormal vital signs
1. Low self-esteem
2. Lack of knowledge
3. Abnormal laboratory values
4. Severely abnormal vital signs
Abnormal laboratory values
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data?
1. Validation
2. Clustering related cues
3. Identifying gaps in data
4. Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
1. Validation
2. Clustering related cues
3. Identifying gaps in data
4. Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
Clustering related cues
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