Comprehensive Final Exam Review

Blood pressure is 132/84 is subjective data

The primary environmental influence on physical growth is

Which request by the RN will you refuse to do because it is beyond the LPN/LVN scope of practice?

Which of these is not a shared role with the RN?

Personal ethics provide guidelines for one’s life.

When considering starting a family, the young adult female should consider all the facts except that

All of these are domains of learning except

Which statement most accurately reflects a nursing communication difference that is age related?

Which of these are not attributes of a professional?

Which one is not objective data?

When considering a patient education plan, the knowledge base is what the patient

If physical growth is normal, a child will

A group of LPNs are discussing cultural-related terms. What term should be avoided when studying different cultures?

An Asian-American pt in a LTC does not want to follow the care plan regarding diet. What the best course of action?

When checking pedal pulses, if in doubt about whether the pulse is present, the nurse should

Which form of a drug will be absorbed the quickest?

Which is an appropriate response to the client when the nurse identifies affectively and nonverbally the client is angry

Prior to surgery, the client requests to receive a special blessing prior to surgery. What is the LPNs best response?

A patient’s ability to learn would most likely be enhanced by their

Learning through watching a skill demonstration is ____________________ learning.

Nightingale’s beliefs formed the basis of medical asepsis, all of the following beliefs were included, except

Select the statement that indicates an understanding of a major difference between the RN and LPN

A milestone in motor development for the toddler is

 In the home care setting, contaminated dressings should be handled by __________ before disposal.

By age __________, a woman is statistically at high risk during a pregnancy.

Considering the chain of infection and the way pathogens are transmitted, which is considered a reservoir?

When performing an assessment on a 1-year-old patient, you should

When several disciplines are involved in planning care and patient education,

According to Piaget, the child cannot understand more than one dimension of an object at age

Stress-related health problems typically begin to affect those individuals over age

Accountability is important in nursing. A student shows accountability by doing all except?

An apical-radial pulse is taken to determine if there is

Under the tongue

How did the origination of the nursing process in the 1950s change the course of nursing? It provided a

 A behavior indicating maturity is

The trade name OR brand name is the medication name protected by trademark

The practice of nursing is governed by (Select all that apply.)

Way of thinking and acting based on the scientific method

Standard Precautions were developed by the CDC to

Which is an example of destructive coping mechanisms?

A type of Korotkoff sound that indicates the diastolic pressure in children and in some adults is

"Rules or principles that govern correct conduct" is the definition of

The development of clinical judgment requires all except

Which would be an independent nursing action?

If a patient’s blood pressure measures 146/92 on the left arm and 138/84 on the right arm, what would you do?

I feel confident about the Final Exam?

Professional ethics means you cannot abandon the client.

Assessment of effectiveness of nursing actions in meeting expected outcomes

Your patient requests a prn pain med. Before administering a prn pain med it is important to check all except

Diastolic blood pressure is the pressure

Analysis of the database is necessary for the formulation of

Professional ethics sometimes conflict with the law.

What word indicates pulse rate less than 60 bpm

According to the rules of HIPAA, to provide patient information to family members or close friends, the nurse must first

A behavior indicating maturity is

"Remaining honest at all times" is the definition for

Which is not a legal point in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?

Evaluation as a step of the nursing process is a method of determining

The lady who took volunteers into field hospitals to care for soldiers of both armies during the Civil War was

The Code of Ethics for Nurses has 12 Provisions for all nurses to follow?

A pt is 54, married with 2 children, worked the same job for 15 yrs. How do you know he reached Erickson's Generativity?

Personal ethics can conflict with professional ethics.

Identify the general age that a person knows 8,000-14,000 words

A nurse hands you a list of vital signs and assessment data and asks you to enter the data into the computer, you should

A blended family consists of

Hand hygiene is necessary after removing gloves because