Question 5
Nursing Practice Quiz. What is the purpose of health promotion?
- a) To provide holistic growth
- b) To empower people to take control of their health
- c) To help people develop their potential
- d) To influence people’s behaviors in ways that reduce risks
Question 6
Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life. Who is primarily responsible for maintaining wellness?
- a) The nurse
- b) The doctor
- c) The community
- d) The client
Question 7
A nurse has just received a transfer from the Emergency Department of a client with a history of hypertension. Which of the following is the priority nursing action?
- a) Performing a cultural assessment
- b) Reviewing the primary care provider’s prescriptions
- c) Obtaining a baseline set of vital signs
- d) Assessing the client’s family support system. Nursing Practice Quiz.
Question 8
Which of the following is a primary focus of health promotion?
- a) The diagnosis and treatment of diseases
- b) The management of chronic illness
- c) The cleanliness and safety of the home environment
- d) The rehabilitation of individuals after an injury
Question 9
A nurse is caring for a client who is a devout Muslim and has specific dietary requirements based on their religious beliefs. Which of the following is the most appropriate action by the nurse? Nursing Practice Quiz
- a) Provide the client with a standard hospital diet and encourage them to eat as much as possible.
- b) Inform the client that the hospital cannot accommodate special dietary requests and they must follow the prescribed diet.
- c) Collaborate with the patient and their family to incorporate culturally appropriate foods within the patient’s dietary restrictions.
- d) Consult with the hospital’s chaplain to determine the client’s dietary needs.
Question 10
The nurse is performing a nutritional assessment on a client. Which of the following statements by the nurse indicates an understanding of the relationship between culture and nutrition?
- a) “We have a standardized diet that meets the needs of all our clients, regardless of their cultural background.”
- b) “We know that some cultural and religious practices include dietary guidelines, and we do not want to violate these.”
- c) “We find that most people are willing to set aside their cultural dietary preferences when they are in the hospital.”
- d) “We don’t need to worry about cultural dietary preferences unless the client specifically asks for them.”
Question 11
A nurse is assessing a client in a health promotion clinic. The client reports drinking 6 to 10 cans of beer every day. Which of the following nursing diagnoses should the nurse prioritize?
- a) Risk for Injury related to alcohol use.
- b) Ineffective Health Maintenance related to alcohol use. Nursing Practice Quiz
- c) Readiness for Enhanced Health Management.
- d) Deficient Knowledge related to the effects of alcohol.
Question 12
A nurse is participating in a quality improvement team that is developing a plan to provide more culturally competent care. Which of the following statements by the nurse best describes transcultural nursing?
- a) Transcultural nursing is a research-focused practice that is client-centered and culturally competent.
- b) Transcultural nursing is primarily concerned with the study of different cultures and their health practices.
- c) Transcultural nursing is only necessary when caring for clients from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- d) Transcultural nursing is a relatively new field that has not yet been widely accepted.
Question 13
A nurse is caring for a client from a different culture who is mourning the death of a family member. The nurse believes the client’s mourning practices are “too loud” and tells the client to “be quiet and behave properly.” This is an example of: Nursing Practice Quiz
- a) Cultural imposition
- b) Cultural blindness
- c) Ethnocentrism
- d) Cultural stereotyping
Question 14
A nurse is providing care to a client from a different culture. Which of the following statements by the nurse indicates an understanding of the influence of culture on health and illness? Nursing Practice Quiz.
- a) “Most clients from this culture have the same beliefs and practices regarding health and illness.”
- b) A client’s culture is a major determinant of their health-related beliefs and practices.
- c) “Culture is not a significant factor in health and illness unless the client is from a very traditional background.”
- d) “As long as I provide high-quality medical care, the client’s culture doesn’t really matter.”
Question 15
A nurse is caring for a client who uses traditional healing practices. The nurse tells the client that these practices are “unscientific and ineffective” and that they should only use modern medical treatments. This is an example of:
- a) Cultural imposition
- b) Cultural blindness
- c) Ethnocentrism
- d) Cultural stereotyping
Question 12
The quality improvement team at the hospital has recognized the need to better integrate the principles of transcultural nursing into client care. When explaining the concept of transcultural nursing to uninitiated nurses, how should the team members describe it?
- a) The comparative analysis of the health benefits and risks of recognizable ethnic groups
- b) Research-focused practice that focuses on client-centered, culturally competent nursing
- c) A systematic and evidence-based effort to improve health outcomes in clients who are immigrants
- d) Interventions that seek to address language barriers in nursing practice
Question 13
A home health nurse is conducting a home visit to a client who receives wound care twice weekly for a diabetic foot ulcer. While performing the dressing change, the nurse realizes that the nurse has forgotten to bring the adhesive gauze specified in the wound-care regimen. What is the nurse’s best action?
- a) Leave the wound uncovered and teach the client about infection control.
- b) Contact the healthcare provider for new wound-care orders.
- c) Contact the family members for guidance on how to proceed.
- d) Improvise the dressing with available sterile gauze and adhesive tape.
Question 14
The nurse prepares to administer medication to the client. The client states, “I would prefer not to take that medication until I speak with my healthcare provider”. The nurse honors the client’s desire to make decisions, following which ethical principle?
- a) Autonomy
- b) Beneficence
- c) Fidelity
- d) Paternalism
Question 15
A client weighs 110 lb. What is this weight in kilograms?
- a) 50 kg
- b) 70 kg
- c) 110 kg
- d) 220 kg
Question 16
A group of nursing students are studying for an exam on dosage calculations. The students demonstrate an ability to convert milligrams to grams when they identify that 1 g is equivalent to how many milligrams?
- a) 1000
- b) 100
- c) 10
- d) 0.1
Question 17
A client consumed the 6-ounce cup of orange juice that was on the breakfast tray. The nurse should document what volume of fluid intake on the client’s fluid balance sheet.
- a) 180 mL
- b) 60 mL
- c) 120 mL
- d) 240 mL
Question 18
A home health nurse is admitting a new client to home care services. Which action should the nurse perform during medication reconciliation? Select all that apply.
- a) Check for duplicate medications.
- b) Assess for use of herbal remedies.
- c) Encourage the use of multiple pharmacies
- d) Check that the correct dose is being administered.
- e) Assure the proper frequency of administration.
- f) correct labeling on the medication container
Question 19
A nurse has accepted a position at a health care facility that embraces interprofessional collaboration as its model of practice. Which competency should the nurse recognize as being key to interprofessional collaboration? Select all that apply.
- a) Patient-centered care
- b) Evidence-based practice
- c) Managing care
- d) Safety
- e) Informatics
- f) Determining basic needs
Question 20
The nurse is evaluating the plan of care for a client who had a total hip replacement. Which action will the nurse perform during this step of the nursing process? Select all that apply.
- a) Add additional nursing diagnoses to address new problems.
- b) Change expected outcomes if they are not realistic.
- c) Check that pain assessments are being performed with vital signs.
- d) Determine whether priorities need to be reordered.
- e) Discontinue nursing interventions that are no longer needed.
- f) Assess activity level
