NURS 612 MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY EXAM 1 2024 UPDATED WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (ALREADY GRADED A+)

NURS 612 MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY EXAM 1
2024 UPDATED WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
(ALREADY GRADED A+)

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the
health care provider should apply infection control measures when
caring for which
group of patients? - ANSWER-All patients regardless of their
infectious status
Unless a life-threatening situation exists, the best guide to
determining the priority for the patient's condition should be based
on - ANSWER-intuition
When determining a need for additional examination, testing, or
procedures, the examiner knows that these
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should be done - ANSWER-if they relate to the examiner's
hypothesis
After an examiner has identified and confirmed a
problem, the next step is to - ANSWER-determine the managment
plan
The use of a computer could potentially be detrimental
to the examiner because - ANSWER-it may become a substitute
for critical thinking.
To identify problems based on clinical examination,
the examiner should organize the data - ANSWER-by body
systems
Each of the following could become a barrier to the
critical thinking process, except for the examiner's - ANSWERobjectivity (feelings, attitudes, and values could be barriers)
Which statement best characterizes a belief that supports a sound
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decision-making process? - ANSWER-Common problems occur
commonly, and rare ones occur rarely
Laboratory tests should be used to - ANSWER-develop a list of
potential problems
EBP is defined as - ANSWER-the best available scientific evidence
to clinical decision making.
Which of the following examples illustrates a vague or
nondescriptive term - ANSWER- "skin color is normal"
How are "normal findings" best documented - ANSWER-Document
what was actually assessed in specific terms.
Which of the following statements is true regarding use of
abbreviations? - ANSWER- Use only universally accepted
abbreviations for documentation
You are taking a health history on your patient. When you are
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asking about problems in other body systems, your patient reports
constipation over the
past 5 or 6 months. This would be documented in - ANSWERReview of symptoms
Your patient presents to the office with a chief complaint of
shoulder pain that he reports as stabbing. In using the mnemonic
OLDCARTS, this is noted as - ANSWER- characteristic
Before instilling a mydriatic eyedrop, the examiner should -
ANSWER-observe the eye with focused light tangentially
The examiner screens a 5-year-old child for nystagmus by -
ANSWER-inspecting movement of the eyes to the six cardinal
fields of gaze
Which of the following correctly describes the method to assess
accommodation? -
ANSWER-Constriction should be noted as gaze shifts from across
the room to an object 6 inches away.