Chapter 8: Entry into Practice

Chapter 8: Entry into Practice

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. The student nurse is applying knowledge learned in class to the care of a patient. What type of knowledge is the student nurse using?

1.	Knowing that
2.	Knowing how
3.	Knowing why
4.	Knowing when

____ 2. After the student graduates and begins to practice the healing art in the real world of nursing, he or she develops what type of knowledge?

1.	Knowing that
2.	Knowing how
3.	Knowing why
4.	Knowing when

____ 3. The actual practice of nursing requires extensive use of what type of knowledge?

1.	Knowing that
2.	Knowing how
3.	Knowing why
4.	Knowing when

____ 4. The physician asks the nurse to perform a procedure. The nurse is unsure whether nurses are allowed to perform this procedure. What is the nurse’s best source of information to determine whether the procedure can legally be performed by the nurse?

1.	Ask another nurse with more experience
2.	Nurse Practice Act
3.	Call the nursing instructor
4.	Call any school of nursing

____ 5. The nurse was originally licensed in one state and is accepting a job in a different state. What statement regarding the nurse’s practice in the new state is accurate?

1.	Every state’s Nurse Practice Act is the same so the nurse’s practice will not change.
2.	The nurse will need to take the NCLEX-PN again in the new state.
3.	The nurse is responsible for understanding the Nurse Practice Act in the new state.
4.	The nurse will need to take a quiz regarding differences in the Nurse Practice Act in the new state.

____ 6. The nurse working in the long-term care facility reviews a physician order that the nurse feels is unsafe. The physician is contacted and upholds the order. What should the nurse do?

1.	Carry out the order and document the order was questioned with the physician.
2.	Refuse to carry out the order and document the rationale for why it was not done.
3.	Consult the RN supervisor and explain the situation and the physician’s response.
4.	Explain the dilemma to the patient and ask the patient to give permission for the order to be done.

____ 7. What level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is most threatened when the new graduate nurse begins working?

1.	Physiological needs
2.	Safety needs
3.	Love and belonging needs
4.	Self-actualization needs

____ 8. The LPN is offered a job working alone in an office treating patients. The only coworkers the nurse will have are secretarial and billing clerks. What will the nurse need to ask about this job to determine if it is in compliance with the Nurse Practice Act?

1.	Is there an RN or physician who will supervise the LPN?
2.	Is there adequate financial compensation for the work expected?
3.	Will the LPN be supervising the secretaries and billing clerks?
4.	How long will the LPN need to work before receiving a raise?

MULTIPLE CHOICE

ANS: 1

This type of knowledge is called “knowing that,” which is the type of knowledge learned in the classroom. This knowledge is the theory of nursing.

PTS: 1 REF: Chapter: 8 OBJ: Objective: 1