Bridge LPN to RN Exam 1 The essential issue or need to be addressed at any given time within a set of conditions or circumstances is known as a(n): - ✔-outcome priority. An LPN/LVN has started taking courses toward becoming an RN and is having difficulty transitioning to the student role. Appropriate advice to provide this student to assist him or her in the adult learning process would include the following: - ✔-Relate each new piece of information to daily practice. According to Kurt Lewin, the three phases of change are - ✔-unfreezing, moving, and refreezing. An LPN/LVN, currently working full-time in a long-term care facility, has a primary interest in obstetrics. She has been offered a full-time position in an obstetrics outpatient clinic. A restraining force for this nurse in making this job decision may include - ✔-lower hourly wages A nursing student makes a list of personal gifts and barriers and constructs a selfportrait. The next step for this student is to: - ✔-develop an outcome priority. A nursing student is performing his or her first sterile dressing change on the assigned patient in the clinical setting. This is an example of: - ✔-concrete experience. An LPN/LVN is planning to return to school to become an RN and completes the Gregorc Style Delineator, which concludes that the student prefers a concrete random learning style. This information indicates that students - ✔-prefer to study alone. The nursing instructor is advising students on time management skills. The students will be instructed that the first task of effective time management is: - ✔-assessment. Nursing students are participating in a stress reduction workshop. The leader asks the students to break into small groups and discuss how they feel when under stress. This step of holistic cognitive therapy will help the students: - ✔-achieve awareness. Following a stressful day on the clinical unit, a nursing student gets in the car and starts to cry. This coping mechanism is: - ✔-catharsis. . Phases of Kolb's Theory of Experiential Learning include: - ✔-active experimentation. concrete experience. abstract conceptualization. reflective observation.
A student takes the NCLEX-RN® exam and does not pass. Which of the following statements are examples of external locus of control? - ✔-"My instructors did not go over all of the material on the exam." "I probably would have passed if it wasn't so cold in the room." "If someone would have told me that it was going to be so difficult then I would have been more prepared." A nursing student is studying for an exam by stating aloud in his own words explanations and answers to various questions he asks himself regarding classroom topics. This method for studying is: - ✔-reciting. A student attends 10 hours of class for a week. What would be the recommended number of hours this student should study for this week? - ✔-20 to 30 hours The nursing instructor informs a class of students that the next exam will consist of restricted-response questions. The students can anticipate an exam consisting of: - ✔short-answer questions. Who thinks these questions are retarded??? - ✔-I do!!! lol The SQRRR formula for studying involves the following steps: - ✔-Question Survey Recite Read Review The organization that currently ensures that all nurses entering the profession have demonstrated knowledge and skills at a standard minimum level required for safe and effective practice as a newly licensed, entry-level nurse is the: - ✔-NCSBN. A graduate nurse is taking the NCLEX CAT. This graduate is correct in stating that the computer will determine his/her pass or fail status by: - ✔-continuing to test until it determines with 95% confidence that ability either surpasses, or does not meet the minimum passing standard. The NCLEX-RN® test plans main content categories for testing include: - ✔-Physiologic Integrity. Safe, Effective Care Environment. Health Promotion and Maintenance. Psychosocial Integrity. According to McDowell (2008), nonacademic factors that can lead to passing the NCLEX-RN® exam are: - ✔-fatigue. test anxiety.
self-esteem .When reviewing discharge planning with a patient, the registered nurse reviews new dietary modifications ordered by the health care provider. This nurse is participating in the role of: - ✔-educator. The registered nurse is caring for a 7-year-old child with a spiral fracture of the left lower extremity. Assessment findings include bruises at various stages of healing on the chest, back, upper and lower extremities. The nurse recognizes these findings as potential signs of physical abuse and notifies the health care provider and Children's Advocacy Center. The nurse is participating in the role of - ✔-advocate. An LPN/LVN is participating in an RN program based in a community college setting and will complete the course of study in 2 years. This student is participating in a(n) - ✔associate's degree in nursing program. Differences between LPN/LVN and RN roles include: - ✔--educational level. -orientation to the use of critical thinking skills. -education and practice time with assessment skills. -patient teaching skills. -care planning participation. -legal responsibilities. The standards of practice that make up the nursing process include: - ✔implementation. diagnosis. assessment. planning. Florence Nightingale was known as the: - ✔-"Lady with the Lamp." America's first trained nurse is - ✔-Linda Richards Lavinia Dock was a well-known nurse who: - ✔-fought for women's rights issues and for the right to vote. Patient care of the present and future will be affected by: - ✔--an aging population. -emphasis on health maintenance. -quality improvement. -patient-centered care.