1 .		The caregiver role for nurses today is best described in which of the following ways? [Hint]   Team member   Dependent and assistive   Independent and collaborative   Team leader
2 .		Which of the following behaviors on the part of a nurse would best describe how a nurse translates the science of nursing into the art of nursing? [Hint]   Through caring behaviors   Implementing the nursing care plan   Applying knowledge to client's problems   Improving the condition of the client
3 .		When you write a care plan for your assigned client, which of the following serves as the basis for your nursing diagnoses? [Hint]   The client's medical diagnoses   Your assessment of the client   Current complaints of the client   Problems causing the client to seek health care
4 .		Which of the following things must you as a nurse do, in order to think critically? [Hint]   Finish your care plan within the time frame given to you   Get in touch with your feelings and emotions and using these in your thinking   Take what you know and sort it out to make a decision based on your expertise   Identify what you know and what you need to know from other sources
5 .		You are working with a client who complains most of the time about a pain that does not fit the pattern of any disorder and is not easily relieved. Using critical thinking, what would be the best action on your part? [Hint]   Practice intellectual empathy putting yourself in the client's place   Ask the client why they think they have this unusual discomfort   Talk to the client's family and get their opinions   Ask the physician about the possibility of a placebo
6 .		When using critical thinking, you must be able to use reasoning. Which of the following statements best describes reasoning? [Hint]   Making guesses and selecting the best guess   The ability to discriminate between fact and guesses   The ability to come up with the best answer   Solving puzzels and problems
7 .		You are eating in a restaurant with fellow nurses. One of your colleagues begins to talk about a client without mentioning the client's name. Using the American Nurses' Association Code of Ethics, which of the following actions would be most ethical on your part? [Hint]   Participate in the discussion as long as the client's name is not used   Ask colleagues to talk in low tones to ensure no one will hear   Remind colleagues not to discuss clients in public places   Let others do the talking but refuse to discuss the client yourself
8 .		You are working with a client who has decided not to take insulin for diabetes type I anymore but to rely on herbal cures and prayer. Which of the following actions on your part would be the most ethical response? [Hint]   Tell the client that they are making a dangerous mistake   Ask a family member to get the client to agree to take the insulin   Ask your supervisor to try to convince the client to take the insulin   Explain the situation, alternatives, and potential harm to the client
9 .		As a nurse, you are expected to give culturally sensitive care and avoid ethnocentrism. Which of the following statements best explains ethnocentrism? [Hint]   Lack of knowledge of cultural practices, beliefs, and values of clients   A belief that your own cultural group's beliefs and values are the only acceptable ones   Making derogatory remarks about a particular culture   Treating clients differently based on their culture and ethnic background
10 .		Your assigned client has an advanced directive, or living will, in the chart. Which of the following things will you most likely find in the advanced directive? [Hint]   The client's preferences for health care in case the client becomes mentally incapacitated   The choice of care facility and method of payment should the client be in a vegetative state   The funeral home arrangements that the client has made in advance   A copy of the client's will and the names of the client's heirs