Vocational Nursing Concepts Exam Review
Course Introduction
Vocational Nursing Concepts introduces students to the foundational principles and practices of vocational nursing. The course covers the roles and responsibilities of licensed vocational nurses within the healthcare team, legal and ethical considerations in patient care, effective communication techniques, and fundamentals of patient-centered care. Emphasizing professionalism, cultural competence, and safety, students explore concepts such as infection control, basic patient assessment, documentation, and the importance of critical thinking in clinical settings. This course prepares students for further study and practical experience in various healthcare environments.
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Success in Practical Vocational Nursing 8th Edition by Patricia Knecht
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Chapter 1: Personal Resources of an Adult Learner
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Q1) Which learner is fulfilling an important student responsibility when receiving examination results?
A) The student who looks at the test grade and hands the test and answer sheet back
B) The student who argues each wrong answer with the instructor
C) The student who tries to understand mistakes made on the test
D) The student who appears interested in the test results
Answer: C
Q2) When explaining the responsibility of the learner to a group of nursing students, a mentor should emphasize that the learner's first priority is to
A) absorb the knowledge taught by the instructor.
B) be self-directed and active in the process of learning.
C) study only what the instructor emphasizes in class.
D) focus on learning 65% of the information that is taught.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Academic Resources (Study Skills and Test Strategies)
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Q1) A nursing student states, "I have trouble writing what the instructor says in class." The most helpful hint to give the student would be
A) "Try to write the lecturer's statements word for word."
B) "Write the main ideas in condensed form."
C) "Take notes in shorthand and transcribe them."
D) "Underline in the textbook what the lecturer is saying."
Answer: B
Q2) The rationale for use of short, frequent study periods that focus on understanding the material is
A) to memorize facts.
B) to lay down a neural trace.
C) to prevent old knowledge from interfering with recall of new knowledge.
D) to motivate learning by developing a positive attitude toward the subject matter.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Community Resources
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Q1) The Director of a Practical/Vocational Nursing program is reviewing surveys and determines that graduates rate confidence levels high. What step in Maslow's Human Needs Theory does this reflect?
A) Safety
B) Love and belonging
C) Esteem
D) Physiological
Answer: C
Q2) The 2011 National Council of State Board Examiners (NCSBN) white paper "A Nurse's Guide to the Use of Social Media" addresses _____________ violation of patient confidentiality/privacy by posting patient information on ___________________ sites.
Answer: nurses; social networking
The 2011 National Council of State Board Examiners (NCSBN) white paper "A Nurse's Guide to the Use of Social Media" states that 46 Boards of Nursing (BON) were surveyed by the National Council, and 33 boards reported receiving complaints about nurses who violated patient confidentiality/privacy by posting patient information on social networking sites.
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Chapter 4: How Practical/Vocational Nursing Evolved:
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Q1) Which was the first state to pass a law licensing practical nurses?
A) Alabama
B) California
C) New York
D) Mississippi
Q2) The emergence of modern nursing is usually attributed to the influence of A) Florence Nightingale.
B) Clara Barton.
C) Lillian Wald.
D) Sairy Gamp.
Q3) The event that had the most profound influence in changing practical/vocational nursing was
A) the depression of the 1930s, when nurses worked for room and board in lieu of salary.
B) the post-World War II movement of practical/vocational nurses into hospital positions.
C) the American Medical Association (AMA) proposal to develop registered care technicians as new health care workers.
D) the first computer-adaptive test for practical/vocational nursing graduates.
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Chapter 5: Critical Thinking: A Lifelong Journey
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Q1) The cognitive levels used on the NCLEX-PN examination are knowledge, comprehension, application, and _______________.
Q2) Which factor that influences critical thinking provides the best rationale for using a team meeting to plan care for a patient?
A) Collaboration
B) Moral development
C) Self-confidence
D) Maturity
Q3) A nurse is performing routine vital signs on patients. The nurse has obtained vital signs many times before and is able to do so without much conscious thought. This is an example of
A) directed thinking.
B) negative thinking.
C) ruminative thinking.
D) nonfocused thinking.
Q4) The NCLEX-PN examination includes items that require various levels of thinking to answer a test item. These various levels are called ____________________.
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Chapter 6: Ethics Applied to Nursing: Personal Versus Professional Ethics
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Q1) Leaving an unconscious patient exposed during a treatment or procedure is a violation of the ethical principle of
A) fidelity.
B) autonomy.
C) justice.
D) nonmaleficence.
Q2) A system of standards or moral principles that direct actions as being right or wrong is called ___________.
Q3) What ethical principle underlies the statement in the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN) Code for Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses, "The practical nurse provides health care to all patients regardless of race, creed, cultural background, disease, or lifestyle"?
A) Autonomy
B) Confidentiality
C) Beneficence
D) Justice
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Chapter 7: Nursing and the Law: What
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Q1) What is the nurse's responsibility regarding an improper medical order that, if carried out, may harm a patient?
A) The nurse must carry out the orders as written without questioning.
B) The nurse must go directly to the physician and, if necessary, refuse to carry out the order.
C) The nurse must go directly to the patient and ask the patient to make a decision about the order.
D) The nurse should carry out the order and then immediately resign so as not to be held responsible.
Q2) A nurse is found liable for battery. What does this mean?
A) The nurse threatened the patient, causing fear of bodily harm.
B) The nurse, without consent, touched the patient in a way that caused harm.
C) The nurse detained the patient against his will.
D) The nurse incorrectly performed a procedure that is within her scope of practice.
Q3) A legal document that describes the kinds of medical or life-sustaining treatments the person would want if seriously or terminally ill is known as a ________________.
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Chapter 8: Effective Communication: Health Care Team,
Patients, Faculty, and Peers
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Q1) On which statement about life span communication differences can the nurse rely when implementing patient care?
A) Children from birth to age 2 are most soothed by a high-pitched tone of voice.
B) Preschool children tend to respond well to a reasoning approach.
C) It is important to try to communicate with teens using their slang.
D) Older adults hear lower frequency sounds more easily than high-pitched sounds.
Q2) A patient states, "This is my fourth miscarriage." A response by the nurse that demonstrates active listening would be
A) "Having another miscarriage must be hard to accept."
B) "This is nature's way. You can be glad it happened."
C) "How lucky to have lost the baby so early in your pregnancy."
D) "I've had two miscarriages, so I know how you must feel."
Q3) Types of communication include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Verbal communication
B) Affective communication
C) Nonverbal communication
D) Symptomatic communication
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Chapter 9: Assertiveness: Your Responsibility
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Q1) What are the expected outcomes of using assertive communication in the nursing workplace? (Select all that apply.)
A) It enmeshes the person and the issue.
B) It promotes positive relationships.
C) It is clear and unequivocal.
D) It respects the rights of oneself and others.
E) It is focused on the personal needs of the nurse.
F) It guarantees the user will get his or her way.
Q2) A male nurse has been assigned to mentor a newly hired female nurse. Several times during the day, the new nurse perceives her mentor as touching her inappropriately. In the afternoon the mentor tells the new nurse, "I think we should meet after work for a drink. I could give you the lowdown on other staff, and we could get our relationship off to a good start. With my help, you'll be able to get raises and promotions regularly." The new nurse thinks, "I don't want this man's help." The new nurse can correctly determine that these behaviors suggest ______________________.
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Chapter 10: Cultural Uniqueness, Sensitivity, and Competence
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Q1) Data collection suggests that a patient's health beliefs are personalistic. Which statement by the patient would the nurse determine as consistent with personalistic health beliefs?
A) "Please call my physician for me so I can discuss my symptoms."
B) "I would like to wear the amulet that's in my bedside stand."
C) "X-rays will find the cause of my back pain."
D) "I hope the doctor will recommend surgery."
Q2) Mrs. Lee tells the nurse who asks why she ate so little of the food on her tray that her condition requires "hot" foods, so she ate only the "hot" foods on the tray. The nurse notices that several items the patient left on the tray were served hot, and several of the foods the patient ate were served cold. The nurse should
A) tell the dietary department to make sure Mrs. Lee's foods are hot when served.
B) check Mrs. Lee's menu choices and change choices from cold entrees to hot entrees.
C) tell Mrs. Lee that no hospital food service serves entrees as hot as she may fix at home.
D) ask Mrs. Lee to make a list of foods she believes would help her condition.
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Chapter 11: Spiritual Needs, Spiritual Caring, and Religious Differences
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Q1) A patient who is a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) must increase fluid intake. Which beverages should the nurse offer?
A) Wine or beer
B) Fruit juice, milk, or water
C) Coffee, tea, or iced tea
D) Unfermented or fermented apple juice
Q2) The nurse working in the neonatal intensive care unit would implement baptism for a baby not expected to live if the infant's religion is listed as
A) Assembly of God.
B) Roman Catholic.
C) Mormon.
D) Baptist.
Q3) In what religion do adults abstain from food, drink, and sexual activity from dawn to sunset during the ninth month of their religious calendar?
A) Buddhism
B) Jehovah's witness
C) Mormon
D) Islam
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Chapter 12: The Nursing Process: Your Role
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Q1) During the assessment phase of the nursing process, the LPN/LVN is expected to
A) establish goals and outcome criteria.
B) collect data about the patient.
C) determine whether established goals have been met.
D) plan interventions to implement for the patient.
Q2) A beginning nurse asks an experienced nurse, "When should I focus on data collection?" Which statement provides the best description for when a nurse should collect patient-centered data?
A) After report when coming on duty
B) Within 1 hour of reporting off duty
C) While assisting a patient with hygiene
D) During each patient contact
Q3) When the LPN/LVN participates in the evaluation phase of the nursing process, she or he compares the patient's responses with the
A) nursing orders.
B) outcome criteria.
C) nursing diagnosis.
D) data collection.
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Chapter 13: Nursing Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) The nursing instructor provides positive feedback to the student LPN/LVN after observing the student administer an intramuscular injection to a patient. According to Maslow's human needs theory, the instructor is helping to meet the student's
A) physiological needs.
B) safety needs.
C) love and belonging needs.
D) esteem needs.
Q2) According to the adaptation model, interdependence is related to which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Role in society
B) Spiritual aspects
C) Love
D) Respect
E) Values
Q3) Quantitative research studies are considered
A) subjective studies.
B) grounded theory studies.
C) objective studies.
D) phenomenological studies.
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Chapter 14: The Interdisciplinary Health Care Team: The
Role of the Practical/Vocational Nurse
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Q1) Which statement best describes the relationship between the student nurse assigned to a hospital unit for clinical experience and the unit staff?
A) The student is under direct supervision of the nurse manager of the unit at all times.
B) Students are on the clinical unit to give service to the hospital as they care for patients.
C) The student applies classroom learning under the supervision of faculty members during clinical training.
D) Practical nursing students form a nursing team of their own and are not a part of the larger unit team.
Q2) A nurse describes the method of care delivery on a unit as "using nursing staff in varying ratios to meet patient needs and coordinating care using care pathways." This best describes
A) nursing case management.
B) primary nursing.
C) team nursing.
D) the skill mix method.
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Chapter 15: Health Care Settings: Continuum of Care
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Q1) The U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) is funded by A) tax money.
B) lottery money.
C) voluntary contributions.
D) estates and endowments.
Q2) After several weeks of outpatient care, a patient with a badly burned hand has been referred for rehabilitation. The patient asks the nurse what the purpose of rehabilitation is. The best answer would be
A) "It will help you get back the function of your hand and will prevent further disability."
B) "It's a way of keeping you under direct supervision while healing continues."
C) "You'll need to learn new ways of eating and dressing using your good hand."
D) "In your case, I don't know what the purpose is. Why not ask your doctor?"
Q3) The health care agency that provides information and support for breast-feeding mothers and breast milk for infants because of health reasons is the
Q4) ____________________ are for-profit hospitals operated for the financial benefit of the owner of the hospital.
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Chapter 16: The Health Care System: Financing, Issues, and Trends
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Q1) A mother and her three children often seek medical services at the emergency room. The nurse realizes that they have no insurance and are unable to pay for services. The action the nurse should take that would provide the greatest assistance to the family would be to
A) advise them to use urgent care centers where fees are lower.
B) leave the newspaper classified ads in a visible place.
C) advise the mother to seek work at the hospital personnel office.
D) contact a social worker to discuss Medicaid with the mother.
Q2) A student nurse asked to identify the types of services currently provided in the U.S. health care delivery system should mention which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Restructuring
B) Health promotion
C) Diagnosis and treatment
D) Illness prevention
E) Seamless systems
F) Alliances and networks
Q3) Once a deductible has been met, the percentage of the total bill paid by the insured person is known as the _________________.
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Chapter 17: Collaboration: Leading and Managing
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Q1) To which goal should the LPN/LVN give priority?
A) Resident X, who has been experiencing a medication reaction, will have no rash and uncompromised respirations.
B) Resident Y, who is obese and has had a recent knee replacement, will ambulate using a walker with the assistance of a staff member.
C) Resident Z will receive blood glucose monitoring and insulin as ordered.
D) All residents will be weighed before breakfast.
Q2) A resident has not voided in 6 hours. Which instruction to a nursing assistant would likely ensure getting the information needed by the LPN/LVN charge nurse?
A) "Watch the resident's output closely today."
B) "I need to know if the resident is voiding sufficiently."
C) "The resident should void at least twice during the shift in quantities of 200 mL or more."
D) "Report to me immediately if the resident voids between now and 10 AM, and tell me the amount he voids. If he has not voided by 10 AM, please report this to me."
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Chapter 18: Work Force Trends:
Will Love
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Q1) The first college in the United States to have a distance-learning nursing program (online) is:
A) University of Phoenix.
B) Minneapolis Community Technical College.
C) Excelsior College.
D) Lackawanna College.
Q2) As the interview at the long-term care facility is coming to a close, the interviewer asks the applicant, "What questions may I answer for you?" Which question would be most likely to create a favorable impression?
A) "After completing the orientation, when will the first pay raise be given?"
B) "Will it be possible to tour a unit such as the one to which I would be assigned?"
C) "What will happen if I can't meet the outcomes for the competency-based orientation?"
D) "Do you have tuition reimbursement for courses toward my next degree?"
Q3) The area of nursing in which churches employ their own nurse to take care of basic health needs of the congregation is called _____________ nursing.
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Chapter 19: Licensure and Regulation: Becoming Licensed and
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Q1) The content of the NCLEX-PN examination is divided into four Patient Needs categories. The Health Promotion and Maintenance category includes A) ethical practice.
B) family planning.
C) crisis intervention.
D) basic pathophysiology.
Q2) The fundamental difference between holding licensure as an LPN/LVN and having a temporary permit is that a temporary permit
A) is surrendered after 2 years; a license is never surrendered.
B) requires close RN supervision; a license gives permission to practice without RN supervision.
C) certifies minimal competency in LPN/LVN skills; a license guarantees safe practice.
D) provides permission to work as a GP/VN; a license certifies minimal competence in LPN/LVN skills.
Q3) The NCLEX-PN examination measures the _____________ competencies needed to practice practical/vocational nursing.
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