ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 5 : Nursing Process and Critical Thinking Questions
Question 1 of 5
A health care system that provides control over health care services for a specific group of individuals in an attempt to control cost is known as ____ care.
Correct Answer: managed
Rationale: Managed care is a health care system that provides control over health care services for a specific group of individuals in attempts to control cost.
Question 2 of 5
A multidisciplinary plan that schedules clinical ____ over an anticipated time frame for high-risk high-volume and high-cost types of cases is known as a critical pathway.
Correct Answer: interventions
Rationale: A critical pathway is a multidisciplinary plan that schedules clinical interventions over an anticipated time frame for high-risk, high-volume, and high-cost types of cases.
Question 3 of 5
What best defines the nursing process?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The nursing process is a framework by which to organize individualized nursing care.
Question 4 of 5
All of the following patients have been admitted to the acute care setting. On admission which patient should receive a focused assessment?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A patient with a perforated ulcer is considered to be critically ill.
Therefore, this patient should receive a focused assessment. The remaining options are not considered critical illnesses.
Question 5 of 5
What subjective data does the nurse record following a head-to-toe examination?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Another term for subjective data is symptoms, which cannot be observed or measured. This data must come from the patient.