PSB Test Study Guide
A very sick patient is allowed only one visitor in the room at any one time. An entire family of
five crowds into the room. When the practical nurse requests that they obey hospital rules, they
re
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PSB Test Study Guide
A very sick patient is allowed only one visitor in the room at any one time. An entire family of
five crowds into the room. When the practical nurse requests that they obey hospital rules, they
refuse to leave the room. The practical nurse should... - ✔✔Ask the supervisor for instructions.
A recently graduated practical nurse, newly employed to the hospital, is assigned to your unit.
This practical nurse seems, to you, too quick to tell you what and how to do it. You might handle
this by: - ✔✔Exercising patience and tolerance.
The visitor of a patient behaves inappropriately towards you. You should: - ✔✔Ignore the visitor
The oxygen tube has just been removed from the patients nostrils. The patient asks you for a
cigarette. The best response to the patient is to: - ✔✔Explain the fire hazard.
The practical nurse's HIV positive patient expresses concern about possible staff hostility. The
practical nurse might best ease the patient's anxiety by: - ✔✔Stating,"We are all here to help."
Your patient asks you for confidential information about another patient. You should respond by:
- ✔✔Telling the patient you do not know or cannot discuss that information.
Which characteristic is most important for a practical nurse to posses: Passionate, Reliable,
Persuasive or Friendly. - ✔✔Reliable
Due to your negligence, a parient falls onto the floor. You and the patient are alone in the room.
What should you do? - ✔✔Get the supervising nurse.
Your supervisor is asking you to complete duties that you do not think you can do. What should
you do? - ✔✔Ask the supervisor if you can speak privately and explain why you think you
cannot perform the duties requested of you.
Your patient says something rude to you. You should: - ✔✔Ignore the patient
A coworker, who has NO authority over you, repeatedly tells you that you are doing your hob
wrong. What should you do? - ✔✔Ignore the coworker.
A patient tells the practical nurse that she is in extreme pain and would like pain medication. The
practical nurse should: - ✔✔Say,"I'll see if your physician will prescribe pain medication for
you."
Which of the following characteristics are most important for day to day functioning of a nurse:
Clarity of speech, Range of Motion, Adaptability, Friendliness. - ✔✔Adaptability.
A practical nurse will often be working with and for others a quality that will be demanded of
you is: - ✔✔Integrity.
A patient is depressed about his diagnosis. The Nurse should: - ✔✔Take the patient to the
activity room to be around other patients.
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