Progressive Care Nursing PCCN Exam Prep - Question List

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31. Mr. White, who was suffering from sarcoidosis, said to the nurse, "I shouldn't cry about this." The nurse replied, "That's right! You are an adult." This communication of the nurse is?
  1. Therapeutic communication
  2. Non-therapeutic communication
  3. Diagnostic communication
  4. Curative communication
32. Patient characteristics that must be considered if a nurse's competencies are to match the patient's include:
  1. Resiliency and vulnerability
  2. Stability and complexity
  3. Both A and B
  4. None of the above
33. The delivery of care is impacted by all of the forces except:
  1. Social forces
  2. Political forces
  3. Economic forces
  4. Regional forces
34. The Ethical principle that the patient has the right to make decisions about his or her own care is called as:
  1. Informed consent
  2. Autonomy
  3. Bioethics
  4. None of the above
35. An Ethical Principle that relates to the distribution of limited resources of healthcare benefits to members of society is called:
  1. Bioethics
  2. Justice
  3. Empowering patients
  4. None of the above

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