Exam 2: Managing Time and Designing Success

A lab instructor is observing placement of a Foley catheter by a senior nursing student. If the student is in the active conceptualization phase of Kolb's Theory of Experiential Learning, what action can the lab instructor expect from the student?

A student exclaims, "I have to make a 100% on this test because anything less is just like failing in my book. I either know it or I don't and if I don't know it now, I never will." This student is obviously stressed, and the statements represent:

A nurse is trying to manage success in the workplace. Which action demonstrates that she understands key habits that must be developed and maintained?

A patient is learning to improve her personal empowerment skills after going through a tough divorce. Which actions can she take to accomplish this? (Select all that apply.)

A student has just completed an especially stressful week of work, class, and clinical. She decides that to help reduce stress, a treat of a really funny movie is in order. What kind of coping mechanism has this student chosen? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse understands that there are four key habits for managing the work of success. Which action by the nurse demonstrates her understanding?

Stress reduction while in nursing school is an important part of maintaining one's health. Holistic cognitive theory for stress reduction has four steps. The student shows that he or she understands the first step to achieving awareness by doing which of the following?

A lab instructor is preparing to teach a group of students. After reading questionnaires filled out by the students in her group, she notes that the students would best learn by reflective observation. What activity should the instructor plan so that the students have the best chance of success?

A nursing student is learning about effective time management in her first semester of nursing school. Which action by the student indicates that she understands the first critical step?

Which actions or statements can the nurse take to eliminate self-defeating behaviors? (Select all that apply.)

A group of nursing students is discussing how their lives have changed since beginning nursing school. The student who understands the second step of holistic cognitive theory for stress reduction recognizes which comments as descriptive of automatic thoughts? (Select all that apply.)

A student has a large reading assignment that must be completed in order to be prepared for the next class. Which action by the student would be ineffective in the planning process?

The roommate of a nursing student buys tickets to the student's favorite play. The student realizes that the play is the night before her final exam. When the student turns down the tickets, the roommate interprets the student's dedication to school as:

A student must come back to the learning laboratory to repeat the skills check for insertion of a nasogastric tube. The instructor overhears the student saying, "I know I can do this, I know I can do this!" The instructor interprets this behavior as:

A clinical instructor notices that one of her students worries a lot, expects negative outcomes for most situations, strives for perfection, and seems to look for the tiniest faults in her work. The clinical instructor interprets these behaviors as:

After a particularly challenging examination, a student is overheard in the hallway exclaiming, "That instructor just grades too hard! She only gave me a B on the test!" This student is exhibiting traits of a(n):

A nurse is working with a depressed youth on a psychiatric unit. She knows that her greatest strength is listening. The nurse's knowledge of herself describes:

A nursing professor is grading an assignment on self-defeating behavior. The professor can expect to find which statement written by the student who has a good understanding of perfectionism?