When answering multiple-choice questions, strategies for ...

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When answering multiple-choice questions, strategies for elimination of choices include:
 
  1. Identifying one choice as correct to eliminate none of the above as a choice.
  2. Identifying one choice as incorrect to eliminate all of the above as a choice.
  3. Not going back and changing an answer once a choice is identified.
  4. Going back and reviewing and changing answers as needed once finished with a test.
  5. Realizing that most often, the first instinct as to the correct answer is correct.

Question 2

The nurse documents the first sign of a pressure ulcer that has not yet progressed to stage 1 when noting which of the following?
 
  1. Nonblanchable reddened area on the coccyx
  2. Mushy area on the buttocks that is cool to the touch
  3. Wound covered with eschar
  4. A blister on the buttocks

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Strategies for selecting the correct answer include identifying one or more correct or incorrect answers to eliminate an all of the above or none of the above answer. Changing questions after answering often changes a correct answer to an incorrect answer, as the first answer chosen is often correct.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: Before nonblanchable erythema appears, many clients develop an area that suggests deep tissue injury evidenced by pain, a mushy or boggy area that can be cool or warm to the touch. Nonblanchable erythema is a stage 1 pressure ulcer. A wound covered with eschar is a stage 4 or unstageable tissue injury. A blister is a stage 2 pressure ulcer.