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NURS 1100 - Exam 3 Questions and
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Which factor would the nurse consider when communicating with
adolescents?
Be alert for clues to their emotional state.
Ask closed-ended questions to get straight answers.
Avoid looking for meaning behind adolescents' words or actions.
Avoid discussing sensitive issues such as sex and drugs.
Ans: Be alert for clues to their emotional state.
Adolescents are searching for their identities and trying to
become emotionally independent from parents while still
maintaining family ties. Depression, substance abuse, and
violence are all real concerns during this period; thus, the nurse
must be aware of an adolescent's emotional state. Open -ended
questions are used to get more detailed answers. The nurse
would look for meaning behind adolescents' words or actions. It
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is also important to discuss issues such as sex and drugs; sex
and drugs are very important issues during this age
Which sense is affected by presbyopia?
Hearing
Sight
Smell
Taste
Ans: Sight
Sensory changes in the eyes are characterized by the presence
of decreased accommodation to near or far vision, which is
called presbyopia. Sensory changes in the ears include
thickening of the tympanic membrane and sclerosis of the ear.
Sensory changes of smell include a diminished sense of smell.
Sensory changes in taste are often characterized by fewer taste
buds.
Which clinical feature is related to depression in older adults?
Apraxia
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Agitation
Hypervigilance
Impaired orientation
Ans: Agitation
Psychomotor disorientation, or agitation, is commonly seen in
patients with depression. Apraxia is a clinical feature associated
with dementia but not depression. Patients with delirium have
increased alertness (hypervigilance). However, the alertnes s in
patients with depression is usually normal. Impaired orientation
is associated with delirium, and patients with depression may
have selective disorientation.
A patient is in labor with her first baby, which is coming 2 weeks early.
Her husband is in the military and might not get back in time, and
neither family is able to be with her during labor. Which support person
employed by the birthing area is the health care provider most likely to
call in to be present during labor?
Nurse
Midwife
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Assistant
Lay doula
Ans: Lay doula
A lay doula is a support person who is present during labor to
assist women who have no other source of support. This woman
has no family available to support her during the laboring
process and delivery. Although the nurse and a midwife would
be supportive during labor, the scope of practice for nurses and
midwives far exceeds that of a support person present during
labor. An assistant is incorrect.
Which condition does the nurse suspect in an older-adult patient who
has reported daily hearing decline?
Delirium
Dementia
Presbyopia
Presbycusis
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NURS 1100 - Exam 3 Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Which factor would the nurse consider when communicating with
adolescents?
Be alert for clues to their emotional state.
Ask closed-ended questions to get straight answers.
Avoid looking for meaning behind adolescents' words or actions.
Avoid discussing sensitive issues such as sex and drugs.
Ans: Be alert for clues to their emotional state.
Adolescents are searching for their identities and trying to
become emotionally independent from parents while still
maintaining family ties. Depression, substance abuse, and
violence are all real concerns during this period; thus, the nurse
must be aware of an adolescent's emotional state. Open -ended
questions are used to get more detailed answers. The nurse
would look for meaning behind adolescents' words or actions. It
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is also important to discuss issues such as sex and drugs; sex
and drugs are very important issues during this age
Which sense is affected by presbyopia?
Hearing
Sight
Smell
Taste
Ans: Sight
Sensory changes in the eyes are characterized by the presence
of decreased accommodation to near or far vision, which is
called presbyopia. Sensory changes in the ears include
thickening of the tympanic membrane and sclerosis of the ear.
Sensory changes of smell include a diminished sense of smell.
Sensory changes in taste are often characterized by fewer taste
buds.
Which clinical feature is related to depression in older adults?
Apraxia
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Agitation
Hypervigilance
Impaired orientation
Ans: Agitation
Psychomotor disorientation, or agitation, is commonly seen in
patients with depression. Apraxia is a clinical feature associated
with dementia but not depression. Patients with delirium have
increased alertness (hypervigilance). However, the alertnes s in
patients with depression is usually normal. Impaired orientation
is associated with delirium, and patients with depression may
have selective disorientation.
A patient is in labor with her first baby, which is coming 2 weeks early.
Her husband is in the military and might not get back in time, and
neither family is able to be with her during labor. Which support person
employed by the birthing area is the health care provider most likely to
call in to be present during labor?
Nurse
Midwife
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Assistant
Lay doula
Ans: Lay doula
A lay doula is a support person who is present during labor to
assist women who have no other source of support. This woman
has no family available to support her during the laboring
process and delivery. Although the nurse and a midwife would
be supportive during labor, the scope of practice for nurses and
midwives far exceeds that of a support person present during
labor. An assistant is incorrect.
Which condition does the nurse suspect in an older-adult patient who
has reported daily hearing decline?
Delirium
Dementia
Presbyopia
Presbycusis
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