NSG 2113 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
"I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'sicker than usual.'
What is different now?" reflects the therapeutic technique of:
A) paraphrasing
B) providing information
C) clarifying
D) focusing Correct Answers C) clarifying
"Patient will express hopefulness that cancer treatment will
control symptoms" is an example of:
A) a goal
B) an intervention
C) a plan
D) an expected outcome Correct Answers D) an expected
outcome
"We've talked a lot about your medications, but let's look more
closely at the trouble you're having in taking them on time."
This example demonstrates the therapeutic communication skill
of:
A) paraphrasing
B) providing information
C) clarifying
D) focusing Correct Answers D) focusing
A 16-year-old patient has been admitted to the Critical Care Unit
after suffering a closed-head injury. The patient is soon declared
brain dead. The physician and nurse are preparing to approach
the family to consider donation of the patient's heart and lungs.
,When working with families in this situation, it is important to
explain that:
A) the ventilator is being used to prevent brain death.
B) the ventilator maintains organ perfusion until time for
harvesting.
C) tissues such as corneas can be harvested only if the patient
remains ventilated.
D) organ donation can occur only if the patient has made a
request to donate organs in the past. Correct Answers B) the
ventilator maintains organ perfusion until time for harvesting.
A beginning nursing student is completing documentation of
care under direct observation from her preceptor. Which of the
following actions would require intervention as they are
inappropriate? The nursing student: (Select all that apply.)
A) documents a medication given by another nursing student
B) includes the date and time of the entry into the medical
record
C) enters assessment data into the electronic medical record
using the computer mounted on the wall in the patient's room
D) leaves a slip of paper with her user name and password in the
patient's room
E) starts to enter "Docusate sodium 100 mg ordered at 08:00
held. Patient declined to take dose stating, 'I had several loose
stools yesterday, and I'm afraid if I take this dose the problem
will get worse,' " as a narrative comment Correct Answers A)
documents a medication given by another nursing student
D) leaves a slip of paper with her user name and password in the
patient's room
A child is grieving over the loss of a pet. This is an example of:
,A) an actual loss
B) a perceived loss
C) a situational loss
D) a maturational loss Correct Answers A) an actual loss
A common age-related change in auditory acuity is called:
A) presbycusis
B) presbyopia
C) calcification
D) hypertrophy Correct Answers A) presbycusis
A community health nurse is attending a cultural safety course
where a co- worker tells the nurse that he knows all about
Indigenous patients. He tells her that they have traditional
beliefs that she must understand, that she
should attend their sweet grass ceremonies, and that they all
went to residential school. The nurse knows that the co-worker
needs more information in order to give culturally safe care.
What else does he need to know?
A) one should not attend their sweet grass ceremonies
B) Indigenous patients do not all have traditional beliefs
C) in order to understand their traditional beliefs, one must
know what the Medicine Wheel is
D) most Indigenous people who attended residential school have
already passed away Correct Answers B) Indigenous patients
do not all have traditional beliefs
A community health nurse is attending a cultural safety
workshop and states she knows about the cultural beliefs of the
Indigenous community. What statement indicates the nurse
needs more training?
, A) structural racism is a significant issue in the Canadian
healthcare system
B) the Medicine Wheel may be important to persons in the
Indigenous community
C) all Indigenous persons want a sweet grass ceremony when
they are hospitalized
D) intergenerational trauma is a result of colonialism Correct
Answers C) all Indigenous persons want a sweet grass
ceremony when they are hospitalized
A community health nurse who is directing a client to
community resources is an example of which activity?
A) consultation
B) collaboration
C) coordination
D) research Correct Answers A) consultation
A confused patient falling out of bed because side rails were not
used when they were ordered is an example of which type of
liability?
A) false imprisonment
B) assault
C) battery
D) negligence Correct Answers D) negligence
A fellow nursing student is a patient in the hospital where a
student nurse has a clinical placement. What should the student
nurse do when he sees his ill classmate during a patient transfer
to that unit?
A) keep the information private
B) advise a few of the ill student's friends so that they can visit
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
"I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'sicker than usual.'
What is different now?" reflects the therapeutic technique of:
A) paraphrasing
B) providing information
C) clarifying
D) focusing Correct Answers C) clarifying
"Patient will express hopefulness that cancer treatment will
control symptoms" is an example of:
A) a goal
B) an intervention
C) a plan
D) an expected outcome Correct Answers D) an expected
outcome
"We've talked a lot about your medications, but let's look more
closely at the trouble you're having in taking them on time."
This example demonstrates the therapeutic communication skill
of:
A) paraphrasing
B) providing information
C) clarifying
D) focusing Correct Answers D) focusing
A 16-year-old patient has been admitted to the Critical Care Unit
after suffering a closed-head injury. The patient is soon declared
brain dead. The physician and nurse are preparing to approach
the family to consider donation of the patient's heart and lungs.
,When working with families in this situation, it is important to
explain that:
A) the ventilator is being used to prevent brain death.
B) the ventilator maintains organ perfusion until time for
harvesting.
C) tissues such as corneas can be harvested only if the patient
remains ventilated.
D) organ donation can occur only if the patient has made a
request to donate organs in the past. Correct Answers B) the
ventilator maintains organ perfusion until time for harvesting.
A beginning nursing student is completing documentation of
care under direct observation from her preceptor. Which of the
following actions would require intervention as they are
inappropriate? The nursing student: (Select all that apply.)
A) documents a medication given by another nursing student
B) includes the date and time of the entry into the medical
record
C) enters assessment data into the electronic medical record
using the computer mounted on the wall in the patient's room
D) leaves a slip of paper with her user name and password in the
patient's room
E) starts to enter "Docusate sodium 100 mg ordered at 08:00
held. Patient declined to take dose stating, 'I had several loose
stools yesterday, and I'm afraid if I take this dose the problem
will get worse,' " as a narrative comment Correct Answers A)
documents a medication given by another nursing student
D) leaves a slip of paper with her user name and password in the
patient's room
A child is grieving over the loss of a pet. This is an example of:
,A) an actual loss
B) a perceived loss
C) a situational loss
D) a maturational loss Correct Answers A) an actual loss
A common age-related change in auditory acuity is called:
A) presbycusis
B) presbyopia
C) calcification
D) hypertrophy Correct Answers A) presbycusis
A community health nurse is attending a cultural safety course
where a co- worker tells the nurse that he knows all about
Indigenous patients. He tells her that they have traditional
beliefs that she must understand, that she
should attend their sweet grass ceremonies, and that they all
went to residential school. The nurse knows that the co-worker
needs more information in order to give culturally safe care.
What else does he need to know?
A) one should not attend their sweet grass ceremonies
B) Indigenous patients do not all have traditional beliefs
C) in order to understand their traditional beliefs, one must
know what the Medicine Wheel is
D) most Indigenous people who attended residential school have
already passed away Correct Answers B) Indigenous patients
do not all have traditional beliefs
A community health nurse is attending a cultural safety
workshop and states she knows about the cultural beliefs of the
Indigenous community. What statement indicates the nurse
needs more training?
, A) structural racism is a significant issue in the Canadian
healthcare system
B) the Medicine Wheel may be important to persons in the
Indigenous community
C) all Indigenous persons want a sweet grass ceremony when
they are hospitalized
D) intergenerational trauma is a result of colonialism Correct
Answers C) all Indigenous persons want a sweet grass
ceremony when they are hospitalized
A community health nurse who is directing a client to
community resources is an example of which activity?
A) consultation
B) collaboration
C) coordination
D) research Correct Answers A) consultation
A confused patient falling out of bed because side rails were not
used when they were ordered is an example of which type of
liability?
A) false imprisonment
B) assault
C) battery
D) negligence Correct Answers D) negligence
A fellow nursing student is a patient in the hospital where a
student nurse has a clinical placement. What should the student
nurse do when he sees his ill classmate during a patient transfer
to that unit?
A) keep the information private
B) advise a few of the ill student's friends so that they can visit
