NURS 129 CCBC ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ A teen with an anxiety disorder is referred for biofeedback
because the parents do not want their child to take anxiolytics.
Which statement from the teen indicates successful learning?
Answer: "Biofeedback will help me with my thoughts and
physiological responses to stress."
◉ An older-adult patient is newly admitted to a skilled nursing
facility with the diagnoses of Alzheimer's dementia, lipidemia, and
hypertension, and a history of pulmonary embolism. Medications
brought on admission included lisinopril (Zestril, Prinivil),
hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide), warfarin (Coumadin), low-dose
aspirin, ginkgo biloba, and echinacea. Which potential interaction
will cause the nurse to notify the patient's health care provider?
Answer: Warfarin and ginkgo biloba
◉ A patient asks the nurse for a nonmedical approach for excessive
worry and work stress. Which therapy should the nurse
recommend? Answer: Meditation
◉ A nurse is teaching about the therapy that is more effective in
treating physical ailments than in preventing disease or managing
,chronic illness. Which therapy is the nurse describing? Answer:
Allopathic
◉ During a relaxation therapy skills group, the instructor discusses
the cognitive skill of learning to tolerate uncertain and unfamiliar
experiences. Which skill is the nurse describing? Answer:
Receptivity
◉ A patient asks about the new clinic in town that is staffed by
allopathic and complementary practitioners. Which response from
the nurse is best? Answer: It is probably an integrative medical
clinic.
◉ The group leader is overheard saying to the gathering of patients,
"Focus on your breathing once again .... Notice how it is regular ....
Now focus on your left arm .... Notice how relaxed your left arm feels
.... Notice the relaxation going down the left arm to the hand." A
patient asks the nurse what the group is doing. What is the nurse's
best response? Answer: It is progressive relaxation training.
◉ A therapeutic touch practitioner scans the patient's body. What is
the purpose of the practitioner's actions? Answer: To identify energy
obstructions
◉ A nurse is teaching a patient about meridians. Which technique is
the nurse preparing the patient to receive? Answer: Acupuncture
, ◉ A Native American patient is asking for a spiritual healer. Which
person should the nurse try to contact for the patient? Answer:
Shaman
◉ A nurse is using the holistic approach to care. Which goal is the
priority? Answer: Incorporate the mind-body-spirit connection.
◉ A nurse is using caring-healing relationships to support whole
person/whole systems healing. Which type of nursing is the nurse
using? Answer: Integrative nursing
◉ A nurse is teaching a patient relaxation techniques to decreases
stress. Which finding will support the nurse's evaluation that the
therapy is effective? Answer: Decreased heart rate
◉ A nurse is providing different types of therapies to a patient with
excessive fatigue and cancer. Which technique will cause the nurse
manager to intervene? Answer: Active progression relaxation
◉ A nurse is emphasizing the use of touch to decrease "skin hunger"
in caring for patients. Which age group is the nurse primarily
describing? Answer: Older adults
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ A teen with an anxiety disorder is referred for biofeedback
because the parents do not want their child to take anxiolytics.
Which statement from the teen indicates successful learning?
Answer: "Biofeedback will help me with my thoughts and
physiological responses to stress."
◉ An older-adult patient is newly admitted to a skilled nursing
facility with the diagnoses of Alzheimer's dementia, lipidemia, and
hypertension, and a history of pulmonary embolism. Medications
brought on admission included lisinopril (Zestril, Prinivil),
hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide), warfarin (Coumadin), low-dose
aspirin, ginkgo biloba, and echinacea. Which potential interaction
will cause the nurse to notify the patient's health care provider?
Answer: Warfarin and ginkgo biloba
◉ A patient asks the nurse for a nonmedical approach for excessive
worry and work stress. Which therapy should the nurse
recommend? Answer: Meditation
◉ A nurse is teaching about the therapy that is more effective in
treating physical ailments than in preventing disease or managing
,chronic illness. Which therapy is the nurse describing? Answer:
Allopathic
◉ During a relaxation therapy skills group, the instructor discusses
the cognitive skill of learning to tolerate uncertain and unfamiliar
experiences. Which skill is the nurse describing? Answer:
Receptivity
◉ A patient asks about the new clinic in town that is staffed by
allopathic and complementary practitioners. Which response from
the nurse is best? Answer: It is probably an integrative medical
clinic.
◉ The group leader is overheard saying to the gathering of patients,
"Focus on your breathing once again .... Notice how it is regular ....
Now focus on your left arm .... Notice how relaxed your left arm feels
.... Notice the relaxation going down the left arm to the hand." A
patient asks the nurse what the group is doing. What is the nurse's
best response? Answer: It is progressive relaxation training.
◉ A therapeutic touch practitioner scans the patient's body. What is
the purpose of the practitioner's actions? Answer: To identify energy
obstructions
◉ A nurse is teaching a patient about meridians. Which technique is
the nurse preparing the patient to receive? Answer: Acupuncture
, ◉ A Native American patient is asking for a spiritual healer. Which
person should the nurse try to contact for the patient? Answer:
Shaman
◉ A nurse is using the holistic approach to care. Which goal is the
priority? Answer: Incorporate the mind-body-spirit connection.
◉ A nurse is using caring-healing relationships to support whole
person/whole systems healing. Which type of nursing is the nurse
using? Answer: Integrative nursing
◉ A nurse is teaching a patient relaxation techniques to decreases
stress. Which finding will support the nurse's evaluation that the
therapy is effective? Answer: Decreased heart rate
◉ A nurse is providing different types of therapies to a patient with
excessive fatigue and cancer. Which technique will cause the nurse
manager to intervene? Answer: Active progression relaxation
◉ A nurse is emphasizing the use of touch to decrease "skin hunger"
in caring for patients. Which age group is the nurse primarily
describing? Answer: Older adults
