NURS 370 Exam 1 Study Questions with 100% Correct Answers (Guarantee Pass)

NURS 370 Exam 1 Study Questions with 100% Correct Answers (Guarantee Pass) 1. A nurse is caring for a client who has a mental health disorder. The client asks about his medication and their effects. The nurse asks the client why he needs to know this. Which of the following nontherapeutic communication techniques is the nurse using? Changing the subject Asking for an explanation Behaving defensively Arguing - ANSWER Asking for an explanation 2. categories of health care organizations - ANSWER mission, finance, ownership 3. Pain - ANSWER a subjective experiences that requires consciousness - an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage- It is subjective, physical, or emotional 4. two experiences the involves pain - ANSWER detection and interpretation - the thalamus is the part of the brain that receives the pain information from the spinal cord 5. types of pain - ANSWER acute- short term chronic- long term intractable- constant intermittent- goes and comes 6. sources of pain - ANSWER cutaneous pain- originated from skin colicky pain- usually spasms in the intestines nociceptive pain- damage/ inflammation in soft tissue somatic- sharp well localized (often musculoskeletal pain) visceral pain- vague pr poorly localized from internal organs neuropathic pain - caused by injury or damage to nerves- sharp and stings phantom limb syndrome- pain in a limb that is no longer present 7. radiating pain - ANSWER starts at the origin but extends to other locations 8. referred pain - ANSWER pain that is felt in a location other than where the pain originates 9. levels of health prevention - ANSWER primary- prevention of the disease (immunizations) secondary-screening and detections tertiary-restoration after health of illness has occurred 10.5 steps to the nursing process - ANSWER Assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation of nonverbal communication - ANSWER physical appearance, body language, facial expression, eye contact, gestures , tone of voice 12.SBARR - ANSWER Situation, background, assessment, recommendation, read back 13.Major factors Effecting pain experience - ANSWER age, ethnicity, previous experience, nature of injury or illness, quality of life of professional identity - ANSWER involves institutional roles, behavioral competencies, and emergent identities. 15.A nurse is assessing a client's bowel sounds. At which of the following points in the assessment should the nurse auscultate the client's abdomen? After palpating the abdomen Prior to percussing the abdomen After assessing for kidney tenderness Prior to inspecting the abdomen - ANSWER Prior to percussing the abdomen 16.A nurse is completing a client's history and physical examination. Which of the following information should the nurse consider subjective data? Blood pressure Cyanosis Nausea Petechiae - ANSWER Nausea (subjective: info that only the client can perceive and report) (objective: information the nurse can observe or measure) 17.A nurse in a clinic is interviewing a client who will undergo diagnostic testing. The nurse should ask about a client's potential allergies during which phase of the nursing process? Planning Evaluation Assessment Implementation - ANSWER Assessment