NURS 2003 Exam Questions With Complete
Solutions
How does Selye define stress?
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a) Any stimulus that causes a response in an individual
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b) A response of an individual to environmental demands
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c) A physical or psychological adaptation to internal or external demands
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d) The result of a relationship between an individual and the environment that
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exceed the individual's resources - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d) the result of a
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relaatiohsip between an individual and the environment that exceed the
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individual's resources |
A client who has undergone extensive surgery for multiple injuries has a period of
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increasing blood pressure, heart rate, and alertness. Which stage of general
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adaptation syndrome are these symptoms most characteristic of?
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a) The resistance state of general adaptations syndrome
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b) The alarm reaction of the general adaptation syndrome
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c) The stage of exhaustion of general adaptation syndrome
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d) An individual response stereotype. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b) the alarm
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reaction of the general adaptation syndrome
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Which of the following actions best demonstrates that a client is using an
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emotion-focused coping process? (Select all that apply) | | | | | | |
a) Joining a support group for women with breast cancer
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,b) Considering the advantage and disadvantages of the various treatment options
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c) Delaying treatment until her family can take a weekend trip together
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d) Telling the nurse that she has a good prognosis because the tumour is small
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e) Engaging in meditation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a) Joining a support group for
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women with breast cancer| | |
e) Engaging in meditation
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The nurse would expect which of the following findings in a client as a result of
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the physiological effect of stress on the limbic system?
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a) an episode of diarrhea while awaiting painful dressing changes
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b) Refusing to communicate with nurses while awaiting a cardiac catheterization
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c) inability to sleep the night before beginning to self-administer insulin injections
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d) Increased blood pressure, decreased urine output, hyperglycaemia after a car
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accident - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c) Inability to sleep the night before beginning
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to self-administer insulin injections
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Which of the following best demonstrates that the nurse is applying knowledge
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of the effects of stress on the immune system?
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a) Encouraging clients to sleep for 10 to 12 hours per day
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b) Encouraging clients to receive regular immunization when they are stressed
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c) Encouraging clients to use emotion-focused rather than problem-focused
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coping strategies |
d) Encouraging clients to avoid exposure to upper respiratory infection when
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physically stressed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d) Encouraging clients to avoid
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exposure to upper respiratory infection when physically stressed
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, Chronic stress or daily hassles may place a person at higher risk of developing
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which of the following conditions? (Select all that apply)
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a) Osteoporosis
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b) Cold and flu
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c) Low blood pressure
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d) Irritable bowel syndrome
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e) Depression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b) Cold and flu
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d) Irritable bowel syndrome
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e) Depression
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During a stressful circumstance that is uncontrollable, which type of coping
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strategy is the most effective?
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a) Avoidance
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b) Coping flexibility
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c) Emotion-focused coping
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d) problem-focused coping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c) Emotion-focused coping
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In which context is physiological hyperplasia commonly found?
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a) A distended urinary bladder
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b) The female breast during lactation
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c) The bronchi of a chronic cigarette smoker
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d) an enlarged myocardium in heart failure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b) The
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female breast during lactation
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Solutions
How does Selye define stress?
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a) Any stimulus that causes a response in an individual
| | | | | | | | | |
b) A response of an individual to environmental demands
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c) A physical or psychological adaptation to internal or external demands
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d) The result of a relationship between an individual and the environment that
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exceed the individual's resources - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d) the result of a
| | | | | | | | | | |
relaatiohsip between an individual and the environment that exceed the
| | | | | | | | | |
individual's resources |
A client who has undergone extensive surgery for multiple injuries has a period of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
increasing blood pressure, heart rate, and alertness. Which stage of general
| | | | | | | | | | | |
adaptation syndrome are these symptoms most characteristic of?
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a) The resistance state of general adaptations syndrome
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b) The alarm reaction of the general adaptation syndrome
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c) The stage of exhaustion of general adaptation syndrome
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d) An individual response stereotype. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b) the alarm
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reaction of the general adaptation syndrome
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Which of the following actions best demonstrates that a client is using an
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
emotion-focused coping process? (Select all that apply) | | | | | | |
a) Joining a support group for women with breast cancer
| | | | | | | | |
,b) Considering the advantage and disadvantages of the various treatment options
| | | | | | | | | |
|
c) Delaying treatment until her family can take a weekend trip together
| | | | | | | | | | |
d) Telling the nurse that she has a good prognosis because the tumour is small
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
e) Engaging in meditation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a) Joining a support group for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
women with breast cancer| | |
e) Engaging in meditation
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The nurse would expect which of the following findings in a client as a result of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the physiological effect of stress on the limbic system?
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a) an episode of diarrhea while awaiting painful dressing changes
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b) Refusing to communicate with nurses while awaiting a cardiac catheterization
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c) inability to sleep the night before beginning to self-administer insulin injections
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d) Increased blood pressure, decreased urine output, hyperglycaemia after a car
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accident - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c) Inability to sleep the night before beginning
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to self-administer insulin injections
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Which of the following best demonstrates that the nurse is applying knowledge
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of the effects of stress on the immune system?
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a) Encouraging clients to sleep for 10 to 12 hours per day
| | | | | | | | | | | |
b) Encouraging clients to receive regular immunization when they are stressed
| | | | | | | | | |
c) Encouraging clients to use emotion-focused rather than problem-focused
| | | | | | | | |
coping strategies |
d) Encouraging clients to avoid exposure to upper respiratory infection when
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physically stressed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d) Encouraging clients to avoid
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exposure to upper respiratory infection when physically stressed
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, Chronic stress or daily hassles may place a person at higher risk of developing
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
which of the following conditions? (Select all that apply)
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a) Osteoporosis
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b) Cold and flu
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c) Low blood pressure
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d) Irritable bowel syndrome
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e) Depression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b) Cold and flu
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d) Irritable bowel syndrome
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e) Depression
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During a stressful circumstance that is uncontrollable, which type of coping
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strategy is the most effective?
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a) Avoidance
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b) Coping flexibility
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c) Emotion-focused coping
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d) problem-focused coping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c) Emotion-focused coping
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In which context is physiological hyperplasia commonly found?
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a) A distended urinary bladder
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b) The female breast during lactation
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c) The bronchi of a chronic cigarette smoker
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d) an enlarged myocardium in heart failure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b) The
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female breast during lactation
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