The student nurse learns that illnesses are classified as
either acute or chronic. Which are examples of chronic
a, c, d. Diabetes, arthritis, and cystic fibrosis are chronic
illnesses? Select all that apply.
diseases because they are permanent changes caused by
irreversible alterations in normal anatomy and physiolo-
a. Diabetes mellitus
gy, and they require patient education along with a long
b. Bronchial pneumonia
period of care or support. Pneumonia, fractures, and otitis
c. Rheumatoid arthritis
media are acute illnesses because they have a rapid onset
d. Cystic fibrosis
of symptoms that last a relatively short time.
e. Fractured hip
f. Otitis media
The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses care-
ful hand hygiene and sterile techniques when handling b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and using sterile
patients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs is being technique, nurses provide safety from infection. An exam-
met by this nurse? ple of a physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway.
Self-esteem needs may be met by allowing an older adult
a. Physiologic to talk about a past career. An example of helping meet
b. Safety and security a love and belonging need is contacting a hospitalized
c. Self-esteem patient's family to arrange a visit.
d. Love and belonging
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The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility
knows that the highest level on Maslow's hierarchy of
needs is self-actualization needs. Which statements ac-
curately describe the achievement of self-actualization?
Select all that apply.
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a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of
self-actualization.
c, e, f. Self-actualization, or reaching one's full poten-
b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on oth-
tial, is a process that continues throughout life. A per-
ers for help.
son achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout
outside oneself and using creativity as a guideline for
life.
solving problems and pursuing interests. Humans are not
d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization
born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization,
needs are unmet.
and self-actualization needs are not met specifically by
e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on
depending on others for help. Loneliness and isolation
problems outside self.
are not always the result of unmet self-actualization needs.
f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving
problems.
A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental
health care facility. What is the best broad definition of a
family?
d. Although all the responses may be true, the best defi-
a. A father, a mother, and children nition is a group of people who live together and depend
b. A group whose members are biologically related on each other for physical, emotional, or financial support.
c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
d. A group of people who live together and depend on
each other for support
A nurse performs an assessment of a family consisting of
a single mother, a grandmother, and two children. Which
a, d. The five major areas of family function are physical,
interview questions directed to the single mother could
economic, reproductive, attective and coping, and social-
the nurse use to assess the attective and coping family
ization. Asking who provides emotional support in times of
function? Select all that apply.
stress assesses the attective and coping function. Assess-
ing the breadwinner focuses on the economic function.
a. Who is the person you depend on for emotional sup-
Inquiring about having more children assesses the repro-
port?
ductive function, asking about family traditions assesses
b. Who is the breadwinner in your family?
c. Do you plan on having any more children?