NUR 304 Exam 4 – Study Guide and Exam Review Material
How many __stages of grieving were developed by Elizabeth Kubler Ross? - ANS ✔✔5 stages
What action would a nurse include as an appropriate measure to prevent a fall or postpone
frailty? - ANS ✔✔Exercises for strengthening muscles
What nursing intervention is appropriate for the dying person who is in denial? - ANS
✔✔Acceptance of the dying individual's reactions
1. What type of behavior reflects when the family is distant and talking amongst themselves? -
ANS ✔✔Paying the respects to the dying according to their culture
What is an end result when a client has an advance directive? - ANS ✔✔It gives the client the
control over their terminal care
What resource person can a nurse recommend when the caregiver is overwhelmed with taking
care of a loved one? - ANS ✔✔The social worker
1. What is one benefit that a nurse can have when she keeps herself abreast on current assistive
technology? - ANS ✔✔To provide the nurses with opportunities to become entrepreneurs
After teaching a group of newly hired rehabilitative nurses what might the charge nurse
conclude that there needs to be additional teaching? - ANS ✔✔Client not returned to pre-
illness state
Which long-term care facility provides rigorous physical and occupational therapy? - ANS
✔✔Rehabilitation facility
, What are some Instrumental Activities of daily living that a nurse can make an assessment
regarding the nutritional status of an older client with a disability? - ANS ✔✔Going to the store,
meal preparation, cleaning up after cooking
From what could a nurse gather data on an older adult client with a disability regarding his
ADLs? - ANS ✔✔Eating, dressing, toileting
What stage of grieving is the client in if he begins to throw things and telling his family to never
visit him again? - ANS ✔✔Anger
What stage of grieving the client in when he gets bad news regarding his health and starts to
laugh and states "that happens to other people and not to me"? - ANS ✔✔Denial
What intervention is correct when a dying patient is experiencing pain? - ANS ✔✔To prevent
pain form developing
What action is the nurse performing when the patient is in a coma and the nurse has to exercise
the patient's legs? - ANS ✔✔Passive range of motion
Is hope one of the stages of grieving? - ANS ✔✔No but is involved in each stage of the dying
process
What first stage of grieving is the daughter in if she comes in the next morning after her father
dies? - ANS ✔✔Denial
What are some symptoms of frailty? - ANS ✔✔Unplanned weight loss, slow walking speed
What stage of grieving is the daughter in if she wants a second opinion? - ANS ✔✔Denial
How many __stages of grieving were developed by Elizabeth Kubler Ross? - ANS ✔✔5 stages
What action would a nurse include as an appropriate measure to prevent a fall or postpone
frailty? - ANS ✔✔Exercises for strengthening muscles
What nursing intervention is appropriate for the dying person who is in denial? - ANS
✔✔Acceptance of the dying individual's reactions
1. What type of behavior reflects when the family is distant and talking amongst themselves? -
ANS ✔✔Paying the respects to the dying according to their culture
What is an end result when a client has an advance directive? - ANS ✔✔It gives the client the
control over their terminal care
What resource person can a nurse recommend when the caregiver is overwhelmed with taking
care of a loved one? - ANS ✔✔The social worker
1. What is one benefit that a nurse can have when she keeps herself abreast on current assistive
technology? - ANS ✔✔To provide the nurses with opportunities to become entrepreneurs
After teaching a group of newly hired rehabilitative nurses what might the charge nurse
conclude that there needs to be additional teaching? - ANS ✔✔Client not returned to pre-
illness state
Which long-term care facility provides rigorous physical and occupational therapy? - ANS
✔✔Rehabilitation facility
, What are some Instrumental Activities of daily living that a nurse can make an assessment
regarding the nutritional status of an older client with a disability? - ANS ✔✔Going to the store,
meal preparation, cleaning up after cooking
From what could a nurse gather data on an older adult client with a disability regarding his
ADLs? - ANS ✔✔Eating, dressing, toileting
What stage of grieving is the client in if he begins to throw things and telling his family to never
visit him again? - ANS ✔✔Anger
What stage of grieving the client in when he gets bad news regarding his health and starts to
laugh and states "that happens to other people and not to me"? - ANS ✔✔Denial
What intervention is correct when a dying patient is experiencing pain? - ANS ✔✔To prevent
pain form developing
What action is the nurse performing when the patient is in a coma and the nurse has to exercise
the patient's legs? - ANS ✔✔Passive range of motion
Is hope one of the stages of grieving? - ANS ✔✔No but is involved in each stage of the dying
process
What first stage of grieving is the daughter in if she comes in the next morning after her father
dies? - ANS ✔✔Denial
What are some symptoms of frailty? - ANS ✔✔Unplanned weight loss, slow walking speed
What stage of grieving is the daughter in if she wants a second opinion? - ANS ✔✔Denial
