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NUR 304 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) NEW UPDATE 2026/27 | GRADED A+
When a smiling and cooperative patient complains of discomfort,
nurses caring for the patient often harbor misconceptions about the
patient's pain. Which of the following is true?
a. Chronic pain is psychological in nature
b. Patients are the best judges of their pain
c. Regular use of narcotic analgesics leads to drug addiction
d. Amount of pain is reflective of actual tissue damage
......ANSWER......B
A patient has just undergone an appendectomy. When discussing with
the patient several pain-relief interventions, the most appropriate
recommendation would be:
a. adjunctive therapy.
b. non-opioids.
c. NSAIDs.
d. PCA pain management. ......ANSWER......D
A postoperative patient is using PCA. You will evaluate the effectiveness
of the medication when:
a. you compare assessed pain w/ baseline pain.
b. body language is incongruent with reports of pain relief.
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c. family members report that pain has subsided.
d. vital signs have returned to baseline ......ANSWER......A
An elderly patient who lives in an adult assisted-living facility mentions
that he is experiencing hearing and vision changes. During your
assessment, you would associate this type of sensory deprivation with:
a. stable affect.
b. altered perception.
c. improved task completion.
d. increased need for social interaction. ......ANSWER......B
A patient with glaucoma is being discharged from the hospital. When
teaching the patient and family ways to improve home safety, the nurse
tells the family to:
a. use throw rugs to prevent tripping.
b. paint the floor black and white to improve perception.
c. install extra incandescent lighting.
d. install handrails painted the same color as the walls.
......ANSWER......C
Health disparities are unequal burdens of disease morbidity and
mortality rates experienced by racial and ethnic groups. These
disparities are often exacerbated by:
a. bias.
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b. stereotyping
c. prejudice.
d. all of the above. ......ANSWER......D
You are in the process of admitting a patient. To plan culturally
competent care, you will conduct a cultural assessment that includes:
a. bicultural history
b. ethnohistory
c. negotiation
d. ethnocentrism ......ANSWER......B
To maintain normal elimination patterns in the hospitalized patient, you
should instruct the patient to defecate 1 hour after meals because:
a. the presence of food stimulates peristalsis.
b. mass colonic peristalsis occurs at this time.
c. irregularity helps to develop a habitual pattern.
d. neglecting the urge to defecate can cause diarrhea. ......ANSWER......B
A patent with a long-standing history of diabetes mellitus is voicing
concerns about kidney disease. The patient asks the nurse where urine
is formed in the kidney. The nurse's response is the:
a. bladder
b. kidney
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c. nephron
d. ureter ......ANSWER......C
A health care provider may suspect that a patient is experiencing
urinary retention when the patient has:
a. large amounts of voided cloudy urine.
b. pain in the suprapubic region.
c. spasms and difficulty during urination.
d. small amounts (dribbles) of urine voided two to three times per hour.
......ANSWER......D
A young girl is having problems urinating postoperatively. You
remember that children may have trouble voiding:
a. in bathrooms other than their own.
b. in a urinal.
c. while lying in bed.
d. in the presence of a person other than one of their parents.
......ANSWER......D
A newly admitted patient states that he has recently had a change in
medications and reports that stools are now dry and hard to pass. This
type of bowel pattern is consistent with
a. Abnormal defecation
b. Constipation
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NUR 304 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) NEW UPDATE 2026/27 | GRADED A+
When a smiling and cooperative patient complains of discomfort,
nurses caring for the patient often harbor misconceptions about the
patient's pain. Which of the following is true?
a. Chronic pain is psychological in nature
b. Patients are the best judges of their pain
c. Regular use of narcotic analgesics leads to drug addiction
d. Amount of pain is reflective of actual tissue damage
......ANSWER......B
A patient has just undergone an appendectomy. When discussing with
the patient several pain-relief interventions, the most appropriate
recommendation would be:
a. adjunctive therapy.
b. non-opioids.
c. NSAIDs.
d. PCA pain management. ......ANSWER......D
A postoperative patient is using PCA. You will evaluate the effectiveness
of the medication when:
a. you compare assessed pain w/ baseline pain.
b. body language is incongruent with reports of pain relief.
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c. family members report that pain has subsided.
d. vital signs have returned to baseline ......ANSWER......A
An elderly patient who lives in an adult assisted-living facility mentions
that he is experiencing hearing and vision changes. During your
assessment, you would associate this type of sensory deprivation with:
a. stable affect.
b. altered perception.
c. improved task completion.
d. increased need for social interaction. ......ANSWER......B
A patient with glaucoma is being discharged from the hospital. When
teaching the patient and family ways to improve home safety, the nurse
tells the family to:
a. use throw rugs to prevent tripping.
b. paint the floor black and white to improve perception.
c. install extra incandescent lighting.
d. install handrails painted the same color as the walls.
......ANSWER......C
Health disparities are unequal burdens of disease morbidity and
mortality rates experienced by racial and ethnic groups. These
disparities are often exacerbated by:
a. bias.
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b. stereotyping
c. prejudice.
d. all of the above. ......ANSWER......D
You are in the process of admitting a patient. To plan culturally
competent care, you will conduct a cultural assessment that includes:
a. bicultural history
b. ethnohistory
c. negotiation
d. ethnocentrism ......ANSWER......B
To maintain normal elimination patterns in the hospitalized patient, you
should instruct the patient to defecate 1 hour after meals because:
a. the presence of food stimulates peristalsis.
b. mass colonic peristalsis occurs at this time.
c. irregularity helps to develop a habitual pattern.
d. neglecting the urge to defecate can cause diarrhea. ......ANSWER......B
A patent with a long-standing history of diabetes mellitus is voicing
concerns about kidney disease. The patient asks the nurse where urine
is formed in the kidney. The nurse's response is the:
a. bladder
b. kidney
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c. nephron
d. ureter ......ANSWER......C
A health care provider may suspect that a patient is experiencing
urinary retention when the patient has:
a. large amounts of voided cloudy urine.
b. pain in the suprapubic region.
c. spasms and difficulty during urination.
d. small amounts (dribbles) of urine voided two to three times per hour.
......ANSWER......D
A young girl is having problems urinating postoperatively. You
remember that children may have trouble voiding:
a. in bathrooms other than their own.
b. in a urinal.
c. while lying in bed.
d. in the presence of a person other than one of their parents.
......ANSWER......D
A newly admitted patient states that he has recently had a change in
medications and reports that stools are now dry and hard to pass. This
type of bowel pattern is consistent with
a. Abnormal defecation
b. Constipation
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