N100 WHOLE BOOK PRACTICE NCLEX EXAM 1, 2 AND 3 100% CORRECTLY SOLVED 2024

Which of the following addresses the type and extent of care a patient wishes? - Advance Directive How can energy-based therapies be described or defined? - The balance and return of a person's energy field to its optimal flow to facilitate healing. In the OR, a patient tells a circulating nurse that he is going to have the cataract in his left eye removed. If the nurse notes that the consent form indicates that surgery is to be performed on the right eye, what should the nurse's first action? - Ask the patient his name. A 93-year old patient is likely to demonstrate hopelessness by - Failing to follow medical recommendations When providing care to a dying patient, a nurse should remember that which of the following is the longest-lasting sense? - Hearing The preparation of a nursing care plan (NCP) for a resident in a long-term care facility should involve input from: - Family Members; Social Worker; The Resident; and all licensed staff When a patient complains of nausea after receiving the first dose of morphine for pain, the nurse should: - Instruct the patient that with continued use, nausea lessens. Drug administration would be considered palliative in which of the following situations? - Pain management for a patient with terminal cancer The most common reason elective cosmetic surgery is requested by patients is to: - Improve self-image A home health nurse is performing an initial assessment on an elderly patient. Which physiologic changes should the nurse anticipate as being "normal" for an elderly patient? - Decreased Salivary Production; Delayed Wound Healing; Loss of Visual Acuity Which of the following is an appropriate task for a nurse to delegate to a nursing assistant? - Toileting a patient on bladder-training program Which of the following patients is at highest risk of developing dehydration? - A 78- year old patient with dementia If the edges of a patient's appendectomy incision are approximated, and no drainage is noted, a nurse should document that the inspection appears to be healing by: - Primary Intention Which of the following best describes therapeutic touch? - Movement of the hands over the body without physical touch. A nurse has just given a narcotic for pain relief and must now leave the unit. To whom should the nurse delegate the task of evaluating the patient's response to pain medication? - Another RN Wet-to-Dry dressings for mechanical debridement of a wound should: - Be mostly moist, not wet, when aplied A nurse is caring for patients on a med-surg unit. The nurse plans the patient's care and instructs the nursing assistant to assist in repositioning patients every two hours. Which patients are the greatest risk for complications if not repositioned properly? - A 20- year old unconscious patient; A 90-year old frail patient; A 40-year old patient with paraplegia A patient on initial assessment reports "a cough for 3 days and it's getting worst." The nurse says, "Tell me more about your cough." The patient says, "I wish I could, but that is why I'm here. You tell me what's wrong!" Which of these responses would be most appropriate for enhancing communication? - "After 3 days, you're tired of coughing. Have you had a fever?" A nurse is caring for a surgical patient in the preoperative area. The nurse obtains the patient's informed consent for the surgical procedure. Which statements are true regarding informed consent? - An informed consent must be signed while the patient is free from mind-altering medications and must be witnessed after it has been determined that the patient has received all of the necessary information needed to make an informed decision. Many complementary and alternative therapies share which of the following concepts? - Patients are capable of decision making and should be a part of the health care team