NRSG 1500 Final Exam Questions and
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Which intervention would the nurse include as a priority action when preparing to
provide grief counseling to a client?
a. Provide essential information honestly
b. Inquire about the client's spiritual beliefs
c. Know the reason why the loss happened in his or her family
d. Provide an environment for the client to express their feelings ✅D. Provide an
environment for the client to express their feelings
Which nursing action would be most effective when planning culturally sensitive care for
a client from another culture?
a. Reviewing information from the client's culture
b. Notifying the medical interpreter that translation is needed
c. Requesting that a family member serve as an interpreter
d. Asking the client and family if there is any special care related to their culture ✅D.
Asking the client and family if there is any special care related to their culture
Because a nurse has expressed an interest in taking on more responsibilities, the nurse
manager promotes the nurse to assistant manager of the medical unit. This action by
the manager accords with which type of ethical principle?
a. Fidelity
b. Autonomy
c. Paternalism
d. Beneficence ✅D. Beneficence
Which scenario is an example of following the basic health care principle of justice?
a. Obtaining written consent from a client to let the surgeon perform an open-heart
surgery
b. Encouraging nurses on the unit to discuss their mistakes to improve the quality of
care
c. Determining the pros and cons of providing a back rub to a client with a spine injury to
relieve pain ✅B. Encouraging nurses on the unit to discuss their mistakes to improve
the quality of care
When teaching the staff about how the health care provider strives to work effectively
within the cultural context of a client, which cultural principle is the nurse leader
explaining?
a. Cultural diversity
b. Cultural sensitivity
c. Cultural imposition
d. Cultural competence ✅D. Cultural competence
, Which culturally based behavior would the nurse expect to observe in an Asian client
who has symptoms of anxiety and panic?
a. Reluctance to take medication
b. Minimal eye contact
c. Desire to have an Asian nurse
d. Offense at being touched ✅B. Minimal eye contact
Which nursing action establishes the nurse as a caregiver for a client in spiritual
distress?
a. Provides therapeutic treatment to the client
b. Teaches the client about signs of spiritual distress
c. Communicates the wishes of the client to family members
d. Collaborates with the agency chaplain to pursue the best treatment plan ✅A.
Provides therapeutic treatment to the client
A client in need of a lung transplant tells the nurse, "I will not take the organ of any
person belonging to a different religion." The nurse initiates the process for resolving the
ethical dilemma by collaborating with other health care team members. Which action
would the team take after agreeing to a statement of a problem?
a. Interview the family members of the client
b. Initiate negotiations for the appropriate course of action
c. Assess whether the client is satisfied with the course of action taken
d. Determine all the possible courses of action based on available information ✅D.
Determine all the possible courses of action based on available information
Which question would the nurse ask while assessing a Hispanic woman with depression
for the risk of self-harm?
a. "When did you last spend time with friends?"
b. "How do you express yourself when you're angry?"
c. "When did you first notice that you were depressed?"
d. "Do you have interests outside your work and home?" ✅B. "How do you express
yourself when you're angry?"
The school nurse works with adolescents who recently immigrated to the United States
and are adjusting to life in the public schools. Which characteristics help the nurse
differentiate students who are assimilating from students who are acculturating?
a. Students who acculturate shun all aspects of their new culture
b. Students who assimilate are generally unhappy in their new culture
c. Students who acculturate tend to be more social in their new culture
d. Students who assimilate abandon all aspects of their original culture ✅D. Students
who assimilate abandon all aspects of their original culture
The nurse is caring for a child whose parents refuse a life-saving surgery for the child,
stating that surgeries are against their belief system. Which step would the nurse take
first to resolve their ethical dilemma?
a. Evaluate the outcome of the plan of action over time
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Which intervention would the nurse include as a priority action when preparing to
provide grief counseling to a client?
a. Provide essential information honestly
b. Inquire about the client's spiritual beliefs
c. Know the reason why the loss happened in his or her family
d. Provide an environment for the client to express their feelings ✅D. Provide an
environment for the client to express their feelings
Which nursing action would be most effective when planning culturally sensitive care for
a client from another culture?
a. Reviewing information from the client's culture
b. Notifying the medical interpreter that translation is needed
c. Requesting that a family member serve as an interpreter
d. Asking the client and family if there is any special care related to their culture ✅D.
Asking the client and family if there is any special care related to their culture
Because a nurse has expressed an interest in taking on more responsibilities, the nurse
manager promotes the nurse to assistant manager of the medical unit. This action by
the manager accords with which type of ethical principle?
a. Fidelity
b. Autonomy
c. Paternalism
d. Beneficence ✅D. Beneficence
Which scenario is an example of following the basic health care principle of justice?
a. Obtaining written consent from a client to let the surgeon perform an open-heart
surgery
b. Encouraging nurses on the unit to discuss their mistakes to improve the quality of
care
c. Determining the pros and cons of providing a back rub to a client with a spine injury to
relieve pain ✅B. Encouraging nurses on the unit to discuss their mistakes to improve
the quality of care
When teaching the staff about how the health care provider strives to work effectively
within the cultural context of a client, which cultural principle is the nurse leader
explaining?
a. Cultural diversity
b. Cultural sensitivity
c. Cultural imposition
d. Cultural competence ✅D. Cultural competence
, Which culturally based behavior would the nurse expect to observe in an Asian client
who has symptoms of anxiety and panic?
a. Reluctance to take medication
b. Minimal eye contact
c. Desire to have an Asian nurse
d. Offense at being touched ✅B. Minimal eye contact
Which nursing action establishes the nurse as a caregiver for a client in spiritual
distress?
a. Provides therapeutic treatment to the client
b. Teaches the client about signs of spiritual distress
c. Communicates the wishes of the client to family members
d. Collaborates with the agency chaplain to pursue the best treatment plan ✅A.
Provides therapeutic treatment to the client
A client in need of a lung transplant tells the nurse, "I will not take the organ of any
person belonging to a different religion." The nurse initiates the process for resolving the
ethical dilemma by collaborating with other health care team members. Which action
would the team take after agreeing to a statement of a problem?
a. Interview the family members of the client
b. Initiate negotiations for the appropriate course of action
c. Assess whether the client is satisfied with the course of action taken
d. Determine all the possible courses of action based on available information ✅D.
Determine all the possible courses of action based on available information
Which question would the nurse ask while assessing a Hispanic woman with depression
for the risk of self-harm?
a. "When did you last spend time with friends?"
b. "How do you express yourself when you're angry?"
c. "When did you first notice that you were depressed?"
d. "Do you have interests outside your work and home?" ✅B. "How do you express
yourself when you're angry?"
The school nurse works with adolescents who recently immigrated to the United States
and are adjusting to life in the public schools. Which characteristics help the nurse
differentiate students who are assimilating from students who are acculturating?
a. Students who acculturate shun all aspects of their new culture
b. Students who assimilate are generally unhappy in their new culture
c. Students who acculturate tend to be more social in their new culture
d. Students who assimilate abandon all aspects of their original culture ✅D. Students
who assimilate abandon all aspects of their original culture
The nurse is caring for a child whose parents refuse a life-saving surgery for the child,
stating that surgeries are against their belief system. Which step would the nurse take
first to resolve their ethical dilemma?
a. Evaluate the outcome of the plan of action over time
