FNP POST-TEST LATEST TEST BANK 300+ QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+
A nurse is participating in a care conference for a postoperative client who has been
reporting frequent, unrelieved acute pain. Which statements suggest that the nurse
understands the principles of effective pain management? Select all that apply.
1. Clients from Asian cultures usually require less pain medication.
2. Pain exists when and where the client says it exists.
3. Pain is an emotional response to tissue inflammation or damage.
4. Pain can be treated with pharmacologic and/or non-pharmacologic therapies.
5. Postoperative pain should only be assessed by the health care provider.
6. Family members can influence a client's response to pain.
A. 1,2,4,6
B. 2,4,6
C. 1,2,4
D. 1,2,3,4 - ANSWER: 2,4,6
The nurse is caring for a group of adult patients who require pain management. It is
most important for the nurse to remember:
A. to use medication only as a last resort after trying to distract the patient
B. that medicating a patient with chronic pain is a lower priority than medicating a
patient with acute pain.
C. that medication should be given based on the patient's perception of pain.
D. to wait for 15 minutes after a patient's request for pain medication to be sure the
pain is real. - ANSWER: that medication should be given based on the patient's
perception of pain.
Which term would the nurse use to document pain at one site that is perceived in
other site?
A. Referred pain
B. Phantom pain
C. Intractable pain
D. Radiating pain - ANSWER: Referred pain
You are obtaining a history of Jessie D. who is admitted with acute chest pain. Which
question will be most helpful for you to ask?
A. Why do you think you had a heart attack?
B. Do you need anything now?
C. What were you doing when the pain started?
D. Has anyone in your family been sick lately? - ANSWER: What were you doing
when the pain started?
Which of the following techniques is considered the best way to determine whether
a nasogastric tube is positioned in the stomach?
A. Aspirating with a syringe and checking pH of gastric contents
, B. Irrigating with normal saline and observing for the return of the solution
C. Placing the tube's free end in water and observing for air bubbles
D. Instilling air and auscultating over the epigastric area for the presence of the tube
- ANSWER: Aspirating with a syringe and checking pH of gastric contents
The health care provider order reads "aspirate nasogastric feeding (NG) tubes every
4 hours and check pH of aspirate." The pH of the aspirate is 10. Which action should
the nurse take?
A. Apply intermittent suction to the feeding tube
B. Hold the tube feeding and notify the provider
C. Administer the tube feeding as scheduled
D. Irrigate the tube with diet cola soda - ANSWER: Hold the tube feeding and notify
the provider
What position will the nurse recommend to the patient during NGT insertion?
A. Semi-Fowler's Position
B. Trendelenberg
C. High Fowler's position
D. Left sims lateral - ANSWER: High Fowler's position
An appropriate technique for nasogastric tube insertion is for the nurse to:
A. Position the client supine
B. Ice the plastic tube
C. Advance the tube while the client swallows
D. Measure the tube length from the nose to the sternum - ANSWER: Advance the
tube while the client swallows
The physician orders nasogastric tube insertion to irrigate a client's stomach. Which
of the following insertion techniques would most likely make it more difficult for the
nurse to insert the tube?
A. Lubricating the tube with water-soluble lubricant
B. Asking the client to swallow while the tube is advanced to the stomach
C. Sitting the client upright in a Fowler's position
D. Having the client tilt the head toward the chest while inserting the tube into the
nose. - ANSWER: Having the client tilt the head toward the chest while inserting the
tube into the nose.
What position will the nurse recommend to the patient during TPN administration?
A. High Fowler's position
B. Trendelenberg
C. Semi-Fowler's Position
D. Left sims lateral - ANSWER: Semi-Fowler's Position
A client is scheduled for NGT Feeding. Checking the residual volume, you determined
that he has 40 cc residual from the last feeding. You reinstill the 40 cc of residual
volume and added the 250 cc of feeding ordered by the doctor. You then instill 60 cc
AND CORRECT ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A+
A nurse is participating in a care conference for a postoperative client who has been
reporting frequent, unrelieved acute pain. Which statements suggest that the nurse
understands the principles of effective pain management? Select all that apply.
1. Clients from Asian cultures usually require less pain medication.
2. Pain exists when and where the client says it exists.
3. Pain is an emotional response to tissue inflammation or damage.
4. Pain can be treated with pharmacologic and/or non-pharmacologic therapies.
5. Postoperative pain should only be assessed by the health care provider.
6. Family members can influence a client's response to pain.
A. 1,2,4,6
B. 2,4,6
C. 1,2,4
D. 1,2,3,4 - ANSWER: 2,4,6
The nurse is caring for a group of adult patients who require pain management. It is
most important for the nurse to remember:
A. to use medication only as a last resort after trying to distract the patient
B. that medicating a patient with chronic pain is a lower priority than medicating a
patient with acute pain.
C. that medication should be given based on the patient's perception of pain.
D. to wait for 15 minutes after a patient's request for pain medication to be sure the
pain is real. - ANSWER: that medication should be given based on the patient's
perception of pain.
Which term would the nurse use to document pain at one site that is perceived in
other site?
A. Referred pain
B. Phantom pain
C. Intractable pain
D. Radiating pain - ANSWER: Referred pain
You are obtaining a history of Jessie D. who is admitted with acute chest pain. Which
question will be most helpful for you to ask?
A. Why do you think you had a heart attack?
B. Do you need anything now?
C. What were you doing when the pain started?
D. Has anyone in your family been sick lately? - ANSWER: What were you doing
when the pain started?
Which of the following techniques is considered the best way to determine whether
a nasogastric tube is positioned in the stomach?
A. Aspirating with a syringe and checking pH of gastric contents
, B. Irrigating with normal saline and observing for the return of the solution
C. Placing the tube's free end in water and observing for air bubbles
D. Instilling air and auscultating over the epigastric area for the presence of the tube
- ANSWER: Aspirating with a syringe and checking pH of gastric contents
The health care provider order reads "aspirate nasogastric feeding (NG) tubes every
4 hours and check pH of aspirate." The pH of the aspirate is 10. Which action should
the nurse take?
A. Apply intermittent suction to the feeding tube
B. Hold the tube feeding and notify the provider
C. Administer the tube feeding as scheduled
D. Irrigate the tube with diet cola soda - ANSWER: Hold the tube feeding and notify
the provider
What position will the nurse recommend to the patient during NGT insertion?
A. Semi-Fowler's Position
B. Trendelenberg
C. High Fowler's position
D. Left sims lateral - ANSWER: High Fowler's position
An appropriate technique for nasogastric tube insertion is for the nurse to:
A. Position the client supine
B. Ice the plastic tube
C. Advance the tube while the client swallows
D. Measure the tube length from the nose to the sternum - ANSWER: Advance the
tube while the client swallows
The physician orders nasogastric tube insertion to irrigate a client's stomach. Which
of the following insertion techniques would most likely make it more difficult for the
nurse to insert the tube?
A. Lubricating the tube with water-soluble lubricant
B. Asking the client to swallow while the tube is advanced to the stomach
C. Sitting the client upright in a Fowler's position
D. Having the client tilt the head toward the chest while inserting the tube into the
nose. - ANSWER: Having the client tilt the head toward the chest while inserting the
tube into the nose.
What position will the nurse recommend to the patient during TPN administration?
A. High Fowler's position
B. Trendelenberg
C. Semi-Fowler's Position
D. Left sims lateral - ANSWER: Semi-Fowler's Position
A client is scheduled for NGT Feeding. Checking the residual volume, you determined
that he has 40 cc residual from the last feeding. You reinstill the 40 cc of residual
volume and added the 250 cc of feeding ordered by the doctor. You then instill 60 cc
