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NU 126- final Exam Practice Questions
and Answers
Community Based Nursing - Ans:✔✔-philosophy of care in which the care is provided as patients and
their families move among various service providers outside of hospitals
What are some examples of community health nurses? - Ans:✔✔-epidemiologist
case manager
coordinator of services provided to a group of patients
hospice or parish nurse
Primary Prevention - Ans:✔✔-IMMUNIZATION
HEALTHY DIETS
Secondary Prevention - Ans:✔✔-EARLY DETECTION
SCREENINGS
Tertiary Prevention - Ans:✔✔-minimizing deterioration and improving quality of life
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How does the ANA define nursing? - Ans:✔✔-the protection
promotion
and optimization of health and the ability to prevent illness or injury, alleviate suffering through
diagnosis and treatment and to advocate in the care of individuals
Maslows Hierarchy of Needs - Ans:✔✔-Physiological
Safety
Love and Belonging
Self Esteem
Self Actualization
HCAHPS Score - Ans:✔✔-quality metric that measures the patients quality of care from a random
sampling of patients that were hospitalized
Which route of administration of medication is preferred in most acute care situations? - Ans:✔✔-
Intravenous - because it is more comfortable. Peak serum concentrations and pain relief occur more
rapidly and reliably
A client is receiving morphine through a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) system following surgery. The
nurse states to the client: - Ans:✔✔-Only you are to push the button for medication. pushing the button
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frequently does not result in pain relief because there are time limits. dont wait until the pain is severe
to push the button
What is a disadvantage of using the transdermal route of opioid administration? - Ans:✔✔-A delay in
effect until the dermal layer is saturated
A client with appendicitis has had an appendectomy. After surgery, what type of pain does the nurse
anticipate the client will have? - Ans:✔✔-Acute Pain
The nurse is assessing a patient complaining of severe pain. What physiologic indicator does the nurse
recognize as significant of acute pain? - Ans:✔✔-Diaphoresis
Neuropathic Pain = - Ans:✔✔-PATHOLOGICAL
EX. DM NEUROPATHY OF LEGS
NOCICEPTIVE - Ans:✔✔-PHYSICAL
ex. Sunburn
Mixed Pain = - Ans:✔✔-physiological + pathological
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ex. Phantom Pain
What type of pain is phantom pain? - Ans:✔✔-Mixed
Which intervention is appropriate for a nurse caring for a client in severe pain receiving a continuous IV
of morphine? - Ans:✔✔-get a baseline of vitals before giving IV
Which type of pain arises from internal organs such as the kidneys? - Ans:✔✔-Visceral
A client has a long hx of DM and developed Diabetic Neuropathy over 25 years ago. The client is w/o
breakthrough pain at this point in time. how would this client's pain be classified? - Ans:✔✔-Neuropathic
and Chronic
breakthrough pain - Ans:✔✔-acute pain
The nurse is assessing an older adult patient just admitted to the hospital. Why is it important that the
nurse carefully assess pain in the older adult patient? - Ans:✔✔-Older people experience reduced
sensory perception
A client is on a second round of radiation therapy for an inoperable tumor, and asks the nurse for
medication to help with pain. The nurse suspects that the client's pain is the result of nerve damage
from the radiation. Which type of pain is the client likely experiencing? - Ans:✔✔-Neuropathic Pain
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NU 126- final Exam Practice Questions
and Answers
Community Based Nursing - Ans:✔✔-philosophy of care in which the care is provided as patients and
their families move among various service providers outside of hospitals
What are some examples of community health nurses? - Ans:✔✔-epidemiologist
case manager
coordinator of services provided to a group of patients
hospice or parish nurse
Primary Prevention - Ans:✔✔-IMMUNIZATION
HEALTHY DIETS
Secondary Prevention - Ans:✔✔-EARLY DETECTION
SCREENINGS
Tertiary Prevention - Ans:✔✔-minimizing deterioration and improving quality of life
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How does the ANA define nursing? - Ans:✔✔-the protection
promotion
and optimization of health and the ability to prevent illness or injury, alleviate suffering through
diagnosis and treatment and to advocate in the care of individuals
Maslows Hierarchy of Needs - Ans:✔✔-Physiological
Safety
Love and Belonging
Self Esteem
Self Actualization
HCAHPS Score - Ans:✔✔-quality metric that measures the patients quality of care from a random
sampling of patients that were hospitalized
Which route of administration of medication is preferred in most acute care situations? - Ans:✔✔-
Intravenous - because it is more comfortable. Peak serum concentrations and pain relief occur more
rapidly and reliably
A client is receiving morphine through a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) system following surgery. The
nurse states to the client: - Ans:✔✔-Only you are to push the button for medication. pushing the button
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frequently does not result in pain relief because there are time limits. dont wait until the pain is severe
to push the button
What is a disadvantage of using the transdermal route of opioid administration? - Ans:✔✔-A delay in
effect until the dermal layer is saturated
A client with appendicitis has had an appendectomy. After surgery, what type of pain does the nurse
anticipate the client will have? - Ans:✔✔-Acute Pain
The nurse is assessing a patient complaining of severe pain. What physiologic indicator does the nurse
recognize as significant of acute pain? - Ans:✔✔-Diaphoresis
Neuropathic Pain = - Ans:✔✔-PATHOLOGICAL
EX. DM NEUROPATHY OF LEGS
NOCICEPTIVE - Ans:✔✔-PHYSICAL
ex. Sunburn
Mixed Pain = - Ans:✔✔-physiological + pathological
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ex. Phantom Pain
What type of pain is phantom pain? - Ans:✔✔-Mixed
Which intervention is appropriate for a nurse caring for a client in severe pain receiving a continuous IV
of morphine? - Ans:✔✔-get a baseline of vitals before giving IV
Which type of pain arises from internal organs such as the kidneys? - Ans:✔✔-Visceral
A client has a long hx of DM and developed Diabetic Neuropathy over 25 years ago. The client is w/o
breakthrough pain at this point in time. how would this client's pain be classified? - Ans:✔✔-Neuropathic
and Chronic
breakthrough pain - Ans:✔✔-acute pain
The nurse is assessing an older adult patient just admitted to the hospital. Why is it important that the
nurse carefully assess pain in the older adult patient? - Ans:✔✔-Older people experience reduced
sensory perception
A client is on a second round of radiation therapy for an inoperable tumor, and asks the nurse for
medication to help with pain. The nurse suspects that the client's pain is the result of nerve damage
from the radiation. Which type of pain is the client likely experiencing? - Ans:✔✔-Neuropathic Pain
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