NUR 221 Final Exam Questions & Answers

NUR 221 Final Exam Questions & Answers-1. Counseling interventions for a patient experiencing mild anxiety. T states that before taking an examination he feels a heightened sense of awareness and a sense of restlessness. What nursing intervention would be most suitable for assisting T? - Explain his symptoms as resulting from mild anxiety and discuss the helpful aspects of mild anxiety. promoting safety and comfort, therapeutic communication, managing anxiety, and providing patient and family education 2. Nursing diagnosis for patients with panic level anxiety. - risk for injury/safety 3. Communication intervention rationale for encouraging patient to express their feelings A nurse encourages an anxious patient to talk about feelings and concerns. What is the rationale for this intervention? - Concerns stated aloud become less overwhelming and help problem solving to begin. 4-5. Common grief process points 4. A patient's fiancé died in an automobile accident several days ago. The patient reports crying and experiencing feelings of guilt and anger. This behavior is characteristic of which stage of acute grief? - Development of awareness - guilt, crying and blaming the staff are common in this stage 6. Nursing diagnosis applicable to a patient experiencing terminal illness with dysfunctional signs - complicated grieving risk for complicated grieving 7. Successful completion of grieving Which finding indicates successful completion of an individual's grieving process? - After 15 months, a widowed person realistically remembers both the pleasures and disappointments of the relationship with the spouse. 8. Effective coping for a loss of a family member. A child drowned while swimming in a local lake 4 years ago. Which behavior indicates the parents are coping effectively with their loss? The parents: - throw flowers on the lake at each anniversary date of the accident.