Nurs 235 Practice Exam Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 235
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NUR 235
An example of an open-ended question or statement is A. "Tell me about your pain." B. "You are upset about the level of pain, right?" C. "On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain?" D. "I can see that you are quite uncomfortable." A
Parents or caregivers accompany children to the health ...
Nurs 235 Practice Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
An example of an open-ended question or statement is
A. "Tell me about your pain."
B. "You are upset about the level of pain, right?"
C. "On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain?"
D. "I can see that you are quite uncomfortable." ✅A
Parents or caregivers accompany children to the health care setting. Starting at ___
years of age, the interviewer asks the child directly about his or her presenting
symptoms.
A. 11
B. 7
C. 9
D. 5 ✅B
When addressing a toddler during the interview, the health care provider should
A. use detailed explanations.
B. ask the child, before the caregivers, about symptoms.
C. use nonverbal communication.
D. use short, simple, concrete sentences. ✅D
As the nurse enters a patients room, the nurse finds her crying. The patient states that
she has just found out that the lump in her breast is cancer and says, Im so afraid of,
um, you know. The nurses most therapeutic response would be to say in a gentle
manner:
a.Youre afraid you might lose your breast?
b.No, Im not sure what you are talking about.
c.Ill wait here until you get yourself under control, and then we can talk.
d.I can see that you are very upset. Perhaps we should discuss this later. ✅A
A pregnant woman states, I just know labor will be so painful that I wont be able to
stand it. I know it sounds awful, but I really dread going into labor. The nurse responds
by stating, Oh, dont worry about labor so much. I have been through it, and although it
is painful, many good medications are available to decrease the pain. Which statement
is true regarding this response? The nurses reply was a:
a. Therapeutic response. By sharing something personal, the nurse gives hope to this
woman.
b. Nontherapeutic response. By providing false reassurance, the nurse actually cut off
further discussion of the womans fears.
c. Therapeutic response. By providing information about the medications available, the
nurse is giving information to the woman.
, d. Nontherapeutic response. The nurse is essentially giving the message to the woman
that labor cannot be tolerated without medication. ✅B
A woman has just entered the emergency department after being battered by her
husband. The nurse needs to get some information from her to begin treatment. What is
the best choice for an opening phase of the interview with this patient?
a. Hello, Nancy, my name is Mrs. C.
b. Hello, Mrs. H., my name is Mrs. C. It sure is cold today!
c. Mrs. H., my name is Mrs. C. How are you?
d. Mrs. H., my name is Mrs. C. Ill need to ask you a few questions about what
happened. ✅D
A patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency department with multiple traumas
received in an automobile accident. He is alert and cooperative, but his injuries are quite
severe. How would the nurse proceed with data collection?
a. Collect history information first, then perform the physical examination and institute
life-saving measures.
b. Simultaneously ask history questions while performing the examination and initiating
life-saving measures.
c. Collect all information on the history form, including social support patterns, strengths,
and coping patterns.
d. Perform life-saving measures and delay asking any history questions until the patient
is transferred to the intensive care unit. ✅B
Barriers to incorporating EBP include:
a. Nurses lack of research skills in evaluating the quality of research studies.
b. Lack of significant research studies.
c. Insufficient clinical skills of nurses.
d. Inadequate physical assessment skills. ✅A
During a staff meeting, nurses discuss the problems with accessing research studies to
incorporate evidence-based clinical decision making into their practice. Which
suggestion by the nurse manager would best help these problems?
a. Form a committee to conduct research studies.
b. Post published research studies on the units bulletin boards.
c. Encourage the nurses to visit the library to review studies.
d. Teach the nurses how to conduct electronic searches for research studies. ✅D
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses.
Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Patient with postoperative pain
b. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
c. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
d. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress ✅D
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