NUR 231 Exam 4 Chapter 15-20 Review Questions and Correct Answers
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A patient has undergone throat surgery and is unable to speak. The following day while performing routine care, the nurse finds it difficult to interact with the patient. How should the nurse manage this situation? Use message boards to communicate with the patient.
The nurse is teaching a group o...
NUR 231 Exam 4 Chapter 15-20 Review
Questions and Correct Answers
A patient has undergone throat surgery and is unable to speak. The following day while
performing routine care, the nurse finds it difficult to interact with the patient. How
should the nurse manage this situation? ✅Use message boards to communicate with
the patient.
The nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about the use of concept maps in
developing critical thinking skills. Which statements are true about concept maps?
Select all that apply. ✅A concept map is a visual presentation of relationships between
problems and interventions.
A concept map helps to better synthesize relevant data about the patient.
A concept map helps to form meaningful patterns from diverse patient information.
Which attitudes are essential for critical thinking? Select all that apply. ✅Confidence
Fairness
Discipline
Curiosity
The nurse cared for a 14-year-old with renal failure who died near the end of the work
shift. The health care team tried for 45 minutes to resuscitate the child with no success.
The family was devastated by the loss, and, when the nurse tried to talk with them, the
mother said, "You can't make me feel better; you don't know what it's like to lose a
child." Which journal entries might best help the nurse reflect and think about this
clinical experience? Select all that apply. ✅Description of the efforts to restore the
child's blood pressure, what was used, and questions about the child's response
The meaning the experience had for the nurse with respect to understanding how to
deal with a patient's death
Description of what the nurse said to the mother, the mother's response, and how the
nurse might approach the situation differently in the future
A patient is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of inguinal hernia. The nurse
performs a comprehensive nursing assessment. What is the purpose of this activity?
Select all that apply. ✅Interpret and validate the data collected.
Establish a database about the patient's needs and health problems.
, Collect data with which to plan and evaluate care.
What type of interview techniques is the nurse demonstrating when asking these
questions, "Do you have pain or cramping" or "Does the pain get worse when you
walk?" Select all that apply. ✅Closed-ended questioning
Problem-oriented questioning
The nurse has been working on a surgical unit for 3 weeks. A patient requires a Foley
catheter to be inserted, so the nurse reads the procedure manual for the institution to
review how to insert it. Which level of critical thinking is the nurse using? ✅Basic
critical thinking
The nurse talks with a patient who lost a sister 2 weeks ago. The patient is unable to
sleep, feels very fatigued during the day, and is having trouble at work. The nurse asks
the patient to clarify the type of trouble. The patient explains she can't concentrate or
even solve simple problems. The nurse records the results of the assessment,
describing the patient as having ineffective coping. Of what is this is an example?
✅Diagnostic reasoning
Which activities are involved in the assessment phase of the nursing process? Select all
that apply. ✅Asking the patient about the complaint
Asking about the patient's current medications
Asking about the patient's past and family medical history
A patient on a surgical unit develops sudden shortness of breath and a drop in blood
pressure. The staff responds, but the patient dies 30 minutes later. The manager of the
nursing unit calls a meeting of the nursing staff involved in the emergency response.
The staff discusses what occurred over the 30-minute time frame, the actions taken,
and whether other steps should have been implemented. In this situation, what are the
nurses doing? ✅Conducting reflective practice
A 40-year-old patient is admitted to the hospital with severe pain in the lower abdomen.
The student nurse is assigned to care for this patient. After nursing interventions, the
pain did not subside substantially. The nursing student then started looking for different
approaches to the patient's pain relief. Which aspect of critical thinking did the student
nurse display? ✅Creativity
The student nurse is assigned to check the blood pressure of a patient. The student
refers to the manual before checking the blood pressure. Which level of thinking does
this illustrate? ✅Basic
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