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NURS 209 EXAM 1 STUDY QUESTIONSWITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which term is used to explain the relationship of one body part to another along a horizontal or
vertical line? - ANSWER -Body Alignment
Which patient statement indicates successful teaching about sleep-hygiene habits? - ANSWER -I
should limit my caffeine intake to morning coffee only.
I should do vigorous exercise in the morning or afternoon.
I should perform relaxation exercises routinely in the morning.
The nurse has provided education about safe ambulation to a patient who has been on bed rest
for the past 4 days. Which statement made by the patient indicates an understanding of the
information? - ANSWER -"Before I get up to walk, I will dangle my legs over the bedside for a
while."
Which strategy does the nurse use when communicating with a hearing-impaired patient? -
ANSWER -Avoid eating or chewing while speaking.
Use a normal tone of voice and normal inflections of speech.
Use written information to enhance the spoken word.
To avoid contamination during a surgical hand scrub, the nurse recognizes that it is important
to keep the hands in which location? - ANSWER -Above the elbows.
An older adult who was in a car accident and fractured their femur has been immobilized for 5
days. Which nursing diagnosis is related to patient safety when the nurse assists this patient out
of bed for the first time? - ANSWER -Risk of inability to tolerate activity.
NURS 209 EXAM 1 STUDY QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
, The nurse educates a nursing student on how to bathe patients with altered cognition. Which
statement made by the student indicates the need for further teaching? - ANSWER -"I should
use only cool water when bathing patients with altered cognition."
Which crutch gait pattern will the patient with paraplegia who wears weight-supporting braces
use when ambulating? - ANSWER -Swing-through gait
Which action by the nurse may lead to Muscoskeletal injury when positioning a patient who
had a syncope episode while walking? - ANSWER -Extending both legs of the patient to let them
slide against the floor.
Which statement made by the patient indicates successful teaching on sleep hygiene? -
ANSWER -"I set my alarm to get up at the same time every morning."
The nurse would intervene when which handwashing step is performed by another member of
the health care team? - ANSWER -Keeping elbows lower than the hands and forearms during
washing.
Which action would the nurse perform during the planning phase of a patient with a sleep
disturbance? - ANSWER -Involve the sleep partner in the selection of interventions.
The nurse is giving a patient a bath. While washing the extremities, the nurse uses firm strokes
from distal to proximal areas. Which rationale explains this action. - ANSWER -To promote
circulation
Which patient response would the nurse expect when the patient is in the action stage of the
Transtheoretical Model of Change? - ANSWER -May find previous habits to become barriers to
change.
Which assessment finding indicates atelectasis that may result from immobility? - ANSWER -
Hypoventilation
NURS 209 EXAM 1 STUDY QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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