ATI PN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR EXAM
(Detail Solutions)
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A co-worker asks the nurse to explain spirituality. What is the nurse’s
best response?
a. It has a minor effect on health.
b. It is awareness of one’s inner self.
c. It is not as essential as physical needs.
d. It refers to fire or giving of life to a person.
ANS: B
Spirituality is often defined as an awareness of one’s inner self and a sense of
connection to a higher being, to nature, or to some purpose greater than
oneself. Spirituality is an important factor that helps individuals achieve the
balance needed to maintain health and well-being and to cope with illness.
Florence Nightingale believed that spirituality was a force that provided
energy needed to promote a healthy hospital environment and that caring for
a person’s spiritual needs was just as essential as caring for his or her
physical needs. The word spiritualitycomes from the Latin word spiritus,
which refers to breath or wind. The spirit gives life to a person.
2. The nurse is caring for a patient who is an agnostic. Which
information should the nurse consider when planning care for this patient?
a. The patient is devoid of spirituality.
b. The patient does not believe in God.
c. The patient believes there is no known ultimate reality.
d. The patient finds no meaning through relationship with others.
,ANS: C
Some people do not believe in the existence of God (atheist), or they believe
that there is no known ultimate reality (agnostic). Nonetheless, spirituality is
important regardless of a person’s religious beliefs. Agnostics discover
meaning in what they do or how they live because they find no ultimate
meaning for the way things are. They believe that people bring meaning to
what they do.
3. The nurse is caring for an Islam patient who wants a snack. Which action
by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. Offers a ham sandwich
b. Offers a beef sandwich
c. Offers a kosher sandwich
d. Offers a bacon sandwich
ANS: B
Islam religion does allow beef. Islam does not allow pork or alcohol.
Ham and bacon are pork. Kosher is allowed for Judaism.
4. A nurse is teaching a patient how to meditate. Which information
from the patient indicates effective learning?
a. I will lie on the floor.
b. I will breathe quickly.
c. I will focus on an image.
d. I will do this for 10 minutes every day.
ANS: C
The steps of meditation include sitting in a comfortable position with the
back straight; breathe slowly; and focus on a sound, prayer, or image.
Meditation should occur for 10 to 20 minutes twice a day.
5. The nurse is admitting a patient to the hospital. The patient is a very
spiritual person but does not practice any specific religion. How will the
, nurse interpret this finding?
a. This indicates a strong religious affiliation.
b. This statement is contradictory.
c. This statement is reasonable.
d. This indicates a lack of hope.
ANS: C
The patient’s statement is reasonable and is not contradictory. Many people
tend to use the
terms spiritualityand religion interchangeably. Although closely associated,
these terms are not synonymous. Religious practices encompass spirituality,
but spirituality does not need to include religious practice. When a person has
the attitude of something to live for and look forward to, hope is present.
6. A nurse hears the following comments from different patients.
Which patient comment does the nurse identify as faith?
a. I go to church every Sunday.
b. I believe there is life after death.
c. I have something to look forward to each day.
d. I get a feeling of awe when looking at the sunset.
ANS: B
Faith allows people to have firm beliefs despite lack of physical evidence (life
after death). Religion refers to the system of organized beliefs and worship
that a person practices to outwardly express spirituality (go to church). When
a person has the attitude of something to live for and look forward to, hope is
present (look forward to each day). Self-transcendence is the belief that there
is a force outside of and greater than the person (awe when looking at a
sunset).
7. A nurse is caring for a Hindu patient. Which action will the nurse take?
a. Allow time to practice the Five Pillars.
b. Allow time to practice Blessingway.
(Detail Solutions)
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A co-worker asks the nurse to explain spirituality. What is the nurse’s
best response?
a. It has a minor effect on health.
b. It is awareness of one’s inner self.
c. It is not as essential as physical needs.
d. It refers to fire or giving of life to a person.
ANS: B
Spirituality is often defined as an awareness of one’s inner self and a sense of
connection to a higher being, to nature, or to some purpose greater than
oneself. Spirituality is an important factor that helps individuals achieve the
balance needed to maintain health and well-being and to cope with illness.
Florence Nightingale believed that spirituality was a force that provided
energy needed to promote a healthy hospital environment and that caring for
a person’s spiritual needs was just as essential as caring for his or her
physical needs. The word spiritualitycomes from the Latin word spiritus,
which refers to breath or wind. The spirit gives life to a person.
2. The nurse is caring for a patient who is an agnostic. Which
information should the nurse consider when planning care for this patient?
a. The patient is devoid of spirituality.
b. The patient does not believe in God.
c. The patient believes there is no known ultimate reality.
d. The patient finds no meaning through relationship with others.
,ANS: C
Some people do not believe in the existence of God (atheist), or they believe
that there is no known ultimate reality (agnostic). Nonetheless, spirituality is
important regardless of a person’s religious beliefs. Agnostics discover
meaning in what they do or how they live because they find no ultimate
meaning for the way things are. They believe that people bring meaning to
what they do.
3. The nurse is caring for an Islam patient who wants a snack. Which action
by the nurse is most appropriate?
a. Offers a ham sandwich
b. Offers a beef sandwich
c. Offers a kosher sandwich
d. Offers a bacon sandwich
ANS: B
Islam religion does allow beef. Islam does not allow pork or alcohol.
Ham and bacon are pork. Kosher is allowed for Judaism.
4. A nurse is teaching a patient how to meditate. Which information
from the patient indicates effective learning?
a. I will lie on the floor.
b. I will breathe quickly.
c. I will focus on an image.
d. I will do this for 10 minutes every day.
ANS: C
The steps of meditation include sitting in a comfortable position with the
back straight; breathe slowly; and focus on a sound, prayer, or image.
Meditation should occur for 10 to 20 minutes twice a day.
5. The nurse is admitting a patient to the hospital. The patient is a very
spiritual person but does not practice any specific religion. How will the
, nurse interpret this finding?
a. This indicates a strong religious affiliation.
b. This statement is contradictory.
c. This statement is reasonable.
d. This indicates a lack of hope.
ANS: C
The patient’s statement is reasonable and is not contradictory. Many people
tend to use the
terms spiritualityand religion interchangeably. Although closely associated,
these terms are not synonymous. Religious practices encompass spirituality,
but spirituality does not need to include religious practice. When a person has
the attitude of something to live for and look forward to, hope is present.
6. A nurse hears the following comments from different patients.
Which patient comment does the nurse identify as faith?
a. I go to church every Sunday.
b. I believe there is life after death.
c. I have something to look forward to each day.
d. I get a feeling of awe when looking at the sunset.
ANS: B
Faith allows people to have firm beliefs despite lack of physical evidence (life
after death). Religion refers to the system of organized beliefs and worship
that a person practices to outwardly express spirituality (go to church). When
a person has the attitude of something to live for and look forward to, hope is
present (look forward to each day). Self-transcendence is the belief that there
is a force outside of and greater than the person (awe when looking at a
sunset).
7. A nurse is caring for a Hindu patient. Which action will the nurse take?
a. Allow time to practice the Five Pillars.
b. Allow time to practice Blessingway.
