NSG 333: Exam 1 review Questions
and All Actual Answers.
Examples of primary prevention strategies include
A. colonoscopy at age 50
B. avoidance of tobacco products
C. teaching the importance of exercise to a patient with hypertension
D intake of a diet low in saturated fat in a patient with high cholesterol - Answer B. avoidance
of tobacco products
A characteristic of a chronic illness is that it (select all that apply)
A. has reversible pathologic change
B. has a consistent, predictable clinical course
C. results in permanent deviation from normal
D. is associated with many stable and unstable phases
E. always starts with an acute illness and then progresses slowly - Answer C. results in
permanent deviation from normal
D. is associated with many stable and unstable phases
Among older American in the United States
A. more than 30% live in nursing homes
B. women are less likely to live in poverty
C. the number of those who completed college is lower than in previous decades
D. those 85 years or older account for the fastest growing segment of the population - Answer
D. those 85 years or older account for the fastest growing segment of the population
An ethnic older adult may feel a loss of self-worth when the nurse (select all that apply)
A. prohibits visits from a faith healer
B. informs the patient about ethnic support services
C. allows a patient to rely on ethnic health beliefs and practices
D. emphasizes that a therapeutic diet does not allow ethnic foods
E. uses a medical interpreter to provide explanations and teaching - Answer A. prohibits visits
from a faith healer
D. emphasizes that a therapeutic diet does not allow ethnic foods
An important nursing action to help a chronically ill older adult is to
, A. avoid discussing future lifestyle changes
B. ensure the patient that the condition is stable
C. treat the patient as a competent manager of the disease
D. encourage the patient to "fight" the disease as long as possible - Answer C. treat the
patient as a competent manager of the disease
Older adults who become ill are more likely than younger adults to
A. report symptoms to their health care providers
B. refuse to carry out lifestyle changes to promote recovery
C. seek medical attention because of limitation on their lifestyle
D. alter their daily living activities to accommodate new symptoms - Answer D. alter their
daily living activities to accommodate new symptoms
An appropriate care choice for an older adult who lives with an employed daughter but needs
help with activities of daily living is
A. adult day care
B. long-term care
C. a retirement center
D. an assisted living facility - Answer A. adult day care
Nursing interventions directed at health promotion in the older adult are primarily focused on
A. disease management
B. controlling symptoms of illness
C. teaching positive health behaviors
D. teaching about nutrition to enhance longevity - Answer C. teaching positive health
behaviors
Pain is best described as
A. a creation of a person's imagination
B. an unpleasant, subjective experience
C. a maladaptive response to a stimulus
D. a neurological event resulting from activities of nocicpetors - Answer B. an unpleasant,
subjective experience
A patients is receiving a PCA infusion after surgery to repair a hip fracture. She is sleeping
soundly but awakens when the nurse speaks to her in a normal tone of voice. Her respiration
are 8 breaths/min. The most appropriate nursing action in this situation is to
and All Actual Answers.
Examples of primary prevention strategies include
A. colonoscopy at age 50
B. avoidance of tobacco products
C. teaching the importance of exercise to a patient with hypertension
D intake of a diet low in saturated fat in a patient with high cholesterol - Answer B. avoidance
of tobacco products
A characteristic of a chronic illness is that it (select all that apply)
A. has reversible pathologic change
B. has a consistent, predictable clinical course
C. results in permanent deviation from normal
D. is associated with many stable and unstable phases
E. always starts with an acute illness and then progresses slowly - Answer C. results in
permanent deviation from normal
D. is associated with many stable and unstable phases
Among older American in the United States
A. more than 30% live in nursing homes
B. women are less likely to live in poverty
C. the number of those who completed college is lower than in previous decades
D. those 85 years or older account for the fastest growing segment of the population - Answer
D. those 85 years or older account for the fastest growing segment of the population
An ethnic older adult may feel a loss of self-worth when the nurse (select all that apply)
A. prohibits visits from a faith healer
B. informs the patient about ethnic support services
C. allows a patient to rely on ethnic health beliefs and practices
D. emphasizes that a therapeutic diet does not allow ethnic foods
E. uses a medical interpreter to provide explanations and teaching - Answer A. prohibits visits
from a faith healer
D. emphasizes that a therapeutic diet does not allow ethnic foods
An important nursing action to help a chronically ill older adult is to
, A. avoid discussing future lifestyle changes
B. ensure the patient that the condition is stable
C. treat the patient as a competent manager of the disease
D. encourage the patient to "fight" the disease as long as possible - Answer C. treat the
patient as a competent manager of the disease
Older adults who become ill are more likely than younger adults to
A. report symptoms to their health care providers
B. refuse to carry out lifestyle changes to promote recovery
C. seek medical attention because of limitation on their lifestyle
D. alter their daily living activities to accommodate new symptoms - Answer D. alter their
daily living activities to accommodate new symptoms
An appropriate care choice for an older adult who lives with an employed daughter but needs
help with activities of daily living is
A. adult day care
B. long-term care
C. a retirement center
D. an assisted living facility - Answer A. adult day care
Nursing interventions directed at health promotion in the older adult are primarily focused on
A. disease management
B. controlling symptoms of illness
C. teaching positive health behaviors
D. teaching about nutrition to enhance longevity - Answer C. teaching positive health
behaviors
Pain is best described as
A. a creation of a person's imagination
B. an unpleasant, subjective experience
C. a maladaptive response to a stimulus
D. a neurological event resulting from activities of nocicpetors - Answer B. an unpleasant,
subjective experience
A patients is receiving a PCA infusion after surgery to repair a hip fracture. She is sleeping
soundly but awakens when the nurse speaks to her in a normal tone of voice. Her respiration
are 8 breaths/min. The most appropriate nursing action in this situation is to
