NURS 142 MIDTERM ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
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CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES ALREADY
GRADED A+
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A nurse hears a colleague tell a nursing student that she never touches a patient unless she is performing a
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procedure or doing an assessment. The nurse tells the student that from a caring perspective:
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1. She does not touch the patients either.
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2. Touch is a type of verbal communication.
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3. Touch is only used when a patient is in pain.
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4. Touch forms a connection between nurse and patient. - answer-4
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Of the five caring processes described by Swanson, which describes "knowing the patient?"
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1. Anticipating the patient's cultural preferences
2. Determining the patient's physician preference
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3. Establishing an understanding of a specific patient
4. Gathering task-oriented information during assessment - answer-3
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A Muslim woman enters the clinic to have a woman's health examination for the first time. Which nursing
behavior applies Swanson's caring process of "knowing the patient?"
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1. Sharing feelings about the importance of having regular woman's health examinations
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2. Gaining an understanding of what a woman's health examination means to the patient
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3. Recognizing that the patient is modest; and obtaining gender-congruent caregiver
4. Explaining the risk factors for cervical cancer - answer-2
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Fill-in-the-Blank. Swanson's caring process of is demonstrated by a nurse helping a new
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mother through the birthing experience. - answer-Enabling
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A patient is fearful of upcoming surgery and a possible cancer diagnosis. He discusses his love for the Bible with his
nurse, who recommends a favorite Bible verse. Another nurse tells the patient's nurse that there is no place in nursing
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for spiritual caring. The patient's nurse replies:
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, 1. "You're correct; spiritual care should be left to a pastoral care professional."
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2. "You're correct; religion is a personal decision."
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3. "Nurses should explain their own religious beliefs to patients."
4. "Spiritual, mind, and body connections can affect health." - answer-4
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Which of the following is a strategy for creating work environments that enable nurses to demonstrate more
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caring behaviors? (Select all that apply.)
1. Decreasing the number of consecutive shifts of the nursing staff
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2. Increasing salary and vacation benefits of the nursing staff
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3. Increasing the number of nurses who work each shift to decrease the nurse-patient ratio
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4. Encouraging increased input concerning nursing functions from health care providers
5. Providing nursing staff an opportunity to discuss practice changes they can implement to enhance
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opportunities for patient caring - answer-3,5
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When a nurse helps a patient find the meaning of cancer by supporting beliefs about life, this is an example
of:
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1. Instilling hope and faith.
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2. Forming a human-altruistic value system.
3. Cultural caring.
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4. Being with. - answer-1
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Ex
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An example of a nurse caring behavior that families of acutely ill patients perceive as important to patients'
well-being is:
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1. Mak<ing health care decisions for patients.
2. Having family members provide a patient's total personal hygiene.
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3. Injecting the nurse's perceptions about the level of care provided.
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4. Asking permission before performing a procedure on a patient. - answer-4
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A nurse demonstrated caring by helping family members to: (Select all that apply.)
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1. Become active participants in care.
, 2. Remove themselves from personal care.
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3. Make health care decisions for the patient.
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4. Have uninterrupted time for family and patient to be together.
5. Have opportunities for the family to discuss their concerns. - answer-1,4,5
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Listening is not only "taking in" what a patient says, but it also includes:
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1. Incorporating the viewvs of the physician.
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2. Correcting any errors in the patient's understanding.
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3. Injecting the nurse's personal views and statements.
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4. Interpreting and understanding what the patient means. - answer-4
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A nurse is caring for an older adult who needs to enter an assisted-living facility following discharge from the hospital.
Which of the following is an example of listening that displays caring?
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1. The nurse encourages the patient to talk about his concerns while reviewing the computer screen in the room.
2. The nurse sits at the patient's bedside, listens as he relays his fear of never seeing his home again, and then asks if
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he wants anything to eat.
3. The nurse listens to the patient's story while sitting on the side of the bed and then summarizes the story.
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4. The nurse listens to the patient talk about his fears of not returning home and then tells him to think positively. -
answer-3
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Presence involves a person-to-person encounter that:
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1. Enables patients to care for self.
2. Provides personal care to a patient.
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3. Conveys a closeness and a sense of caring.
4. Describes being in close contact with a patient. - answer-3
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A nurse enters a patient's room, arranges the supplies for a Foley catheter insertion, and explains the procedure to the
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patient. She tells the patient what to expect; just before inserting the catheter, she tells the patient to relax and that,
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once the catheter is in place, she will not feel the bladder pressure.The nurse then proceeds to skillfully insert the Foley
catheter. This is an example of what type of touch?
Ex
, 1. Caring touch
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2. Protective touch
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3. Task-oriented touch
4. Interpersonal touch - answer-3
a m
A hospice nurse sits at the bedside of a male patient in the final stages of cancer. He and his parents made the
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decision that he would move home and they would help him in the final stages of his disease.The family
participates in his care, but lately the nurse has increased the amount of time she spends with the family.
s
Whenever she enters the room or approaches the patient to give care, she touches his shoulder and tells him
rt
that she is present. This is an example of what type of touch?
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1. Caring touch
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2. Protective touch
Ex
20
3. Task-oriented touch
4. Interpersonal touch - answer-1
am
Ex
When working with an older adult who is hearing-impaired, the use of which techniques would improve
communication? (Select all that apply.)
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1. Check for needed adaptive equipment. rt
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2. Exaggerate lip movements to help the patient lip read.
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3. Give the patient time to respond to questions.
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4. Keep communication short and to the point.
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5. Communicate only through written information. - answer-1,3,4
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Nurses must communicate effetively with the health care team for which of the following reasons?(Select all
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that apply.)
1. Improve the nurse's status with the health team members
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2. Reduce the risk of errors to the patient
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3. Provide optimnum level of patient care
4. Improve patient outcomes
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5. Prevent issues that need to be reported to outside agencies - answer-2,3,4
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CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES ALREADY
GRADED A+
20
A nurse hears a colleague tell a nursing student that she never touches a patient unless she is performing a
m
procedure or doing an assessment. The nurse tells the student that from a caring perspective:
a
1. She does not touch the patients either.
Ex
2. Touch is a type of verbal communication.
s
3. Touch is only used when a patient is in pain.
rt
4. Touch forms a connection between nurse and patient. - answer-4
pe
26
Ex
Of the five caring processes described by Swanson, which describes "knowing the patient?"
20
1. Anticipating the patient's cultural preferences
2. Determining the patient's physician preference
am
3. Establishing an understanding of a specific patient
4. Gathering task-oriented information during assessment - answer-3
Ex
s
A Muslim woman enters the clinic to have a woman's health examination for the first time. Which nursing
behavior applies Swanson's caring process of "knowing the patient?"
rt
pe
1. Sharing feelings about the importance of having regular woman's health examinations
26
Ex
2. Gaining an understanding of what a woman's health examination means to the patient
20
3. Recognizing that the patient is modest; and obtaining gender-congruent caregiver
4. Explaining the risk factors for cervical cancer - answer-2
am
Fill-in-the-Blank. Swanson's caring process of is demonstrated by a nurse helping a new
Ex
mother through the birthing experience. - answer-Enabling
s
rt
A patient is fearful of upcoming surgery and a possible cancer diagnosis. He discusses his love for the Bible with his
nurse, who recommends a favorite Bible verse. Another nurse tells the patient's nurse that there is no place in nursing
pe
for spiritual caring. The patient's nurse replies:
Ex
, 1. "You're correct; spiritual care should be left to a pastoral care professional."
26
2. "You're correct; religion is a personal decision."
20
3. "Nurses should explain their own religious beliefs to patients."
4. "Spiritual, mind, and body connections can affect health." - answer-4
a m
Which of the following is a strategy for creating work environments that enable nurses to demonstrate more
Ex
caring behaviors? (Select all that apply.)
1. Decreasing the number of consecutive shifts of the nursing staff
s
rt
2. Increasing salary and vacation benefits of the nursing staff
pe
3. Increasing the number of nurses who work each shift to decrease the nurse-patient ratio
26
Ex
4. Encouraging increased input concerning nursing functions from health care providers
5. Providing nursing staff an opportunity to discuss practice changes they can implement to enhance
20
opportunities for patient caring - answer-3,5
am
When a nurse helps a patient find the meaning of cancer by supporting beliefs about life, this is an example
of:
Ex
1. Instilling hope and faith.
s
2. Forming a human-altruistic value system.
3. Cultural caring.
rt
pe
4. Being with. - answer-1
26
Ex
20
An example of a nurse caring behavior that families of acutely ill patients perceive as important to patients'
well-being is:
am
1. Mak<ing health care decisions for patients.
2. Having family members provide a patient's total personal hygiene.
Ex
3. Injecting the nurse's perceptions about the level of care provided.
s
4. Asking permission before performing a procedure on a patient. - answer-4
rt
pe
A nurse demonstrated caring by helping family members to: (Select all that apply.)
Ex
1. Become active participants in care.
, 2. Remove themselves from personal care.
26
3. Make health care decisions for the patient.
20
4. Have uninterrupted time for family and patient to be together.
5. Have opportunities for the family to discuss their concerns. - answer-1,4,5
a m
Listening is not only "taking in" what a patient says, but it also includes:
Ex
1. Incorporating the viewvs of the physician.
s
2. Correcting any errors in the patient's understanding.
rt
3. Injecting the nurse's personal views and statements.
pe
4. Interpreting and understanding what the patient means. - answer-4
26
Ex
20
A nurse is caring for an older adult who needs to enter an assisted-living facility following discharge from the hospital.
Which of the following is an example of listening that displays caring?
am
1. The nurse encourages the patient to talk about his concerns while reviewing the computer screen in the room.
2. The nurse sits at the patient's bedside, listens as he relays his fear of never seeing his home again, and then asks if
Ex
he wants anything to eat.
3. The nurse listens to the patient's story while sitting on the side of the bed and then summarizes the story.
s
4. The nurse listens to the patient talk about his fears of not returning home and then tells him to think positively. -
answer-3
rt
pe
26
Ex
Presence involves a person-to-person encounter that:
20
1. Enables patients to care for self.
2. Provides personal care to a patient.
am
3. Conveys a closeness and a sense of caring.
4. Describes being in close contact with a patient. - answer-3
Ex
s
A nurse enters a patient's room, arranges the supplies for a Foley catheter insertion, and explains the procedure to the
rt
patient. She tells the patient what to expect; just before inserting the catheter, she tells the patient to relax and that,
pe
once the catheter is in place, she will not feel the bladder pressure.The nurse then proceeds to skillfully insert the Foley
catheter. This is an example of what type of touch?
Ex
, 1. Caring touch
26
2. Protective touch
20
3. Task-oriented touch
4. Interpersonal touch - answer-3
a m
A hospice nurse sits at the bedside of a male patient in the final stages of cancer. He and his parents made the
Ex
decision that he would move home and they would help him in the final stages of his disease.The family
participates in his care, but lately the nurse has increased the amount of time she spends with the family.
s
Whenever she enters the room or approaches the patient to give care, she touches his shoulder and tells him
rt
that she is present. This is an example of what type of touch?
pe
1. Caring touch
26
2. Protective touch
Ex
20
3. Task-oriented touch
4. Interpersonal touch - answer-1
am
Ex
When working with an older adult who is hearing-impaired, the use of which techniques would improve
communication? (Select all that apply.)
s
1. Check for needed adaptive equipment. rt
pe
2. Exaggerate lip movements to help the patient lip read.
26
3. Give the patient time to respond to questions.
Ex
4. Keep communication short and to the point.
20
5. Communicate only through written information. - answer-1,3,4
am
Nurses must communicate effetively with the health care team for which of the following reasons?(Select all
Ex
that apply.)
1. Improve the nurse's status with the health team members
s
2. Reduce the risk of errors to the patient
rt
pe
3. Provide optimnum level of patient care
4. Improve patient outcomes
Ex
5. Prevent issues that need to be reported to outside agencies - answer-2,3,4
