CLINICAL NURSING SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES
BY ANNE GRIFFIN PERRY EXAMPREP
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ The nurse is about to go over the patient's preoperative teaching
per hospital protocol. She finds the patient sitting in bed wringing
her hands, which are sweaty, and acting slightly agitated. The patient
states, "I'm scared that something will go wrong tomorrow." How
should the nurse respond?
Answer: Redirect her focus to dealing with the patient's anxiety.
◉ The nurse is attempting to teach the patient and his family about
his care after discharge. The patient and the family demonstrate
signs of anxiety during the teaching session. The nurse should
consider doing what?
Answer: Repeating information to the patient and the family at a
later time
◉ The patient is an elderly man who was brought to the hospital
from an assisted-living community with complaints of anorexia and
general malaise. The nurse at the assisted-living community
reported that the patient was very ritualistic in his behavior and
fastidious in his dress and always took a shower in the evening
before bed. The patient became very angry and upset when the
, patient care technician asked him to take his bath in the morning.
What does this behavior tell the nurse?
Answer: The patient is exhibiting anxiety because of a change in his
rituals.
◉ The nurse is preparing to give an intramuscular injection to the
patient in room 320. The patient care technician comes to the
medication room and tells the nurse that the patient in room 316 is
very angry with his roommate and is threatening to hit him. How
should the nurse respond?
Answer: Have the angry patient's roommate moved to another
location.
◉ Which behavior should the nurse who is communicating with a
potentially violent patient employ?
Answer: Use slow, deliberate gestures.
◉ The patient is sitting at the bedside. He has not been eating and is
just staring out of the window. The nurse approaches the patient
and asks, "What are you thinking about?" What type of
communication technique is this?
Answer: Broad Opening
◉ A patient tells the nurse, "I want to die." Which response is the
most appropriate for the nurse to make?
BY ANNE GRIFFIN PERRY EXAMPREP
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ The nurse is about to go over the patient's preoperative teaching
per hospital protocol. She finds the patient sitting in bed wringing
her hands, which are sweaty, and acting slightly agitated. The patient
states, "I'm scared that something will go wrong tomorrow." How
should the nurse respond?
Answer: Redirect her focus to dealing with the patient's anxiety.
◉ The nurse is attempting to teach the patient and his family about
his care after discharge. The patient and the family demonstrate
signs of anxiety during the teaching session. The nurse should
consider doing what?
Answer: Repeating information to the patient and the family at a
later time
◉ The patient is an elderly man who was brought to the hospital
from an assisted-living community with complaints of anorexia and
general malaise. The nurse at the assisted-living community
reported that the patient was very ritualistic in his behavior and
fastidious in his dress and always took a shower in the evening
before bed. The patient became very angry and upset when the
, patient care technician asked him to take his bath in the morning.
What does this behavior tell the nurse?
Answer: The patient is exhibiting anxiety because of a change in his
rituals.
◉ The nurse is preparing to give an intramuscular injection to the
patient in room 320. The patient care technician comes to the
medication room and tells the nurse that the patient in room 316 is
very angry with his roommate and is threatening to hit him. How
should the nurse respond?
Answer: Have the angry patient's roommate moved to another
location.
◉ Which behavior should the nurse who is communicating with a
potentially violent patient employ?
Answer: Use slow, deliberate gestures.
◉ The patient is sitting at the bedside. He has not been eating and is
just staring out of the window. The nurse approaches the patient
and asks, "What are you thinking about?" What type of
communication technique is this?
Answer: Broad Opening
◉ A patient tells the nurse, "I want to die." Which response is the
most appropriate for the nurse to make?
