NUR 304 Test 2 Questions with Verified
Correct Answers
When a smiling and cooperative patient complains of discomfort, nurses caring for the
patient often harbor misconceptions about the patient's pain. Which of the following is
true?
a. Chronic pain is psychological in nature
b. Patients are the best judges of their pain
c. Regular use of narcotic analgesics leads to drug addiction
d. Amount of pain is reflective of actual tissue damage
B
A patient has just undergone an appendectomy. When discussing with the patient
several pain-relief interventions, the most appropriate recommendation would be:
a. adjunctive therapy.
b. non-opioids.
c. NSAIDs.
d. PCA pain management.
D
A postoperative patient is using PCA. You will evaluate the effectiveness of the
medication when:
a. you compare assessed pain w/ baseline pain.
b. body language is incongruent with reports of pain relief.
c. family members report that pain has subsided.
d. vital signs have returned to baseline
A
,An elderly patient who lives in an adult assisted-living facility mentions that he is
experiencing hearing and vision changes. During your assessment, you would associate
this type of sensory deprivation with:
a. stable affect.
b. altered perception.
c. improved task completion.
d. increased need for social interaction.
B
A patient with glaucoma is being discharged from the hospital. When teaching the
patient and family ways to improve home safety, the nurse tells the family to:
a. use throw rugs to prevent tripping.
b. paint the floor black and white to improve perception.
c. install extra incandescent lighting.
d. install handrails painted the same color as the walls.
C
Health disparities are unequal burdens of disease morbidity and mortality rates
experienced by racial and ethnic groups. These disparities are often exacerbated by:
a. bias.
b. stereotyping
c. prejudice.
d. all of the above.
D
You are in the process of admitting a patient. To plan culturally competent care, you
will conduct a cultural assessment that includes:
, a. bicultural history
b. ethnohistory
c. negotiation
d. ethnocentrism
B
To maintain normal elimination patterns in the hospitalized patient, you should instruct
the patient to defecate 1 hour after meals because:
a. the presence of food stimulates peristalsis.
b. mass colonic peristalsis occurs at this time.
c. irregularity helps to develop a habitual pattern.
d. neglecting the urge to defecate can cause diarrhea.
B
A patent with a long-standing history of diabetes mellitus is voicing concerns about
kidney disease. The patient asks the nurse where urine is formed in the kidney. The
nurse's response is the:
a. bladder
b. kidney
c. nephron
d. ureter
C
A health care provider may suspect that a patient is experiencing urinary retention
when the patient has:
a. large amounts of voided cloudy urine.
b. pain in the suprapubic region.
Correct Answers
When a smiling and cooperative patient complains of discomfort, nurses caring for the
patient often harbor misconceptions about the patient's pain. Which of the following is
true?
a. Chronic pain is psychological in nature
b. Patients are the best judges of their pain
c. Regular use of narcotic analgesics leads to drug addiction
d. Amount of pain is reflective of actual tissue damage
B
A patient has just undergone an appendectomy. When discussing with the patient
several pain-relief interventions, the most appropriate recommendation would be:
a. adjunctive therapy.
b. non-opioids.
c. NSAIDs.
d. PCA pain management.
D
A postoperative patient is using PCA. You will evaluate the effectiveness of the
medication when:
a. you compare assessed pain w/ baseline pain.
b. body language is incongruent with reports of pain relief.
c. family members report that pain has subsided.
d. vital signs have returned to baseline
A
,An elderly patient who lives in an adult assisted-living facility mentions that he is
experiencing hearing and vision changes. During your assessment, you would associate
this type of sensory deprivation with:
a. stable affect.
b. altered perception.
c. improved task completion.
d. increased need for social interaction.
B
A patient with glaucoma is being discharged from the hospital. When teaching the
patient and family ways to improve home safety, the nurse tells the family to:
a. use throw rugs to prevent tripping.
b. paint the floor black and white to improve perception.
c. install extra incandescent lighting.
d. install handrails painted the same color as the walls.
C
Health disparities are unequal burdens of disease morbidity and mortality rates
experienced by racial and ethnic groups. These disparities are often exacerbated by:
a. bias.
b. stereotyping
c. prejudice.
d. all of the above.
D
You are in the process of admitting a patient. To plan culturally competent care, you
will conduct a cultural assessment that includes:
, a. bicultural history
b. ethnohistory
c. negotiation
d. ethnocentrism
B
To maintain normal elimination patterns in the hospitalized patient, you should instruct
the patient to defecate 1 hour after meals because:
a. the presence of food stimulates peristalsis.
b. mass colonic peristalsis occurs at this time.
c. irregularity helps to develop a habitual pattern.
d. neglecting the urge to defecate can cause diarrhea.
B
A patent with a long-standing history of diabetes mellitus is voicing concerns about
kidney disease. The patient asks the nurse where urine is formed in the kidney. The
nurse's response is the:
a. bladder
b. kidney
c. nephron
d. ureter
C
A health care provider may suspect that a patient is experiencing urinary retention
when the patient has:
a. large amounts of voided cloudy urine.
b. pain in the suprapubic region.
