RNSG 1430 ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● relief
Answer: the state of having a specific comfort need met
●● ease
Answer: the state of calm or contentment
●● Trancendence
Answer: the state in which one can rise above problems of pain
●● Context in Which Comfort Occurs
Answer: Physical
Psycho-spiritual
Environmental
Social-cultural
●● Comfort Interventions Examples:
Answer: Assisting body's natural process of repair by keeping open areas
clean, carefully dressing wounds, prevent infection and promote
circulation to surrounding areas
,Administration of medicines for the infections
Develop repositioning schedule for patient - position patient for
optimum comfort
Using paddings or water bags to relieve further pressure on bony
prominences
Promote cooling by providing tepid sponge bath
Promote hydration and optimum nutrition.
Promote patient safety.
Using a pillow to guard during coughing and deep breathing.
●● Psycho-spiritual
Answer: pertaining to internal awareness of self, including esteem,
identity, sexuality, meaning of one's life, and one's understood
relationship to a higher order or being
●● how to provide Psycho-spiritual awareness
Answer: Encouraging patient to verbalize feelings and discuss how
condition affects self concept
Assisting patient to work through stages of grief and feelings associated
with condition
Lending psychological support and acceptance of patient, using touch,
facial expressions and tone of voice
,Encourage family members to spend more time talking and just being
with the patient
●● Environmental comfort
Answer: pertaining to the external background of human experience
(temperature, light, sound, odor, color, furniture, landscape, etc.)
●● Environmental Comfort Interventions
Answer: Working with family and hospital staff to disinfect the room
Promote better ventilation
Promote an environment for resting (noise levels are down, dim lights,
cool room temperature).
●● Socio-cultural comfort
Answer: pertaining to interpersonal, family, and societal relationships
(finances, teaching, health care personnel, etc.) Also to family traditions,
rituals and religious practices.
●● Comfort Interventions
Answer: Assist significant others in understanding and following
medical regimen and developing a program of preventive care and daily
maintenance.
, Discuss therapeutically issues like stigma, support and burden of the
illness.
●● Antecedents for Comfort
Answer: Effective circulatory system
Able to discern from comfort to discomfort
Without noxious stimuli
Intact neurological/sensory system
●● Attributes of Comfort
Answer: Reports being comfortable
Indicates pain scale zero
Relaxed facial expression and body posture
Vital signs within the normal limits for baseline
●● Comfort Interrelated Concepts
Answer: sensory perception
mood and affect
mobility
COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● relief
Answer: the state of having a specific comfort need met
●● ease
Answer: the state of calm or contentment
●● Trancendence
Answer: the state in which one can rise above problems of pain
●● Context in Which Comfort Occurs
Answer: Physical
Psycho-spiritual
Environmental
Social-cultural
●● Comfort Interventions Examples:
Answer: Assisting body's natural process of repair by keeping open areas
clean, carefully dressing wounds, prevent infection and promote
circulation to surrounding areas
,Administration of medicines for the infections
Develop repositioning schedule for patient - position patient for
optimum comfort
Using paddings or water bags to relieve further pressure on bony
prominences
Promote cooling by providing tepid sponge bath
Promote hydration and optimum nutrition.
Promote patient safety.
Using a pillow to guard during coughing and deep breathing.
●● Psycho-spiritual
Answer: pertaining to internal awareness of self, including esteem,
identity, sexuality, meaning of one's life, and one's understood
relationship to a higher order or being
●● how to provide Psycho-spiritual awareness
Answer: Encouraging patient to verbalize feelings and discuss how
condition affects self concept
Assisting patient to work through stages of grief and feelings associated
with condition
Lending psychological support and acceptance of patient, using touch,
facial expressions and tone of voice
,Encourage family members to spend more time talking and just being
with the patient
●● Environmental comfort
Answer: pertaining to the external background of human experience
(temperature, light, sound, odor, color, furniture, landscape, etc.)
●● Environmental Comfort Interventions
Answer: Working with family and hospital staff to disinfect the room
Promote better ventilation
Promote an environment for resting (noise levels are down, dim lights,
cool room temperature).
●● Socio-cultural comfort
Answer: pertaining to interpersonal, family, and societal relationships
(finances, teaching, health care personnel, etc.) Also to family traditions,
rituals and religious practices.
●● Comfort Interventions
Answer: Assist significant others in understanding and following
medical regimen and developing a program of preventive care and daily
maintenance.
, Discuss therapeutically issues like stigma, support and burden of the
illness.
●● Antecedents for Comfort
Answer: Effective circulatory system
Able to discern from comfort to discomfort
Without noxious stimuli
Intact neurological/sensory system
●● Attributes of Comfort
Answer: Reports being comfortable
Indicates pain scale zero
Relaxed facial expression and body posture
Vital signs within the normal limits for baseline
●● Comfort Interrelated Concepts
Answer: sensory perception
mood and affect
mobility
