PCC1 Exam#3 Practice Questions All
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A family is talking with a nurse because one family member is experiencing a chronic illness. The
family asks the nurse how they should cope with their changing roles. What's the nurse's best
response? - Answer "The family should discuss the changing roles and what is needed for
everyone."
Which is conglomerate of morals, values, beliefs, norms, and meanings that a group of people
share and communicate from one generation to the next? - Answer Culture
A nursing instructor and a student nurse are talking about caregivers and their role in the caring
process. The instructor reminds the student that caregivers experience many emotions and face
many obstacles as they care for someone, including: - Answer Anxiety
Denial
Social isolation
Mr. Walker is caring for his ailing wife, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Mr. Walker is
talking with a nurse, and he states, "I miss my old life. I don't see any of my friends any more.
Caring for my wife is much more difficult than I thought. I want things to be the way they used
to be." The nurse realizes that Mr. Walker is experiencing which emotional strain? - Answer
Caregiver stress
A nurse is talking with a woman who is caring for her elderly father. The woman states that she
has very little time for herself or any of the activities she used to enjoy. The nurse is using which
of the following processes to assess the situation? - Answer Cognitive ability of appraisal
The nurse is reviewing skin care of an immobilized patient with an unlicensed assistive
employee. The nurse knows the employee understands the importance of skin care when
making which statement? - Answer "Proper care of the skin is important because the
immobilized patient is at high risk for breakdown."
Patients who are experiencing immobility often have which of the following emotions? - Answer
Helplessness
Anger
Anxiety
During infancy, childhood, and adolescence, which nutrients are critical for the musculoskeletal
development? - Answer Protein and calcium
, A nurse observes a patient walking in the hall. Which assessment is the nurse able to complete?
- Answer Gait and balance
A child must experience mobility so he or she can explore and learn about the world. Lack of
mobility in a child may interfere with which developmental milestone? - Answer Intellectual
and psychomotor function
A nurse in a home setting is assessing a 79-year-old male patient's risk for malnutrition. The
nurse suspects malnutrition when reviewing which laboratory results? - Answer BMI of 17
Weight loss of 6% since last month's visit
Hemoglobin level of 8.2 g/dL
The nurse is assessing a group of patients to determine their risk of vitamin D deficiency. Which
of the following patients has the highest risk for vitamin D deficiency? - Answer An African-
American female who is breastfeeding
The nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease (PUD). The patient was
prescribed the proton pump inhibitor Prevacid (lansoprazole). Which of the following
supplements may be prescribed to prevent deficiency? - Answer Vitamin B12
A person of Northern heritage is at an increased risk for which of the following? - Answer Type
1 Diabetes
Celiac disease
Appropriate approaches used by the long-term care nurse to provide education for a 73 year old
who has just been diagnosed with diabetes include which of the following? - Answer -
Schedule a visit by another resident who is diabetic.
-Demonstrate food choices using food photographs.
-Encourage the patient's family to participate in teaching sessions.
-Ask the patient about past experiences with lifestyle changes.
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?" - Answer
Gaining an understanding of what a woman's health examination means to the patient
Of the five caring processes described by Swanson, which describes "knowing the patient?" -
Answer Establishing an understanding of a specific patient
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A family is talking with a nurse because one family member is experiencing a chronic illness. The
family asks the nurse how they should cope with their changing roles. What's the nurse's best
response? - Answer "The family should discuss the changing roles and what is needed for
everyone."
Which is conglomerate of morals, values, beliefs, norms, and meanings that a group of people
share and communicate from one generation to the next? - Answer Culture
A nursing instructor and a student nurse are talking about caregivers and their role in the caring
process. The instructor reminds the student that caregivers experience many emotions and face
many obstacles as they care for someone, including: - Answer Anxiety
Denial
Social isolation
Mr. Walker is caring for his ailing wife, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Mr. Walker is
talking with a nurse, and he states, "I miss my old life. I don't see any of my friends any more.
Caring for my wife is much more difficult than I thought. I want things to be the way they used
to be." The nurse realizes that Mr. Walker is experiencing which emotional strain? - Answer
Caregiver stress
A nurse is talking with a woman who is caring for her elderly father. The woman states that she
has very little time for herself or any of the activities she used to enjoy. The nurse is using which
of the following processes to assess the situation? - Answer Cognitive ability of appraisal
The nurse is reviewing skin care of an immobilized patient with an unlicensed assistive
employee. The nurse knows the employee understands the importance of skin care when
making which statement? - Answer "Proper care of the skin is important because the
immobilized patient is at high risk for breakdown."
Patients who are experiencing immobility often have which of the following emotions? - Answer
Helplessness
Anger
Anxiety
During infancy, childhood, and adolescence, which nutrients are critical for the musculoskeletal
development? - Answer Protein and calcium
, A nurse observes a patient walking in the hall. Which assessment is the nurse able to complete?
- Answer Gait and balance
A child must experience mobility so he or she can explore and learn about the world. Lack of
mobility in a child may interfere with which developmental milestone? - Answer Intellectual
and psychomotor function
A nurse in a home setting is assessing a 79-year-old male patient's risk for malnutrition. The
nurse suspects malnutrition when reviewing which laboratory results? - Answer BMI of 17
Weight loss of 6% since last month's visit
Hemoglobin level of 8.2 g/dL
The nurse is assessing a group of patients to determine their risk of vitamin D deficiency. Which
of the following patients has the highest risk for vitamin D deficiency? - Answer An African-
American female who is breastfeeding
The nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease (PUD). The patient was
prescribed the proton pump inhibitor Prevacid (lansoprazole). Which of the following
supplements may be prescribed to prevent deficiency? - Answer Vitamin B12
A person of Northern heritage is at an increased risk for which of the following? - Answer Type
1 Diabetes
Celiac disease
Appropriate approaches used by the long-term care nurse to provide education for a 73 year old
who has just been diagnosed with diabetes include which of the following? - Answer -
Schedule a visit by another resident who is diabetic.
-Demonstrate food choices using food photographs.
-Encourage the patient's family to participate in teaching sessions.
-Ask the patient about past experiences with lifestyle changes.
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?" - Answer
Gaining an understanding of what a woman's health examination means to the patient
Of the five caring processes described by Swanson, which describes "knowing the patient?" -
Answer Establishing an understanding of a specific patient
