NURS 129 Exam 1 Questions With 100% Correct Answers.

A patient describes practicing a complementary and alternative therapy involving breathwork and yoga. The nurse also recommends using energy field therapies. Which techniques did the nurse suggest? - Answer-Reiki therapy and therapeutic touch A teen with an anxiety disorder is referred for biofeedback because the parents do not want their child to take anxiolytics. Which statement from the teen indicates successful learning? - Answer- "Biofeedback will help me with my thoughts and physiological responses to stress." An older-adult patient is newly admitted to a skilled nursing facility with the diagnoses of Alzheimer's dementia, lipidemia, and hypertension, and a history of pulmonary embolism. Medications brought on admission included lisinopril (Zestril, Prinivil), hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide), warfarin (Coumadin), low-dose aspirin, ginkgo biloba, and echinacea. Which potential interaction will cause the nurse to notify the patient's health care provider? - Answer-Warfarin and ginkgo biloba A patient asks the nurse for a nonmedical approach for excessive worry and work stress. Which therapy should the nurse recommend? - Answer-Meditation A nurse is teaching about the therapy that is more effective in treating physical ailments than in preventing disease or managing chronic illness. Which therapy is the nurse describing? - AnswerAllopathic During a relaxation therapy skills group, the instructor discusses the cognitive skill of learning to tolerate uncertain and unfamiliar experiences. Which skill is the nurse describing? - AnswerReceptivity A patient asks about the new clinic in town that is staffed by allopathic and complementary practitioners. Which response from the nurse is best? - Answer-It is probably an integrative medical clinic. The group leader is overheard saying to the gathering of patients, "Focus on your breathing once again .... Notice how it is regular .... Now focus on your left arm .... Notice how relaxed your left arm feels .... Notice the relaxation going down the left arm to the hand." A patient asks the nurse what the group is doing. What is the nurse's best response? - Answer-It is progressive relaxation training.A therapeutic touch practitioner scans the patient's body. What is the purpose of the practitioner's actions? - Answer-To identify energy obstructions A nurse is teaching a patient about meridians. Which technique is the nurse preparing the patient to receive? - Answer-Acupuncture A Native American patient is asking for a spiritual healer. Which person should the nurse try to contact for the patient? - Answer-Shaman A nurse is using the holistic approach to care. Which goal is the priority? - Answer-Incorporate the mind-body-spirit connection. A nurse is using caring-healing relationships to support whole person/whole systems healing. Which type of nursing is the nurse using? - Answer-Integrative nursing A nurse is teaching a patient relaxation techniques to decreases stress. Which finding will support the nurse's evaluation that the therapy is effective? - Answer-Decreased heart rate