PN 2002 EXAM 5 questions AND VERIFIED
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A nurse encounters a family that experienced the death of their adult child last year. The parents
are talking about the upcoming anniversary of their child's death. The nurse spends time with
them discussing their child's life and death. The nurse's action best demonstrates which nursing
principle?
a. Pain management technique
b. Facilitating normal mourning
c. Grief evaluation
d. Palliative care - ANS b. Facilitating normal mourning
A cancer patient asks the nurse what the criteria are for hospice care. What should the nurse
answer?
a. Having a terminal illness, such as cancer
b. Needing assistance with pain management
c. Expected to live less than 6 to 12 more months
d. Completion of an advance directive - ANS c. Expected to live less than 6 to 12 more
months
A terminally ill patient is experiencing constipation secondary to pain medication. What is the
best way for the nurse to improve the patient's constipation problem?
a. Massage the patient's abdomen.
b. Contact the provider to discontinue pain medication.
c. Administer enemas twice daily for 7 days.
d. Use a stimulant laxative and increase fluid intake. - ANS d. Use a stimulant laxative and
increase fluid intake.
a severely depressed patient cannot state any positive attributes to his or her life. The nurse
patiently sits with this patient and assists the patient to identify several activities the patient is
actually looking forward to in life. The nurse is helping the patient to demonstrate which spiritual
concept?
a. Time management
b. Hope
,c. Charity
d. Faith - ANS b. Hope
In preparation for the eventual death of a female hospice patient of the Muslim faith, the nurse
organizes a meeting of all hospice caregivers. A plan of care to be followed when this patient
dies is prepared. This plan of care would include
a. Male health care workers care for the body after death has occurred.
b. Body preparation for autopsy.
c. Body preparation for cremation.
d. Female health care workers care for the body after death has occurred. - ANS d. Female
health care workers care for the body after death has occurred.
family members gather in the emergency department after learning that a family member was
involved in a motor vehicle accident. After learning of the family member's unexpected death,
the surviving family members begin to cry and scream in despair. The nurse recognizes this as
the Bowlby Attachment Theory stage of
a. Numbing.
b. Disorganization and despair.
c. Bargaining.
d. Yearning and searching. - ANS d. Yearning and searching.
--Yearning and searching characterize the second bereavement phase in the Bowlby
Attachment Theory.--
After the anticipated demise of a chronically ill patient, the unit nurse is found crying in the staff
lounge. The best response to her crying colleague would be
a. "It is normal to feel this way. Give yourself some time to mourn."
b. "Your other patients still need you, so hurry back to them."
c. "You're being a bad role model to the unit's nursing students."
d. "Why don't you take a sedative to cope?" - ANS a. "It is normal to feel this way. Give
yourself some time to mourn."
A family is grieving after learning of a family member's accidental death. The transplant
coordinator requests to talk with the family about possible organ and tissue donation. The nurse
recognizes that
a. All religions allow for organ donation.
b. Life support must be removed before organ and tissue retrieval occurs.
c. The best time for organ and tissue donation is immediately after the autopsy.
d. The transplant coordinator is working in accordance with federal law. - ANS d. The
transplant coordinator is working in accordance with federal law.
, . An Orthodox Jewish Rabbi has been pronounced dead. The nursing assistant respectfully
asks family members to leave the room and go home as postmortem care is provided. Which of
the following statements from the supervising nurse reflects correct knowledge of Jewish
culture?
a. "I wish they would go home because we have work to do here."
b. "Family members stay with the body until burial the next day."
c. "I should have called a male colleague to handle the body."
d."I thought they would quietly leave after praying and touching the Rabbi's head." - ANS b.
"Family members stay with the body until burial the next day."
The palliative team's primary obligation to a patient in severe pain includes which of the
following?
a. Supporting the patient's nurse in her grief
b. Providing postmortem care for the patient
c. Teaching the patient the stages of grief
d. Enhancing the patient's quality of life - ANS d. Enhancing the patient's quality of life
A man is hospitalized after surgery that amputated both lower extremities owing to injuries
sustained during military service. The nurse should recognize his need to grieve for what type of
loss?
a. Maturational loss
b. Situational loss
c. Perceived loss
d. Uncomplicated loss - ANS b. Situational loss
. "I know it seems strange, but I feel guilty being pregnant after the death of my son last year,"
said a woman during her routine obstetrical examination. The nurse spends extra time with this
woman, helping her to better bond with her unborn child. This demonstrates which nursing
technique?
a. Facilitating mourning
b. Providing curative therapy
c. Promoting spirituality
d.Eradicating grief - ANS a. Facilitating mourning
The nurse has had three patients die during the past 2 days. Which approach is most
appropriate to manage the nurse's sadness?
a. Telling the next patients why the nurse is sad
b. Talking with a colleague or writing in a journal
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
A nurse encounters a family that experienced the death of their adult child last year. The parents
are talking about the upcoming anniversary of their child's death. The nurse spends time with
them discussing their child's life and death. The nurse's action best demonstrates which nursing
principle?
a. Pain management technique
b. Facilitating normal mourning
c. Grief evaluation
d. Palliative care - ANS b. Facilitating normal mourning
A cancer patient asks the nurse what the criteria are for hospice care. What should the nurse
answer?
a. Having a terminal illness, such as cancer
b. Needing assistance with pain management
c. Expected to live less than 6 to 12 more months
d. Completion of an advance directive - ANS c. Expected to live less than 6 to 12 more
months
A terminally ill patient is experiencing constipation secondary to pain medication. What is the
best way for the nurse to improve the patient's constipation problem?
a. Massage the patient's abdomen.
b. Contact the provider to discontinue pain medication.
c. Administer enemas twice daily for 7 days.
d. Use a stimulant laxative and increase fluid intake. - ANS d. Use a stimulant laxative and
increase fluid intake.
a severely depressed patient cannot state any positive attributes to his or her life. The nurse
patiently sits with this patient and assists the patient to identify several activities the patient is
actually looking forward to in life. The nurse is helping the patient to demonstrate which spiritual
concept?
a. Time management
b. Hope
,c. Charity
d. Faith - ANS b. Hope
In preparation for the eventual death of a female hospice patient of the Muslim faith, the nurse
organizes a meeting of all hospice caregivers. A plan of care to be followed when this patient
dies is prepared. This plan of care would include
a. Male health care workers care for the body after death has occurred.
b. Body preparation for autopsy.
c. Body preparation for cremation.
d. Female health care workers care for the body after death has occurred. - ANS d. Female
health care workers care for the body after death has occurred.
family members gather in the emergency department after learning that a family member was
involved in a motor vehicle accident. After learning of the family member's unexpected death,
the surviving family members begin to cry and scream in despair. The nurse recognizes this as
the Bowlby Attachment Theory stage of
a. Numbing.
b. Disorganization and despair.
c. Bargaining.
d. Yearning and searching. - ANS d. Yearning and searching.
--Yearning and searching characterize the second bereavement phase in the Bowlby
Attachment Theory.--
After the anticipated demise of a chronically ill patient, the unit nurse is found crying in the staff
lounge. The best response to her crying colleague would be
a. "It is normal to feel this way. Give yourself some time to mourn."
b. "Your other patients still need you, so hurry back to them."
c. "You're being a bad role model to the unit's nursing students."
d. "Why don't you take a sedative to cope?" - ANS a. "It is normal to feel this way. Give
yourself some time to mourn."
A family is grieving after learning of a family member's accidental death. The transplant
coordinator requests to talk with the family about possible organ and tissue donation. The nurse
recognizes that
a. All religions allow for organ donation.
b. Life support must be removed before organ and tissue retrieval occurs.
c. The best time for organ and tissue donation is immediately after the autopsy.
d. The transplant coordinator is working in accordance with federal law. - ANS d. The
transplant coordinator is working in accordance with federal law.
, . An Orthodox Jewish Rabbi has been pronounced dead. The nursing assistant respectfully
asks family members to leave the room and go home as postmortem care is provided. Which of
the following statements from the supervising nurse reflects correct knowledge of Jewish
culture?
a. "I wish they would go home because we have work to do here."
b. "Family members stay with the body until burial the next day."
c. "I should have called a male colleague to handle the body."
d."I thought they would quietly leave after praying and touching the Rabbi's head." - ANS b.
"Family members stay with the body until burial the next day."
The palliative team's primary obligation to a patient in severe pain includes which of the
following?
a. Supporting the patient's nurse in her grief
b. Providing postmortem care for the patient
c. Teaching the patient the stages of grief
d. Enhancing the patient's quality of life - ANS d. Enhancing the patient's quality of life
A man is hospitalized after surgery that amputated both lower extremities owing to injuries
sustained during military service. The nurse should recognize his need to grieve for what type of
loss?
a. Maturational loss
b. Situational loss
c. Perceived loss
d. Uncomplicated loss - ANS b. Situational loss
. "I know it seems strange, but I feel guilty being pregnant after the death of my son last year,"
said a woman during her routine obstetrical examination. The nurse spends extra time with this
woman, helping her to better bond with her unborn child. This demonstrates which nursing
technique?
a. Facilitating mourning
b. Providing curative therapy
c. Promoting spirituality
d.Eradicating grief - ANS a. Facilitating mourning
The nurse has had three patients die during the past 2 days. Which approach is most
appropriate to manage the nurse's sadness?
a. Telling the next patients why the nurse is sad
b. Talking with a colleague or writing in a journal
