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CMS Fundamentals Practice A Questions and
Correct Answers | Latest Update
A nurse is reinforcing teaching about health promotion with a group of young adult clients.
Which of the following information should the nurse include?
✓ -:- Young adults should receive a dental assessment every 6 months
A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for a potassium supplement. The client
tells the nurse that the pill is too large to swallow and refuses to take it. The nurse offers to
break the pill into smaller pieces. The nurse is demonstrating which of the following ethical
principles?
✓ -:- Beneficence
A client who has advanced cancer tells the nurse that they have a difficult time talking to
anyone about the illness. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to encourage
therapeutic communications?
✓ -:- Let the client know that, as their nurse, they are available and willing
to listen
A nurse has delegated various client care tasks to the assistive personnel (AP) on the care
team. Which of the following actions by the Ap should the nurse identify as correct?
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✓ -:- Donning a mask to measure the vital signs of a client who has
pertussis
A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative and is experiencing nausea and vomiting.
The nurse should identify which of the following findings as indication that the client has
fluid volume deficit? (Select all that apply?
✓ -:- - cool extremities
- orthostatic hypotension
- flat neck veins
A nurse is taking notes of client information on a piece of paper while receiving report.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take to dispose of the paper?
✓ -:- Shred the paper in a secure containe r
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client about the use of crutches. Which of the
following actions by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?
✓ -:- The client advances the unaffected leg first while climbing stairs
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CMS Fundamentals Practice A Questions and
Correct Answers | Latest Update
A nurse is reinforcing teaching about health promotion with a group of young adult clients.
Which of the following information should the nurse include?
✓ -:- Young adults should receive a dental assessment every 6 months
A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for a potassium supplement. The client
tells the nurse that the pill is too large to swallow and refuses to take it. The nurse offers to
break the pill into smaller pieces. The nurse is demonstrating which of the following ethical
principles?
✓ -:- Beneficence
A client who has advanced cancer tells the nurse that they have a difficult time talking to
anyone about the illness. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to encourage
therapeutic communications?
✓ -:- Let the client know that, as their nurse, they are available and willing
to listen
A nurse has delegated various client care tasks to the assistive personnel (AP) on the care
team. Which of the following actions by the Ap should the nurse identify as correct?
1|P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 0 2 5
, 2024 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain Excel!
✓ -:- Donning a mask to measure the vital signs of a client who has
pertussis
A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative and is experiencing nausea and vomiting.
The nurse should identify which of the following findings as indication that the client has
fluid volume deficit? (Select all that apply?
✓ -:- - cool extremities
- orthostatic hypotension
- flat neck veins
A nurse is taking notes of client information on a piece of paper while receiving report.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take to dispose of the paper?
✓ -:- Shred the paper in a secure containe r
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client about the use of crutches. Which of the
following actions by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?
✓ -:- The client advances the unaffected leg first while climbing stairs
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