Test Bank for Family Practice Guidelines, Fifth
Edition – Complete Family Practice Primary Care
Resource Book 5th Edition by Jill C. Cash
,
,Chapter 1. Health Maintenance Guidelin
esMultiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The nurse is preparing to teach a patient of the Asian culture to perform postopera
tive dressing changes at home after discharge. Which statement made by the nurse indicat
es culturalcompetence?
a. Tell me how you feel about your surgery.
b. Asian people are smart, so this should be easy for you to understand.
c. American surgeons are highly qualified; Im sure you will heal quickly.
d. Will you tell me about any traditional healing practices that you would like to use?
2. An unconscious victim of a house fire is brought to the emergency department b
y theparamedics. Tied to the right wrist is an emblem that appears be a religious talisma
n. Which action should the nurse take?
a. Tape it in place.
b. Do nothing with it.
c. Remove it and lock it up for safekeeping.
d. Place it in a clothing bag with the rest of the patients belongings.
3. A 43-year-
old patient of Arab descent is admitted to the hospital. To comply with thestate laws of
the organization, the nurse offers the patient a Papanicolaou smear, which she refuses.
Which action should the nurse take first?
a. Notify the physician.
b. Report the refusal to the supervisor.
c. Explain the rationale for and benefits of the test.
d. Tell her it is state law and that she does not have a choice.
4. A patient who is a Jehovahs Witness has severe gastrointestinal bleeding and a dan
gerously low hemoglobin level. The patient is fully alert and competent and refuses to accep
tthe blood transfusion ordered by the physician. Which action by the nurse is most appropri
ate?
, a. Obtain a court order to give the blood.
b. Administer the blood while the patient is sleeping.
c. Have the patients spouse sign the consent to have the blood administered.
Edition – Complete Family Practice Primary Care
Resource Book 5th Edition by Jill C. Cash
,
,Chapter 1. Health Maintenance Guidelin
esMultiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The nurse is preparing to teach a patient of the Asian culture to perform postopera
tive dressing changes at home after discharge. Which statement made by the nurse indicat
es culturalcompetence?
a. Tell me how you feel about your surgery.
b. Asian people are smart, so this should be easy for you to understand.
c. American surgeons are highly qualified; Im sure you will heal quickly.
d. Will you tell me about any traditional healing practices that you would like to use?
2. An unconscious victim of a house fire is brought to the emergency department b
y theparamedics. Tied to the right wrist is an emblem that appears be a religious talisma
n. Which action should the nurse take?
a. Tape it in place.
b. Do nothing with it.
c. Remove it and lock it up for safekeeping.
d. Place it in a clothing bag with the rest of the patients belongings.
3. A 43-year-
old patient of Arab descent is admitted to the hospital. To comply with thestate laws of
the organization, the nurse offers the patient a Papanicolaou smear, which she refuses.
Which action should the nurse take first?
a. Notify the physician.
b. Report the refusal to the supervisor.
c. Explain the rationale for and benefits of the test.
d. Tell her it is state law and that she does not have a choice.
4. A patient who is a Jehovahs Witness has severe gastrointestinal bleeding and a dan
gerously low hemoglobin level. The patient is fully alert and competent and refuses to accep
tthe blood transfusion ordered by the physician. Which action by the nurse is most appropri
ate?
, a. Obtain a court order to give the blood.
b. Administer the blood while the patient is sleeping.
c. Have the patients spouse sign the consent to have the blood administered.
