Fundamentals Comfort ATI
1. a nurse is reviewing the concept of comfort with an AP. which of the
following statements by the AP indicates an understanding of comfort?
a. "Providing comfort for a client is achieved by the relief of physical pain
through the administration of medication."
b. "Providing comfort to a client involves alleviating the client's physical, mental,
and emotional distress using warmth and empathy"
c. "Providing comfort for a client is achieved by taking control of the client's care
and creating routines for the client to become familiar with"
d. "Providing comfort to a client requires staff members to smile and remain
cheerful no matter the outcome the client is facing" Ans: b, "Providing comfort to a
client involves alleviating the client's physical, mental, and emotional distress using
warmth and empathy"
2. A nurse manager is conducting an in-service about the physiological func- tions of
sleep for a group of staff nurses. Which of the following statements by one of the
nurses indicates an understanding of the teaching?
a. "Sleep is a process that decreases the development of new neural pathways that assist
with retention of knowledge and memorization."
b. "The brain and neurons continue to communicate with each other during sleep to
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, remove toxins that built up in the brain while awake."
c. "The circadian rhythm is an external process that controls the sleep-wake cycle."
d. "Clients experience the highest quality sleep when they complete three out of the
four stages of sleep." Ans: b, "The brain and neurons continue to communicate with each
other during sleep to remove toxins that built up in the brain while awake."
3. A nurse is caring for a client who is halving difficulty falling asleep. Which of the
following interventions should the nurse implement to promote sleep for the client?
a. Offer the client a caffeinated beverage 3 hr before their bedtime.
b. Turn on the client's television before they go to bed
c. Warm the temperature of the client's room before they go to bed.
d. Dim the lights in the client's room at bedtime Ans: d, Dim the lights in the client's
room at bedtime
4. A nurse is reviewing the concepts of central sleep apnea with a colleague.
Which of
the following statements by the colleague indicates an understanding of central sleep
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1. a nurse is reviewing the concept of comfort with an AP. which of the
following statements by the AP indicates an understanding of comfort?
a. "Providing comfort for a client is achieved by the relief of physical pain
through the administration of medication."
b. "Providing comfort to a client involves alleviating the client's physical, mental,
and emotional distress using warmth and empathy"
c. "Providing comfort for a client is achieved by taking control of the client's care
and creating routines for the client to become familiar with"
d. "Providing comfort to a client requires staff members to smile and remain
cheerful no matter the outcome the client is facing" Ans: b, "Providing comfort to a
client involves alleviating the client's physical, mental, and emotional distress using
warmth and empathy"
2. A nurse manager is conducting an in-service about the physiological func- tions of
sleep for a group of staff nurses. Which of the following statements by one of the
nurses indicates an understanding of the teaching?
a. "Sleep is a process that decreases the development of new neural pathways that assist
with retention of knowledge and memorization."
b. "The brain and neurons continue to communicate with each other during sleep to
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, remove toxins that built up in the brain while awake."
c. "The circadian rhythm is an external process that controls the sleep-wake cycle."
d. "Clients experience the highest quality sleep when they complete three out of the
four stages of sleep." Ans: b, "The brain and neurons continue to communicate with each
other during sleep to remove toxins that built up in the brain while awake."
3. A nurse is caring for a client who is halving difficulty falling asleep. Which of the
following interventions should the nurse implement to promote sleep for the client?
a. Offer the client a caffeinated beverage 3 hr before their bedtime.
b. Turn on the client's television before they go to bed
c. Warm the temperature of the client's room before they go to bed.
d. Dim the lights in the client's room at bedtime Ans: d, Dim the lights in the client's
room at bedtime
4. A nurse is reviewing the concepts of central sleep apnea with a colleague.
Which of
the following statements by the colleague indicates an understanding of central sleep
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