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1. Which group of individuals in the elderly
Women over the age of
population are most likely to be widowed? 75
2. The hospice nurse is visiting the elderly wife
of a pa- tient 4 weeks after the patient died. Eating alone is so
Which of the fol- lowing comments by the wife lonely, I just lose my
concerns the hospice nurse the most? appetite when I think
about it
3. A 90 year old person may still engage in
and enjoy sexual experiences, true or false?
True
4. In answering a health history, Sarah, aged 70,
men- tions that she wakes from sleep at least
twice during the night. The nurse knows that Stage 1 increases and
for an older adult: deep sleep decreases,
so this is a usual
pattern
5. Which phenomenon is exhibited when larger doses of Tolerance
an opioid drug are required to produce the
desired effect?
6. Critical domains of pain management include Prioritize objective
all ex- cept: data over patient's
subjective report of
pain
7. A nursing instructor is speaking to a group of students Clockwise
rotation of shifts
regarding the effects of shift work on sleep
patterns? Which pattern of work shifts has
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,NURS 251 Exam 3 practice questions & answers
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been shown to en- hance work production?
8. When a newly admitted patient informs the nurse that Sleep
deprived
he averages 6 hours of sleep per night, the
nurse de- termines that this patient is most
likely:
9. Osteoarthritis
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The nurse is preparing a presentation on chronic
pain management to a group of elderly
members of a com- munity senior citizens
center. Which chronic disease should the nurse
focus on in her presentation?
Older white men
10. Which group of individuals has the highest
rate of suicide in the United States?
Facilitate screening for de-
11. The community health nurse has been mentia or other
providing care for an older adult client or cognitive deficits
several weeks. During the past three visits, the
client has been responding to questions with
an uncharacteristically hostile tone and has
suggested that the nurse has dishonest
motives for visiting the home. In addition to
ensuring the nurse's own safety, how should
the nurse best fol- low-up these assessment Stress incontinence
findings?
12. A nurse is caring for a client who experiences
the in- voluntary release of urine when
have group members con-
straining physically, coughing, or sneezing. The
nurse recognizes the char- acteristics of what front the dominant
health concern? mem-
13. A unit-based infection control task force was
devel- oped in an attempt to reduce catheter-
acquired infec-
tions. The group consists of 10 team members. During ber to
promote the need-
the past three meetings, one person dominated
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1. Which group of individuals in the elderly
Women over the age of
population are most likely to be widowed? 75
2. The hospice nurse is visiting the elderly wife
of a pa- tient 4 weeks after the patient died. Eating alone is so
Which of the fol- lowing comments by the wife lonely, I just lose my
concerns the hospice nurse the most? appetite when I think
about it
3. A 90 year old person may still engage in
and enjoy sexual experiences, true or false?
True
4. In answering a health history, Sarah, aged 70,
men- tions that she wakes from sleep at least
twice during the night. The nurse knows that Stage 1 increases and
for an older adult: deep sleep decreases,
so this is a usual
pattern
5. Which phenomenon is exhibited when larger doses of Tolerance
an opioid drug are required to produce the
desired effect?
6. Critical domains of pain management include Prioritize objective
all ex- cept: data over patient's
subjective report of
pain
7. A nursing instructor is speaking to a group of students Clockwise
rotation of shifts
regarding the effects of shift work on sleep
patterns? Which pattern of work shifts has
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,NURS 251 Exam 3 practice questions & answers
already passed
been shown to en- hance work production?
8. When a newly admitted patient informs the nurse that Sleep
deprived
he averages 6 hours of sleep per night, the
nurse de- termines that this patient is most
likely:
9. Osteoarthritis
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, NURS 251 Exam 3 practice questions & answers
already passed
The nurse is preparing a presentation on chronic
pain management to a group of elderly
members of a com- munity senior citizens
center. Which chronic disease should the nurse
focus on in her presentation?
Older white men
10. Which group of individuals has the highest
rate of suicide in the United States?
Facilitate screening for de-
11. The community health nurse has been mentia or other
providing care for an older adult client or cognitive deficits
several weeks. During the past three visits, the
client has been responding to questions with
an uncharacteristically hostile tone and has
suggested that the nurse has dishonest
motives for visiting the home. In addition to
ensuring the nurse's own safety, how should
the nurse best fol- low-up these assessment Stress incontinence
findings?
12. A nurse is caring for a client who experiences
the in- voluntary release of urine when
have group members con-
straining physically, coughing, or sneezing. The
nurse recognizes the char- acteristics of what front the dominant
health concern? mem-
13. A unit-based infection control task force was
devel- oped in an attempt to reduce catheter-
acquired infec-
tions. The group consists of 10 team members. During ber to
promote the need-
the past three meetings, one person dominated
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