NFDN 1002 Practice
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Maria makes regular nursing visits to her elderly client in her home. The client likes to show Maria
photos of her family & talk about her experiences growing up on a farm & raising her family there. Maria
listens attentively and encourages this because:
A) Encouraging reminiscence helps her patient's life review.
B) She can assess her patient's short term memory.
C) She grew up on a farm and enjoys the farming stories.
D) This is a therapeutic technique to manage her patient's depression. - Answer: A.
Rationale: Mrs. Harper is engaging in life review through her act of reminiscing about her past. This is a
normal developmental task for the late adulthood period. Reminiscing involves long-term memory,
therefore, is not useful for assessing short-term memory. There is no indication Mrs. Harper is
depressed.
Which action is an example of cognitive learning?
A. A patient demonstrates how to change his wound dressing.
B. A new mother follows instructions for caring for the umbilical cord.
C. A patient describes how to portion food to maintain within a prescribed calorie range.
D. A patient expresses renewed confidence following a teaching session on caring for her mother at
home. - Answer: C
What would be the best teaching strategy to teach a patient how to care for an indwelling catheter?
A. Lecture
B. Role modeling
, C. Discovery
D. Demonstration - Answer: D.
Rationale: Demonstration of techniques, procedures, exercises, and the use of special equipment,
combined with a lecture and discussion, is an effective strategy to facilitate psychomotor learning, such
as caring for a catheter.
When might a health care provider suspect that a patient is experiencing urinary retention?
A) The patient indicates pain in the suprapubic region.
B) The patient indicates spasms and difficulty during urination.
C) The patient voids small amounts of urine two to three times per hour.
D) The patient voids large amounts of foul-smelling, cloudy urine. - Answer: C
To maintain normal elimination patterns in the hospitalized patient, the nurse should encourage the
patient to defecate 1 hour after meals because:
A) The presence of food stimulates peristalsis.
B) Mass colonic peristalsis occurs at this time.
C) Regularity helps to develop a habitual pattern.
D) Neglecting the urge to defecate can cause diarrhea - Answer: B
A patient states that he has recently had a change in medications, and reports that his stools are now
dry and hard, making them difficult to eliminate. What condition is this type of bowel pattern consistent
with?
A) Constipation
B) Abnormal defecation
C) Fecal impaction
D) Fecal incontinence - Answer: A
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Most Tested) with
Verified Answers
Maria makes regular nursing visits to her elderly client in her home. The client likes to show Maria
photos of her family & talk about her experiences growing up on a farm & raising her family there. Maria
listens attentively and encourages this because:
A) Encouraging reminiscence helps her patient's life review.
B) She can assess her patient's short term memory.
C) She grew up on a farm and enjoys the farming stories.
D) This is a therapeutic technique to manage her patient's depression. - Answer: A.
Rationale: Mrs. Harper is engaging in life review through her act of reminiscing about her past. This is a
normal developmental task for the late adulthood period. Reminiscing involves long-term memory,
therefore, is not useful for assessing short-term memory. There is no indication Mrs. Harper is
depressed.
Which action is an example of cognitive learning?
A. A patient demonstrates how to change his wound dressing.
B. A new mother follows instructions for caring for the umbilical cord.
C. A patient describes how to portion food to maintain within a prescribed calorie range.
D. A patient expresses renewed confidence following a teaching session on caring for her mother at
home. - Answer: C
What would be the best teaching strategy to teach a patient how to care for an indwelling catheter?
A. Lecture
B. Role modeling
, C. Discovery
D. Demonstration - Answer: D.
Rationale: Demonstration of techniques, procedures, exercises, and the use of special equipment,
combined with a lecture and discussion, is an effective strategy to facilitate psychomotor learning, such
as caring for a catheter.
When might a health care provider suspect that a patient is experiencing urinary retention?
A) The patient indicates pain in the suprapubic region.
B) The patient indicates spasms and difficulty during urination.
C) The patient voids small amounts of urine two to three times per hour.
D) The patient voids large amounts of foul-smelling, cloudy urine. - Answer: C
To maintain normal elimination patterns in the hospitalized patient, the nurse should encourage the
patient to defecate 1 hour after meals because:
A) The presence of food stimulates peristalsis.
B) Mass colonic peristalsis occurs at this time.
C) Regularity helps to develop a habitual pattern.
D) Neglecting the urge to defecate can cause diarrhea - Answer: B
A patient states that he has recently had a change in medications, and reports that his stools are now
dry and hard, making them difficult to eliminate. What condition is this type of bowel pattern consistent
with?
A) Constipation
B) Abnormal defecation
C) Fecal impaction
D) Fecal incontinence - Answer: A
