Comprehensive Practice Test / Study Guide
Newest Actual Questions & Answers (A+
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A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs. For which
nursing activities is this approach useful?
a. Making accurate nursing diagnoses
b. Establishing priorities of care
c. Communicating concerns more concisely
d. Integrating science into nursing care -
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b. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs is useful for establishing priorities of care.
____________________ Quiz__________________?
The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care facility. Which
examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Select all that apply.
a. Preventing falls in the facility
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group. -
Answer✓✓
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, b, d. Physiologic needs—oxygen, water, food, elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical
activity, and rest—must be met at least minimally to maintain life. Providing food and oxygen
are examples of interventions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and
security needs, providing art supplies may help meet self-actualization needs, facilitating visits
from loved ones helps meet self-esteem needs, and referring a patient to a support group
helps meet love and belonging needs.
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The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and sterile
techniques when handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs is being met by
this nurse?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
d. Love and belonging -
Answer✓✓
b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and using sterile technique, nurses provide safety
from infection. An example of a physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-esteem
needs may be met by allowing an older adult to talk about a past career. An example of
helping meet a love and belonging need is contacting a hospitalized patient's family to
arrange a visit.
____________________ Quiz__________________?
The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that the highest level on
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-actualization needs. Which statements accurately
describe the achievement of self-actualization? Select all that apply.
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
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, f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems. -
Answer✓✓
c, e, f. Self-actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a process that continues
throughout life. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself
and using creativity as a guideline for solving problems and pursuing interests. Humans are
not born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization, and self-actualization needs are
not met specifically by depending on others for help. Loneliness and isolation are not always
the result of unmet self-actualization needs.
____________________ Quiz__________________?
A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility. What is the
best broad definition of a family?
a. A father, a mother, and children
b. A group whose members are biologically related
c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
d. A group of people who live together and depend on each other for support -
Answer✓✓
d. Although all the responses may be true, the best definition is a group of people who live
together and depend on each other for physical, emotional, or financial support.
____________________ Quiz__________________?
A nurse performs an assessment of a family consisting of a single mother, a grandmother,
and two children. Which interview questions directed to the single mother could the nurse
use to assess the affective and coping family function? Select all that apply.
a. Who is the person you depend on for emotional support?
b. Who is the breadwinner in your family?
c. Do you plan on having any more children?
d. Who keeps your family together in times of stress?
e. What family traditions do you pass on to your children?
f. Do you live in an environment that you consider safe? -
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Newest Actual Questions & Answers (A+
____________________ Quiz__________________?
A nurse is providing care based on Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs. For which
nursing activities is this approach useful?
a. Making accurate nursing diagnoses
b. Establishing priorities of care
c. Communicating concerns more concisely
d. Integrating science into nursing care -
Answer✓✓
b. Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs is useful for establishing priorities of care.
____________________ Quiz__________________?
The nurse is prioritizing nursing care for a patient in a long-term care facility. Which
examples of nursing interventions help meet physiologic needs? Select all that apply.
a. Preventing falls in the facility
b. Changing a patient's oxygen tank
c. Providing materials for a patient who likes to draw
d. Helping a patient eat his dinner
e. Facilitating a visit from a spouse
f. Referring a patient to a cancer support group. -
Answer✓✓
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, b, d. Physiologic needs—oxygen, water, food, elimination, temperature, sexuality, physical
activity, and rest—must be met at least minimally to maintain life. Providing food and oxygen
are examples of interventions to meet these needs. Preventing falls helps meet safety and
security needs, providing art supplies may help meet self-actualization needs, facilitating visits
from loved ones helps meet self-esteem needs, and referring a patient to a support group
helps meet love and belonging needs.
____________________ Quiz__________________?
The nurse caring for patients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and sterile
techniques when handling patients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs is being met by
this nurse?
a. Physiologic
b. Safety and security
c. Self-esteem
d. Love and belonging -
Answer✓✓
b. By carrying out careful hand hygiene and using sterile technique, nurses provide safety
from infection. An example of a physiologic need is clearing a patient's airway. Self-esteem
needs may be met by allowing an older adult to talk about a past career. An example of
helping meet a love and belonging need is contacting a hospitalized patient's family to
arrange a visit.
____________________ Quiz__________________?
The nurse caring for patients in a long-term care facility knows that the highest level on
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is self-actualization needs. Which statements accurately
describe the achievement of self-actualization? Select all that apply.
a. Humans are born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization.
b. Self-actualization needs are met by depending on others for help.
c. The self-actualization process continues throughout life.
d. Loneliness and isolation occur when self-actualization needs are unmet.
e. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside self.
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, f. Self-actualization needs may be met by creatively solving problems. -
Answer✓✓
c, e, f. Self-actualization, or reaching one's full potential, is a process that continues
throughout life. A person achieves self-actualization by focusing on problems outside oneself
and using creativity as a guideline for solving problems and pursuing interests. Humans are
not born with a fully developed sense of self-actualization, and self-actualization needs are
not met specifically by depending on others for help. Loneliness and isolation are not always
the result of unmet self-actualization needs.
____________________ Quiz__________________?
A nurse works with families in crisis at a community mental health care facility. What is the
best broad definition of a family?
a. A father, a mother, and children
b. A group whose members are biologically related
c. A unit that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins
d. A group of people who live together and depend on each other for support -
Answer✓✓
d. Although all the responses may be true, the best definition is a group of people who live
together and depend on each other for physical, emotional, or financial support.
____________________ Quiz__________________?
A nurse performs an assessment of a family consisting of a single mother, a grandmother,
and two children. Which interview questions directed to the single mother could the nurse
use to assess the affective and coping family function? Select all that apply.
a. Who is the person you depend on for emotional support?
b. Who is the breadwinner in your family?
c. Do you plan on having any more children?
d. Who keeps your family together in times of stress?
e. What family traditions do you pass on to your children?
f. Do you live in an environment that you consider safe? -
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