NUR 448 Final Questions With Complete Solutions
2. After being informed of a diagnosis of lung cancer, a patient
says in a cheerful voice, "I feel
fine. I will do some reading online about it. Right now, I want to
take a nap." The nurse
assesses the use of which defense mechanisms? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Repression
b. Undoing
c. Introjection
d. Reaction formation
e. Intellectualization
f. Suppression Correct Answers d. Reaction formation
e. Intellectualization
f. Suppression
A mother and her two children are in the emergency department
for treatment of trauma
experienced when the woman's husband physically abused her
and the children. What is the
nurse's priority intervention?
a. Conduct a detail medical history on both mother and children.
b. Focus on physical safety and emotional security of mother
and children.
c. Discuss the mother's legal rights in this situation.
d. Discuss the legal obligation to notify the Child Protection
Services. Correct Answers b. Focus on physical safety and
emotional security of mother and children.
, A nurse explains galantamine therapy to family members of a
patient who is to begin treatment with the drug. What
information should be included? (Select all that apply.)
a. Facial flushing and leg cramps might worsen.
b. It acts by making more dopamine available.
c. Report slow heartbeat immediately.
d. Restrict fluid intake to 1500 mL/day.
e. Side effects include GI symptoms. Correct Answers ANS:
A, C, E
A patient diagnosed with Alzheimer disease (AD) is being
treated with an acetylcholine (ChE) inhibitor drug. The patient
develops facial flushing, sweating, and leg cramps. The nurse
should attribute these symptoms to what process?
a. Irreversible acetylcholinesterase stimulation
b. Inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE)
c. Neurodegeneration in the hippocampus
d. Cytochrome P-450 system activation Correct Answers b.
Inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE)
A patient diagnosed with lung cancer continues to smoke and
says, "I think my cancer is more
the result of a bad gene than of smoking." The patient shows the
use of which defense
mechanism?
a. Denial
b. Compensation
c. Intellectualization
d. Reaction formation Correct Answers a. Denial
2. After being informed of a diagnosis of lung cancer, a patient
says in a cheerful voice, "I feel
fine. I will do some reading online about it. Right now, I want to
take a nap." The nurse
assesses the use of which defense mechanisms? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Repression
b. Undoing
c. Introjection
d. Reaction formation
e. Intellectualization
f. Suppression Correct Answers d. Reaction formation
e. Intellectualization
f. Suppression
A mother and her two children are in the emergency department
for treatment of trauma
experienced when the woman's husband physically abused her
and the children. What is the
nurse's priority intervention?
a. Conduct a detail medical history on both mother and children.
b. Focus on physical safety and emotional security of mother
and children.
c. Discuss the mother's legal rights in this situation.
d. Discuss the legal obligation to notify the Child Protection
Services. Correct Answers b. Focus on physical safety and
emotional security of mother and children.
, A nurse explains galantamine therapy to family members of a
patient who is to begin treatment with the drug. What
information should be included? (Select all that apply.)
a. Facial flushing and leg cramps might worsen.
b. It acts by making more dopamine available.
c. Report slow heartbeat immediately.
d. Restrict fluid intake to 1500 mL/day.
e. Side effects include GI symptoms. Correct Answers ANS:
A, C, E
A patient diagnosed with Alzheimer disease (AD) is being
treated with an acetylcholine (ChE) inhibitor drug. The patient
develops facial flushing, sweating, and leg cramps. The nurse
should attribute these symptoms to what process?
a. Irreversible acetylcholinesterase stimulation
b. Inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE)
c. Neurodegeneration in the hippocampus
d. Cytochrome P-450 system activation Correct Answers b.
Inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE)
A patient diagnosed with lung cancer continues to smoke and
says, "I think my cancer is more
the result of a bad gene than of smoking." The patient shows the
use of which defense
mechanism?
a. Denial
b. Compensation
c. Intellectualization
d. Reaction formation Correct Answers a. Denial
