Nurs 251 exam 4 2025/2026 With
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Which one of the following actions would best promote accurate translations and
confidentiality for the patient when the caregiver does not speak the patient's language?
- Ask a family member to translate
- Use a trained medical interpreter
- Ask a friend of the client to translate
- Ask the client's neighbor to translate - CORRECT ANSWER --Use a trained medical
interpreter
Which type of question would be the most effective in obtaining a patient's perceptions
of his or her problem?
- Open-ended questions
- Leading questions
- Close-ended questions
- Accusing questions - CORRECT ANSWER --Open-ended questions
During which part of the interview would the nurse ask a patient questions about a
current illness?
- Termination phase
- Working phase
- Introductory phase
- Building phase - CORRECT ANSWER --- Working phase
Establishing rapport with the patient by identifying feelings of the patient - CORRECT
ANSWER --Empathetic responses
Clarifying inconsistent information - CORRECT ANSWER --Confortation
,Echoing the patient's own words to encourage expression of facts and feelings. -
CORRECT ANSWER --Reflection
An inference about feelings or concerns that is used to clarify data already collected. -
CORRECT ANSWER --Interpretation
Cueing a patient to continue by saying "mm-mm, using silence, etc. - CORRECT
ANSWER --Facilitation
Which of the following is a behavior of active listening?
- Writing down everything that the patient says so that details are not forgotten
- Nodding in agreement with whatever the patient says throughout the conversation
- Assuming a calm, relaxed position
- Giving unwanted advice - CORRECT ANSWER --- Assuming a calm, relaxed position
The nurse is preparing to assess the respirations of an alert adult client. The nurse
should
- unobtrusively observe for the equal bilateral chest expansion while continuing to
palpate the radial pulse site
- ask the client to lie in a supine position, which makes counting the respirations easier
- count for 15 seconds and multiply the number by 4 to obtain the rate
- explain to the client that he or she will be counting the client's respirations - CORRECT
ANSWER --- unobtrusively observe for the equal bilateral chest expansion while
continuing to palpate the radial pulse site
How is Acute pain different from Chronic pain?
- Chronic pain is usually visceral in nature and acute pain is mostly cutaneous pain
- Acute pain is often associated with tissue damage and lasts less than 6 months in
duration
- Chronic pain is associated with aging and is seen usually in persons over 50 years of
age
- Acute pain usually does not need to be treated but chronic pain is referred for
treatment - CORRECT ANSWER --- Acute pain is often associated with tissue damage
and lasts less than 6 months in duration
What does blood pressure measure?
- The flow of blood through the heart
- The force of blood against the artery walls
- The force of blood against the venous walls
- The flow of blood through the circulation - CORRECT ANSWER --- The force of blood
against the artery walls
When assessing a patient for pain, which of the following is the best action the nurse
should take?
- Doubt the patient when he/she describes the pain unless the patient is grimacing.
- Assess for underlying causes of pain, then believe the patient.
, - Assess for physiologic indicators of pain, then believe the patient
- Believe the patient whenever he/she claims to be in pain. - CORRECT ANSWER ---
Believe the patient whenever he/she claims to be in pain.
Which sense is utilized when doing palpation as an assessment technique?
Hearing
Smell
Touch
Vision - CORRECT ANSWER --Touch
A blood pressure of 120/80 mmHg is recorded by the nurse. What does the 120
represent?
Pulse rate
Systolic pressure
Diastolic pressure
Pulse pressure - CORRECT ANSWER --Systolic pressure
Originates from larger internal organs - CORRECT ANSWER --visceral pain
Pain which is felt at a particular site but originates from another location - CORRECT
ANSWER --Referred pain
Originates in muscles, joints or bone - CORRECT ANSWER --Deep somatic pain
The brainstem is the central core of the brain consisting mostly of nerve fibers. Which of
the following is not part of the brainstem?
Medulla
thalamus and hypothalamus
Pons
Midbrain - CORRECT ANSWER --thalamus and hypothalamus
Visual receptor center - CORRECT ANSWER --occipital lobe
Contains vital autonomic centers - CORRECT ANSWER --Brain stem
Balance and motor coordination - CORRECT ANSWER --cerebellum
Proprioception and sensory input - CORRECT ANSWER --parietal lobe
Personality, emotions, behavior - CORRECT ANSWER --frontal lobe
Hearing, taste, and smell - CORRECT ANSWER --temporal lobe
Touch skin on same areas on both sides of body - CORRECT ANSWER --extinction
Accurate Questions And Verified
Answers Well explained GRADED
A+
Which one of the following actions would best promote accurate translations and
confidentiality for the patient when the caregiver does not speak the patient's language?
- Ask a family member to translate
- Use a trained medical interpreter
- Ask a friend of the client to translate
- Ask the client's neighbor to translate - CORRECT ANSWER --Use a trained medical
interpreter
Which type of question would be the most effective in obtaining a patient's perceptions
of his or her problem?
- Open-ended questions
- Leading questions
- Close-ended questions
- Accusing questions - CORRECT ANSWER --Open-ended questions
During which part of the interview would the nurse ask a patient questions about a
current illness?
- Termination phase
- Working phase
- Introductory phase
- Building phase - CORRECT ANSWER --- Working phase
Establishing rapport with the patient by identifying feelings of the patient - CORRECT
ANSWER --Empathetic responses
Clarifying inconsistent information - CORRECT ANSWER --Confortation
,Echoing the patient's own words to encourage expression of facts and feelings. -
CORRECT ANSWER --Reflection
An inference about feelings or concerns that is used to clarify data already collected. -
CORRECT ANSWER --Interpretation
Cueing a patient to continue by saying "mm-mm, using silence, etc. - CORRECT
ANSWER --Facilitation
Which of the following is a behavior of active listening?
- Writing down everything that the patient says so that details are not forgotten
- Nodding in agreement with whatever the patient says throughout the conversation
- Assuming a calm, relaxed position
- Giving unwanted advice - CORRECT ANSWER --- Assuming a calm, relaxed position
The nurse is preparing to assess the respirations of an alert adult client. The nurse
should
- unobtrusively observe for the equal bilateral chest expansion while continuing to
palpate the radial pulse site
- ask the client to lie in a supine position, which makes counting the respirations easier
- count for 15 seconds and multiply the number by 4 to obtain the rate
- explain to the client that he or she will be counting the client's respirations - CORRECT
ANSWER --- unobtrusively observe for the equal bilateral chest expansion while
continuing to palpate the radial pulse site
How is Acute pain different from Chronic pain?
- Chronic pain is usually visceral in nature and acute pain is mostly cutaneous pain
- Acute pain is often associated with tissue damage and lasts less than 6 months in
duration
- Chronic pain is associated with aging and is seen usually in persons over 50 years of
age
- Acute pain usually does not need to be treated but chronic pain is referred for
treatment - CORRECT ANSWER --- Acute pain is often associated with tissue damage
and lasts less than 6 months in duration
What does blood pressure measure?
- The flow of blood through the heart
- The force of blood against the artery walls
- The force of blood against the venous walls
- The flow of blood through the circulation - CORRECT ANSWER --- The force of blood
against the artery walls
When assessing a patient for pain, which of the following is the best action the nurse
should take?
- Doubt the patient when he/she describes the pain unless the patient is grimacing.
- Assess for underlying causes of pain, then believe the patient.
, - Assess for physiologic indicators of pain, then believe the patient
- Believe the patient whenever he/she claims to be in pain. - CORRECT ANSWER ---
Believe the patient whenever he/she claims to be in pain.
Which sense is utilized when doing palpation as an assessment technique?
Hearing
Smell
Touch
Vision - CORRECT ANSWER --Touch
A blood pressure of 120/80 mmHg is recorded by the nurse. What does the 120
represent?
Pulse rate
Systolic pressure
Diastolic pressure
Pulse pressure - CORRECT ANSWER --Systolic pressure
Originates from larger internal organs - CORRECT ANSWER --visceral pain
Pain which is felt at a particular site but originates from another location - CORRECT
ANSWER --Referred pain
Originates in muscles, joints or bone - CORRECT ANSWER --Deep somatic pain
The brainstem is the central core of the brain consisting mostly of nerve fibers. Which of
the following is not part of the brainstem?
Medulla
thalamus and hypothalamus
Pons
Midbrain - CORRECT ANSWER --thalamus and hypothalamus
Visual receptor center - CORRECT ANSWER --occipital lobe
Contains vital autonomic centers - CORRECT ANSWER --Brain stem
Balance and motor coordination - CORRECT ANSWER --cerebellum
Proprioception and sensory input - CORRECT ANSWER --parietal lobe
Personality, emotions, behavior - CORRECT ANSWER --frontal lobe
Hearing, taste, and smell - CORRECT ANSWER --temporal lobe
Touch skin on same areas on both sides of body - CORRECT ANSWER --extinction
