CLINICAL NURSING SKILLS AND
TECHNIQUES FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
▶ The nurse is attempting to teach the patient and his family about his
care after discharge. The patient and the family demonstrate signs of
anxiety during the teaching session. The nurse should consider doing
what? Answer: Repeating information to the patient and the family at a
later time
▶ The patient is an elderly man who was brought to the hospital from an
assisted-living community with complaints of anorexia and general
malaise. The nurse at the assisted-living community reported that the
patient was very ritualistic in his behavior and fastidious in his dress and
always took a shower in the evening before bed. The patient became
very angry and upset when the patient care technician asked him to take
his bath in the morning. What does this behavior tell the nurse? Answer:
The patient is exhibiting anxiety because of a change in his rituals.
▶ The nurse is preparing to give an intramuscular injection to the patient
in room 320. The patient care technician comes to the medication room
and tells the nurse that the patient in room 316 is very angry with his
roommate and is threatening to hit him. How should the nurse respond?
Answer: Have the angry patient's roommate moved to another location.
, ▶ Which behavior should the nurse who is communicating with a
potentially violent patient employ? Answer: Use slow, deliberate
gestures.
▶ The patient is sitting at the bedside. He has not been eating and is just
staring out of the window. The nurse approaches the patient and asks,
"What are you thinking about?" What type of communication technique
is this? Answer: Broad Opening
▶ A patient tells the nurse, "I want to die." Which response is the most
appropriate for the nurse to make? Answer: "Tell me more about how
you are feeling"
▶ The patient states, "I don't know what my family will think about
this." The nurse wishes to use the communication technique of
clarification. Which of the following statements would fit that need best?
Answer: "I'm not sure that I understand what you mean."
- Clarification
▶ A patient tells the nurse, "I think that I must be really sick. All of these
tests are being done." Which response by the nurse uses the specific
communication technique of reflection? Answer: "You think that you
must be very sick because of all the tests."
TECHNIQUES FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
▶ The nurse is attempting to teach the patient and his family about his
care after discharge. The patient and the family demonstrate signs of
anxiety during the teaching session. The nurse should consider doing
what? Answer: Repeating information to the patient and the family at a
later time
▶ The patient is an elderly man who was brought to the hospital from an
assisted-living community with complaints of anorexia and general
malaise. The nurse at the assisted-living community reported that the
patient was very ritualistic in his behavior and fastidious in his dress and
always took a shower in the evening before bed. The patient became
very angry and upset when the patient care technician asked him to take
his bath in the morning. What does this behavior tell the nurse? Answer:
The patient is exhibiting anxiety because of a change in his rituals.
▶ The nurse is preparing to give an intramuscular injection to the patient
in room 320. The patient care technician comes to the medication room
and tells the nurse that the patient in room 316 is very angry with his
roommate and is threatening to hit him. How should the nurse respond?
Answer: Have the angry patient's roommate moved to another location.
, ▶ Which behavior should the nurse who is communicating with a
potentially violent patient employ? Answer: Use slow, deliberate
gestures.
▶ The patient is sitting at the bedside. He has not been eating and is just
staring out of the window. The nurse approaches the patient and asks,
"What are you thinking about?" What type of communication technique
is this? Answer: Broad Opening
▶ A patient tells the nurse, "I want to die." Which response is the most
appropriate for the nurse to make? Answer: "Tell me more about how
you are feeling"
▶ The patient states, "I don't know what my family will think about
this." The nurse wishes to use the communication technique of
clarification. Which of the following statements would fit that need best?
Answer: "I'm not sure that I understand what you mean."
- Clarification
▶ A patient tells the nurse, "I think that I must be really sick. All of these
tests are being done." Which response by the nurse uses the specific
communication technique of reflection? Answer: "You think that you
must be very sick because of all the tests."
