NURS 2300 MAIN EXAMINATION 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The nurse and patient may experience sadness during the termination phase. How
can the nurse help the patient be successful in the termination phase of the nurse-
patient relationship? - ✔✔Emphasizing the achievements the patient has made,
including the ability for self-care
✔✔A patient is being discharged from the hospital. Which statement by the nurse is
appropriate for the termination phase of the nurse-patient relationship? - ✔✔During the
past 3 days, you have learned how to inject insulin and how to make appropriate food
choices. Remember that you have the unit telephone number if you have any questions.
✔✔Which of the following is an effective way to maintain safe professional boundaries?
- ✔✔Finding ways to satisfy your needs through personal relationships outside of
nursing
✔✔Which of the following is most important in order for a new staff nurse to
communicate therapeutically with patients? - ✔✔Becoming aware of own feelings about
illness and death
✔✔During report, a nurse complains about a 3-year-old boy, saying He sure knows
when to pour on the tears. Theres nothing wrong until he sees you; then the tears start,
but they stop as soon as you leave or his mother comes. Hes just spoiled because they
have a nanny at home who waits on him hand and foot. This is an example of -
✔✔Stereotyping because the child has a nanny.
✔✔A nurse comments in private about a patient: That lady with six kids is pregnant
again! It makes me sick to see these people on welfare taking away from our tax
dollars. I dont know how she can continue to do this. The best response by a nurse peer
is to - ✔✔Convey acceptance of the patient.
✔✔Which of the following best illustrates nonjudgmental acceptance by the nurse? -
✔✔Demonstrating caring behavior in spite of negative feelings
✔✔Using Hagerty and Patuskys theory of human relatedness (2003), the nurse-patient
relationship has been reconceptualized by approaching - ✔✔Patients with a sense of
the patients autonomy, choice, and participation.
✔✔Which is true of verbal and nonverbal communication? - ✔✔The nonverbal
communication may be a more reliable message.
, ✔✔Which of the following could be considered congruent communication? - ✔✔The
nurse manager sits with you in the nurses lounge and asks, "Is there anything you
would like to talk about?"
✔✔A nurse is irrigating pressure ulcers on a patients coccyx. When the patient asks
how they are healing, the nurse grimaces and says, "Oh, they're doing just fine." This is
- ✔✔Incongruence between verbal and nonverbal messages.
✔✔Context is one of the five major elements of communication identified by Ruesch.
Which of the following is part of the context of communication? - ✔✔Attitude of the
receiver
✔✔A new mother says to the nurse, "It really hurts me to breastfeed. I think I should
wean my baby." The most appropriate response by the nurse is, - ✔✔If I understand
you, it hurts when you breastfeed. Tell me how and when it hurts.
✔✔A new mother says to the nurse, It really hurts me to breastfeed. I think I should
wean my baby. The nurse responds, If I understand you, it hurts when you breastfeed.
Tell me how and when it hurts. This response best represents which criterion of
successful communication? - ✔✔Feedback
✔✔When a co-worker tells the nurse, I am not sure I will be able to give the right
answers in the job interview, the nurse replies, I know what you mean. Interviews have
always been a problem for me, too. This response can be evaluated as lacking -
✔✔Appropriateness
✔✔A new mother says, My baby is being kept in the nursery. Im really worried about
him. Im also worried that the separation will interfere with breastfeeding. The most
appropriate response by the nurse is, - ✔✔I can see this is a problem for you. I will go to
the nursery and see if I can get some answers for you.
✔✔Using simple, clear words to explain the details of a colonoscopy procedure shows
sensitivity to which successful communication criterion? - ✔✔Efficiency
✔✔A 4-year-old child is going to have an abdominal x-ray examination. The child asks,
Why do they have to do this? Will it hurt? Which of the following is the most appropriate
response by the nurse? - ✔✔You will go to the x-ray department so they can take
pictures of your tummy to find out why you have a tummy ache. The bed you lie on may
be cool, but you will have a blanket to keep you warm. The test will not hurt.
✔✔Which of the following examples illustrates the nurses failure to use flexibility
effectively in professional communication? - ✔✔Continuing to follow the agenda in a
staff meeting when people are obviously upset by a recent death on the unit
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The nurse and patient may experience sadness during the termination phase. How
can the nurse help the patient be successful in the termination phase of the nurse-
patient relationship? - ✔✔Emphasizing the achievements the patient has made,
including the ability for self-care
✔✔A patient is being discharged from the hospital. Which statement by the nurse is
appropriate for the termination phase of the nurse-patient relationship? - ✔✔During the
past 3 days, you have learned how to inject insulin and how to make appropriate food
choices. Remember that you have the unit telephone number if you have any questions.
✔✔Which of the following is an effective way to maintain safe professional boundaries?
- ✔✔Finding ways to satisfy your needs through personal relationships outside of
nursing
✔✔Which of the following is most important in order for a new staff nurse to
communicate therapeutically with patients? - ✔✔Becoming aware of own feelings about
illness and death
✔✔During report, a nurse complains about a 3-year-old boy, saying He sure knows
when to pour on the tears. Theres nothing wrong until he sees you; then the tears start,
but they stop as soon as you leave or his mother comes. Hes just spoiled because they
have a nanny at home who waits on him hand and foot. This is an example of -
✔✔Stereotyping because the child has a nanny.
✔✔A nurse comments in private about a patient: That lady with six kids is pregnant
again! It makes me sick to see these people on welfare taking away from our tax
dollars. I dont know how she can continue to do this. The best response by a nurse peer
is to - ✔✔Convey acceptance of the patient.
✔✔Which of the following best illustrates nonjudgmental acceptance by the nurse? -
✔✔Demonstrating caring behavior in spite of negative feelings
✔✔Using Hagerty and Patuskys theory of human relatedness (2003), the nurse-patient
relationship has been reconceptualized by approaching - ✔✔Patients with a sense of
the patients autonomy, choice, and participation.
✔✔Which is true of verbal and nonverbal communication? - ✔✔The nonverbal
communication may be a more reliable message.
, ✔✔Which of the following could be considered congruent communication? - ✔✔The
nurse manager sits with you in the nurses lounge and asks, "Is there anything you
would like to talk about?"
✔✔A nurse is irrigating pressure ulcers on a patients coccyx. When the patient asks
how they are healing, the nurse grimaces and says, "Oh, they're doing just fine." This is
- ✔✔Incongruence between verbal and nonverbal messages.
✔✔Context is one of the five major elements of communication identified by Ruesch.
Which of the following is part of the context of communication? - ✔✔Attitude of the
receiver
✔✔A new mother says to the nurse, "It really hurts me to breastfeed. I think I should
wean my baby." The most appropriate response by the nurse is, - ✔✔If I understand
you, it hurts when you breastfeed. Tell me how and when it hurts.
✔✔A new mother says to the nurse, It really hurts me to breastfeed. I think I should
wean my baby. The nurse responds, If I understand you, it hurts when you breastfeed.
Tell me how and when it hurts. This response best represents which criterion of
successful communication? - ✔✔Feedback
✔✔When a co-worker tells the nurse, I am not sure I will be able to give the right
answers in the job interview, the nurse replies, I know what you mean. Interviews have
always been a problem for me, too. This response can be evaluated as lacking -
✔✔Appropriateness
✔✔A new mother says, My baby is being kept in the nursery. Im really worried about
him. Im also worried that the separation will interfere with breastfeeding. The most
appropriate response by the nurse is, - ✔✔I can see this is a problem for you. I will go to
the nursery and see if I can get some answers for you.
✔✔Using simple, clear words to explain the details of a colonoscopy procedure shows
sensitivity to which successful communication criterion? - ✔✔Efficiency
✔✔A 4-year-old child is going to have an abdominal x-ray examination. The child asks,
Why do they have to do this? Will it hurt? Which of the following is the most appropriate
response by the nurse? - ✔✔You will go to the x-ray department so they can take
pictures of your tummy to find out why you have a tummy ache. The bed you lie on may
be cool, but you will have a blanket to keep you warm. The test will not hurt.
✔✔Which of the following examples illustrates the nurses failure to use flexibility
effectively in professional communication? - ✔✔Continuing to follow the agenda in a
staff meeting when people are obviously upset by a recent death on the unit
