NUR 203 EXAM 1 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which environmental factors should the nurse control when interviewing a client? Select
All That Apply.
1. Noise
2. Odors
3. Presence of family
4. Comfortable temperature
5. Open environment - Answers - 1, 2 4
Nurse should: interview in quiet area, free of odors and be sure the client is not too hot
or cold.
Which techniques are barriers to communication with clients? Select All That Apply.
1. Allowing silence
2. Expressing approval
3. Providing false hope
4. Asking "why" questions
5. Interpreting body language - Answers - 2. Expressing approval - nurse should allow
the client to make the decision that works best for the client
3. Providing false hope
4. Asking "why" questions - may make client defensive
Which phase of the nurse-client relationship allows the client to express thoughts and
feelings to the nurse?
a. Preorientation phase
b. Orientation phase
c. Working phase
d. Termination phase - Answers - c. Working phase
A nurse is learning about various communication concepts and techniques. Which
statement by the nurse is correct about intrapersonal communication?
a. An internal dialogue is known as self-talk
b. Communication involves two or more people to accomplish a goal
c. Communication involves more than two people who exchange ideas at the same time
d. A unique form of group communication is when the speaker interacts with others to
varying degrees - Answers - a. An internal dialogue is known as self-talk
, c is a standardized communication tool utilized between nurses and other health-care
providers when there is a change in a client's condition. Which statement presents the
background information?
a. "This is Kate and I am taking care of Mrs. Smith who is on Wesson 424A. Mrs. Smith
is experiencing shortness of breath."
b. "Mrs. Smith has a respiratory rate of 36 breaths per minute, her oxygen saturation is
91% on room air, and she has crackles in the left lower lung."
c. "I think Mrs. Smith may be going into heart failure."
d. "I think Mrs. Smith needs oxygen via cannula, a chest x-ray, and Lasix STAT." -
Answers - b. "Mrs. Smith has a respiratory rate of 36 breaths per minute, her oxygen
saturation is 91% on room air, and she has crackles in the left lower lung."
The nurse educator is preparing a class for new graduate nurses about barriers to
therapeutic communication. What do the barriers include? Select all that apply.
1. Asking too many questions
2. Asking "why"
3. Changing the subject inappropriately
4. Offering advice
5. Providing realistic reassurance
6. Providing false reassurance - Answers - 1. Asking too many questions
2. Asking "why"
3. Changing the subject inappropriately
4. Offering advice
6. Providing false reassurance
SBARQ - Answers - Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation, Question
When planning an interview with a patient who has DM, the nurse would choose this
tool to help find out the patient's perspective on this illness?
a. PEERLA
b. ADPIE
c. NURS
d. FIFE - Answers - d. FIFE
Feelings, Ideas, Function, Expectations
When performing a health assessment, what is a basic tool that the nurse uses in the
caring relationship with the client? - Answers - Therapeutic communication
A client shows the school nurse a rash that has developed on the back of her left hand.
The school nurse assesses the rash as a depigmented macular area. What might the
nurse suspect?
a. Vitiligo
b. Dermatomyositis
c. Tinea versicolor
d. Addison's disease - Answers - a. Vitiligo
ANSWERS
Which environmental factors should the nurse control when interviewing a client? Select
All That Apply.
1. Noise
2. Odors
3. Presence of family
4. Comfortable temperature
5. Open environment - Answers - 1, 2 4
Nurse should: interview in quiet area, free of odors and be sure the client is not too hot
or cold.
Which techniques are barriers to communication with clients? Select All That Apply.
1. Allowing silence
2. Expressing approval
3. Providing false hope
4. Asking "why" questions
5. Interpreting body language - Answers - 2. Expressing approval - nurse should allow
the client to make the decision that works best for the client
3. Providing false hope
4. Asking "why" questions - may make client defensive
Which phase of the nurse-client relationship allows the client to express thoughts and
feelings to the nurse?
a. Preorientation phase
b. Orientation phase
c. Working phase
d. Termination phase - Answers - c. Working phase
A nurse is learning about various communication concepts and techniques. Which
statement by the nurse is correct about intrapersonal communication?
a. An internal dialogue is known as self-talk
b. Communication involves two or more people to accomplish a goal
c. Communication involves more than two people who exchange ideas at the same time
d. A unique form of group communication is when the speaker interacts with others to
varying degrees - Answers - a. An internal dialogue is known as self-talk
, c is a standardized communication tool utilized between nurses and other health-care
providers when there is a change in a client's condition. Which statement presents the
background information?
a. "This is Kate and I am taking care of Mrs. Smith who is on Wesson 424A. Mrs. Smith
is experiencing shortness of breath."
b. "Mrs. Smith has a respiratory rate of 36 breaths per minute, her oxygen saturation is
91% on room air, and she has crackles in the left lower lung."
c. "I think Mrs. Smith may be going into heart failure."
d. "I think Mrs. Smith needs oxygen via cannula, a chest x-ray, and Lasix STAT." -
Answers - b. "Mrs. Smith has a respiratory rate of 36 breaths per minute, her oxygen
saturation is 91% on room air, and she has crackles in the left lower lung."
The nurse educator is preparing a class for new graduate nurses about barriers to
therapeutic communication. What do the barriers include? Select all that apply.
1. Asking too many questions
2. Asking "why"
3. Changing the subject inappropriately
4. Offering advice
5. Providing realistic reassurance
6. Providing false reassurance - Answers - 1. Asking too many questions
2. Asking "why"
3. Changing the subject inappropriately
4. Offering advice
6. Providing false reassurance
SBARQ - Answers - Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation, Question
When planning an interview with a patient who has DM, the nurse would choose this
tool to help find out the patient's perspective on this illness?
a. PEERLA
b. ADPIE
c. NURS
d. FIFE - Answers - d. FIFE
Feelings, Ideas, Function, Expectations
When performing a health assessment, what is a basic tool that the nurse uses in the
caring relationship with the client? - Answers - Therapeutic communication
A client shows the school nurse a rash that has developed on the back of her left hand.
The school nurse assesses the rash as a depigmented macular area. What might the
nurse suspect?
a. Vitiligo
b. Dermatomyositis
c. Tinea versicolor
d. Addison's disease - Answers - a. Vitiligo
