NUR 337 FINAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is Erin Dodge's "chief complaint" or reason why she came to the hospital?
a. weight gain
b. shortness of breath
c. chest pain
d. heart failure
Answer:
shortness of breath
Question:
2. A congestive heart failure patient has gained 5 pounds in 2 days. Which assessment question by the
nurse is most appropriate?
a. How many calories a day do you consume?"
b. "Are you having difficulty sleeping at night?"
c. "How many times a day do you urinate?"
d. "Do you have dry mouth or feel thirsty?"
Answer:
c. "how many times a day
do you urinate?"
Question:
3. Which of the following is an effective tactic when using motivational interviewing?
a. Encourage the person to voice both reasons why not
to change as well as why change would be good.
b. At the end of the conversation provide a summary
of what you think about the situation and what was discussed.
c. Encourage person to just push through ambivalence
and move to the next step.
d. Provide a list of possible solutions to ensure you are
as helpful as possible
Answer:
a. encourage the person
to voice both reasons why not to change as well as why change would be good
Question:
4. The nurse is planning to implement a teaching plan. Which one of the following factors would be
consid-ered a significant barrier to patient education and learning?
a. High school education
b. Poor prognosis
c. Pain and Anxiety
d. Lack of a caregiver
Answer:
c. pain and anxiety
, Question:
5. Providing patient education is an important part of the role of the professional nurse. "Patient
education" as a term fits best under which part of the nursing process?
a. Patient outcome
b. Evaluation
c. Nursing intervention
d. Nursing diagnosis
Answer:
c. Nursing intervention
Question:
6. Before your shift begins you read through Regina Fields' orders and surmise that an important
nursing diagnosis for this patient will be:
a. Deficient fluid volume
b. Excess fluid volume
c. Impaired physical mobility
d. Ineffective airway clearance
Answer:
B. excess fluid volume
Question:
7. Regina was in a car accident 10 days ago and sustained an injury to her:
a. Cervical spinal column
b. Left carotid artery
c. Left femoral artery
d. Left arm
Answer:
c. Left femoral artery
Question:
8. A young adult patient scheduled for an annual physical examination arrives in the clinic smelling
of cigarette smoke and carrying a pack of cigarettes. Which action will the nurse plan to take first?
a. Avoid confronting the patient about smoking at this
time, making a separate appointment to go over smok-ing cessation.
b. Assess the patient's readiness for change by lis-
tening for cues such as contemplation or discrepancy between actions and desires.
c. Offer multiple options and resources for the patient
to choose what will work best to help them stop smok-ing.
d. Wait for the patient to start the discussion about
quitting smoking.
Answer:
b. assess the patient's
readiness for change by listening for cues such as contemplation or discrep-ancy between actions and
desires
Question:
9. The nurse is having difficulty communicating with a hospitalized 6-year-old child. What technique
may be most helpful?
ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is Erin Dodge's "chief complaint" or reason why she came to the hospital?
a. weight gain
b. shortness of breath
c. chest pain
d. heart failure
Answer:
shortness of breath
Question:
2. A congestive heart failure patient has gained 5 pounds in 2 days. Which assessment question by the
nurse is most appropriate?
a. How many calories a day do you consume?"
b. "Are you having difficulty sleeping at night?"
c. "How many times a day do you urinate?"
d. "Do you have dry mouth or feel thirsty?"
Answer:
c. "how many times a day
do you urinate?"
Question:
3. Which of the following is an effective tactic when using motivational interviewing?
a. Encourage the person to voice both reasons why not
to change as well as why change would be good.
b. At the end of the conversation provide a summary
of what you think about the situation and what was discussed.
c. Encourage person to just push through ambivalence
and move to the next step.
d. Provide a list of possible solutions to ensure you are
as helpful as possible
Answer:
a. encourage the person
to voice both reasons why not to change as well as why change would be good
Question:
4. The nurse is planning to implement a teaching plan. Which one of the following factors would be
consid-ered a significant barrier to patient education and learning?
a. High school education
b. Poor prognosis
c. Pain and Anxiety
d. Lack of a caregiver
Answer:
c. pain and anxiety
, Question:
5. Providing patient education is an important part of the role of the professional nurse. "Patient
education" as a term fits best under which part of the nursing process?
a. Patient outcome
b. Evaluation
c. Nursing intervention
d. Nursing diagnosis
Answer:
c. Nursing intervention
Question:
6. Before your shift begins you read through Regina Fields' orders and surmise that an important
nursing diagnosis for this patient will be:
a. Deficient fluid volume
b. Excess fluid volume
c. Impaired physical mobility
d. Ineffective airway clearance
Answer:
B. excess fluid volume
Question:
7. Regina was in a car accident 10 days ago and sustained an injury to her:
a. Cervical spinal column
b. Left carotid artery
c. Left femoral artery
d. Left arm
Answer:
c. Left femoral artery
Question:
8. A young adult patient scheduled for an annual physical examination arrives in the clinic smelling
of cigarette smoke and carrying a pack of cigarettes. Which action will the nurse plan to take first?
a. Avoid confronting the patient about smoking at this
time, making a separate appointment to go over smok-ing cessation.
b. Assess the patient's readiness for change by lis-
tening for cues such as contemplation or discrepancy between actions and desires.
c. Offer multiple options and resources for the patient
to choose what will work best to help them stop smok-ing.
d. Wait for the patient to start the discussion about
quitting smoking.
Answer:
b. assess the patient's
readiness for change by listening for cues such as contemplation or discrep-ancy between actions and
desires
Question:
9. The nurse is having difficulty communicating with a hospitalized 6-year-old child. What technique
may be most helpful?
