Nursing Fundamentals, Exam 2 practice
test, BRCC Questions and Answers
At a follow-up visit, a patient recovering from a myocardial infarction tells the nurse: "I
feel like my life is out of control ever since I had the heart attack. I would like to sign up
for yoga, but don't think I'm strong enough to hold poses for long." What would be the
nurse's best response?
a. "Right now you should concentrate on relaxing and taking your blood pressure
medicine regularly, instead of worrying about doing yoga."
b. "There is a slower-paced yoga called Kripalu that focuses on coming into balance
and relaxation that you could look into."
c. "Ashtanga yoga is a gentle paced yoga that would help with your breathing and blood
pressure."
d. "Yoga is contraindicated for patients who have had a heart attack." - Correct Answers
-b
What is Kripalu yoga? - Correct Answers -a "gentle yoga" that focuses on relaxation and
coming into balance.
What is Ashtanga yoga? - Correct Answers -a yoga that focuses on synchronizing
breath with a fast-paced series of postures.
A nurse is caring for a patient who has crippling rheumatoid arthritis. Which nursing
intervention BEST represents the use of integrative care?
a. The nurse administers naproxen and uses guided imagery to take the patient's mind
off the pain.
b. The nurse prepares the patient's health care provider-approved herbal tea and used
meditation to relax the patient prior to bed.
c. The nurse administers naproxen and performs prescribed range-of-motion exercises.
d. The nurse arranges for acupuncture for the patient and designs a menu high in
omega-3 fatty acids. - Correct Answers -a
what is integrative care? - Correct Answers -combination of allopathic and
complementary and alternative modalities
,A nurse works for a health care provider who practices the naturopathic system of
medicine. What is the focus of nursing actions based on this type of medical practice?
Select all that apply.
a. treating the symptoms of the disease
b. providing patient education
c. focusing on treating individual body systems
d. making appropriate interventions to prevent illness
e. believing in the healing power of nature
f. encouraging patients to take responsibility for their own health - Correct Answers -b,
d, e, f
what is naturopathic medicine? - Correct Answers -this medicine practice is not only a
system of medicine, but also a way of life, with emphasis on patient responsibility,
patient education, health maintenance, and disease prevention. Its principles include
minimizing harmful side effects and avoiding suppression of symptoms, educating
patients and encouraging them to take responsibility for their own health, treating the
whole person, preventing illness, believing in the healing power of nature, and treating
the cause of a disease or condition rather than its symptoms.
A nurse care for patients in a chiropractic office. What patient education might this nurse
perform? Select all that apply.
a. applying heat or ice to an extremity
b. explaining the use of electrical stimulation
c. teaching a patient relaxation techniques
d. teaching a patient about a prescription
e. explaining an invasive procedure to a patient
f. teaching about dietary supplements - Correct Answers -a, b, c, f
A nurse is providing a lecture on CHAs to a group of patients in a rehabilitation facility.
Which teaching point should the nurse include?
a. CHAs are safe interventions used to supplement traditional care.
b. many patients use CHA as outpatients but do not wish to continue as inpatients.
c. many nurses are expanding their clinical practice by incorporating CHA to meet the
demands of patients.
d. most complementary and alternative therapies are relatively new and their efficacy
has not been established. - Correct Answers -c
A nurse mentor is teaching a new nurse about the underlying beliefs of CHAs versus
allopathic therapies. Which statement by the new nurse indicate that teaching was
effective? Select all that apply.
, a. "CHA proponents believe the mind, body, and spirit are integrated and together
influence health and illness."
b. "CHA proponents believe that health is a balance of body systems: mental, social,
and spiritual, as well as physical."
c. "Allopathy proponents believe that the main cause of illness is an imbalance or
disharmony in the body of systems."
d. "Curing according to CHA proponents seek to destroy the invading organism or repair
the affected part."
e. "The emphasis is on disease for allopathic proponents and drugs, surgery, and
radiation are key tools for curing."
f. "According to CHA proponents, health is the absence of disease." - Correct Answers -
a, b, e
what are CHA beliefs? - Correct Answers -beliefs that the mind, body, and spirit are
integrated and together influence health and illness
beliefs that illness is a manifestation of imbalance or disharmony
beliefs that health is a balance of body systems: mental, social, spiritual and physical
what are allopathic beliefs? - Correct Answers -beliefs that the main causes of illness
are considered to be pathogens or biochemical imbalances, which curing seeks to
destroy the invading organism or repair the affected part, and the emphasis is on
disease and high technology.
beliefs that drugs, surgery, and radiation are among the key tools for dealing with
medical problems.
beliefs that health is the absence of disease.
what is chiropractic medicine? - Correct Answers -a medicine practice that may
combine the use of spinal adjustments and other manual therapies with several other
treatments and approaches including heat and ice, electrical stimulation, relaxation
techniques, rehabilitative and general exercise, counseling about weight and diet, and
using dietary supplements. They do not prescribe medication or perform invasive
procedures.
A nurse is caring for a postoperative patient who is experiencing pain. Which CHA might
the nurse use to ensure active participation by the patient to achieve effective pre- or
postoperative pain control?
a. acupuncture
b. TT
c. botanical supplements
d. guided imagery - Correct Answers -d
What is guided imagery? - Correct Answers -a method that involves using all five
senses to imagine an event or body process unfolding according to a plan, requires
active participation by the patient
test, BRCC Questions and Answers
At a follow-up visit, a patient recovering from a myocardial infarction tells the nurse: "I
feel like my life is out of control ever since I had the heart attack. I would like to sign up
for yoga, but don't think I'm strong enough to hold poses for long." What would be the
nurse's best response?
a. "Right now you should concentrate on relaxing and taking your blood pressure
medicine regularly, instead of worrying about doing yoga."
b. "There is a slower-paced yoga called Kripalu that focuses on coming into balance
and relaxation that you could look into."
c. "Ashtanga yoga is a gentle paced yoga that would help with your breathing and blood
pressure."
d. "Yoga is contraindicated for patients who have had a heart attack." - Correct Answers
-b
What is Kripalu yoga? - Correct Answers -a "gentle yoga" that focuses on relaxation and
coming into balance.
What is Ashtanga yoga? - Correct Answers -a yoga that focuses on synchronizing
breath with a fast-paced series of postures.
A nurse is caring for a patient who has crippling rheumatoid arthritis. Which nursing
intervention BEST represents the use of integrative care?
a. The nurse administers naproxen and uses guided imagery to take the patient's mind
off the pain.
b. The nurse prepares the patient's health care provider-approved herbal tea and used
meditation to relax the patient prior to bed.
c. The nurse administers naproxen and performs prescribed range-of-motion exercises.
d. The nurse arranges for acupuncture for the patient and designs a menu high in
omega-3 fatty acids. - Correct Answers -a
what is integrative care? - Correct Answers -combination of allopathic and
complementary and alternative modalities
,A nurse works for a health care provider who practices the naturopathic system of
medicine. What is the focus of nursing actions based on this type of medical practice?
Select all that apply.
a. treating the symptoms of the disease
b. providing patient education
c. focusing on treating individual body systems
d. making appropriate interventions to prevent illness
e. believing in the healing power of nature
f. encouraging patients to take responsibility for their own health - Correct Answers -b,
d, e, f
what is naturopathic medicine? - Correct Answers -this medicine practice is not only a
system of medicine, but also a way of life, with emphasis on patient responsibility,
patient education, health maintenance, and disease prevention. Its principles include
minimizing harmful side effects and avoiding suppression of symptoms, educating
patients and encouraging them to take responsibility for their own health, treating the
whole person, preventing illness, believing in the healing power of nature, and treating
the cause of a disease or condition rather than its symptoms.
A nurse care for patients in a chiropractic office. What patient education might this nurse
perform? Select all that apply.
a. applying heat or ice to an extremity
b. explaining the use of electrical stimulation
c. teaching a patient relaxation techniques
d. teaching a patient about a prescription
e. explaining an invasive procedure to a patient
f. teaching about dietary supplements - Correct Answers -a, b, c, f
A nurse is providing a lecture on CHAs to a group of patients in a rehabilitation facility.
Which teaching point should the nurse include?
a. CHAs are safe interventions used to supplement traditional care.
b. many patients use CHA as outpatients but do not wish to continue as inpatients.
c. many nurses are expanding their clinical practice by incorporating CHA to meet the
demands of patients.
d. most complementary and alternative therapies are relatively new and their efficacy
has not been established. - Correct Answers -c
A nurse mentor is teaching a new nurse about the underlying beliefs of CHAs versus
allopathic therapies. Which statement by the new nurse indicate that teaching was
effective? Select all that apply.
, a. "CHA proponents believe the mind, body, and spirit are integrated and together
influence health and illness."
b. "CHA proponents believe that health is a balance of body systems: mental, social,
and spiritual, as well as physical."
c. "Allopathy proponents believe that the main cause of illness is an imbalance or
disharmony in the body of systems."
d. "Curing according to CHA proponents seek to destroy the invading organism or repair
the affected part."
e. "The emphasis is on disease for allopathic proponents and drugs, surgery, and
radiation are key tools for curing."
f. "According to CHA proponents, health is the absence of disease." - Correct Answers -
a, b, e
what are CHA beliefs? - Correct Answers -beliefs that the mind, body, and spirit are
integrated and together influence health and illness
beliefs that illness is a manifestation of imbalance or disharmony
beliefs that health is a balance of body systems: mental, social, spiritual and physical
what are allopathic beliefs? - Correct Answers -beliefs that the main causes of illness
are considered to be pathogens or biochemical imbalances, which curing seeks to
destroy the invading organism or repair the affected part, and the emphasis is on
disease and high technology.
beliefs that drugs, surgery, and radiation are among the key tools for dealing with
medical problems.
beliefs that health is the absence of disease.
what is chiropractic medicine? - Correct Answers -a medicine practice that may
combine the use of spinal adjustments and other manual therapies with several other
treatments and approaches including heat and ice, electrical stimulation, relaxation
techniques, rehabilitative and general exercise, counseling about weight and diet, and
using dietary supplements. They do not prescribe medication or perform invasive
procedures.
A nurse is caring for a postoperative patient who is experiencing pain. Which CHA might
the nurse use to ensure active participation by the patient to achieve effective pre- or
postoperative pain control?
a. acupuncture
b. TT
c. botanical supplements
d. guided imagery - Correct Answers -d
What is guided imagery? - Correct Answers -a method that involves using all five
senses to imagine an event or body process unfolding according to a plan, requires
active participation by the patient
