NURS 142 MIDTERM EXAM TEST
BANK 2025
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED A
,A nurse hears a colleague tell a nursing student that she never touches a patient unless she is
performing a procedure or doing an assessment. The nurse tells the student that from a caring
perspective:
1. She does not touch the patients either.
2. Touch is a type of verbal communication.
3. Touch is only used when a patient is in pain.
4. Touch forms a connection between nurse and patient. - Answer-4
Of the five caring processes described by Swanson, which describes "knowing the patient?"
1. Anticipating the patient's cultural preferences
2. Determining the patient's physician preference
3. Establishing an understanding of a specific patient
4. Gathering task-oriented information during assessment - Answer-3
A Muslim woman enters the clinic to have a woman's health examination for the first time. Which
nursing behavior applies Swanson's caring process of "knowing the patient?"
1. Sharing feelings about the importance of having regular woman's health examinations
2. Gaining an understanding of what a woman's health examination means to the patient
3. Recognizing that the patient is modest; and obtaining gender-congruent caregiver 4. Explaining the
risk factors for cervical cancer - Answer-2
Fill-in-the-Blank. Swanson's caring process of ______ is demonstrated by a nurse helping a new mother
through the birthing experience. - Answer-Enabling
A patient is fearful of upcoming surgery and a possible cancer diagnosis. He discusses his love for the
Bible with his nurse, who recommends a favorite Bible verse. Another nurse tells the patient's nurse that
there is no place in nursing for spiritual caring. The patient's nurse replies:
1. "You're correct; spiritual care should be left to a pastoral care professional."
2. "You're correct; religion is a personal decision."
3. "Nurses should explain their own religious beliefs to patients."
,4. "Spiritual, mind, and body connections can affect health." - Answer-4
Which of the following is a strategy for creating work environments that enable nurses to demonstrate
more caring behaviors? (Select all that apply.)
1. Decreasing the number of consecutive shifts of the nursing staff
2. Increasing salary and vacation benefits of the nursing staff
3. Increasing the number of nurses who work each shift to decrease the nurse-patient ratio
4. Encouraging increased input concerning nursing functions from health care providers
5. Providing nursing staff an opportunity to discuss practice changes they can implement to enhance
opportunities for patient caring - Answer-3,5
When a nurse helps a patient find the meaning of cancer by supporting beliefs about life, this is an
example of:
1. Instilling hope and faith.
2. Forming a human-altruistic value system.
3. Cultural caring.
4. Being with. - Answer-1
An example of a nurse caring behavior that families of acutely ill patients perceive as important to
patients' well-being is:
1. Making health care decisions for patients.
2. Having family members provide a patient's total personal hygiene.
3. Injecting the nurse's perceptions about the level of care provided.
4. Asking permission before performing a procedure on a patient. - Answer-4
A nurse demonstrated caring by helping family members to: (Select all that apply.)
1. Become active participants in care.
2. Remove themselves from personal care.
3. Make health care decisions for the patient.
4. Have uninterrupted time for family and patient to be together.
, 5. Have opportunities for the family to discuss their concerns. - Answer-1,4,5
Listening is not only "taking in" what a patient says, but it also includes:
1. Incorporating the views of the physician.
2. Correcting any errors in the patient's understanding.
3. Injecting the nurse's personal views and statements.
4. Interpreting and understanding what the patient means. - Answer-4
A nurse is caring for an older adult who needs to enter an assisted-living facility following discharge from
the hospital. Which of the following is an example of listening that displays caring?
1. The nurse encourages the patient to talk about his concerns while reviewing the computer
screen in the room.
2. The nurse sits at the patient's bedside, listens as he relays his fear of never seeing his home
again, and then asks if he wants anything to eat.
3. The nurse listens to the patient's story while sitting on the side of the bed and then summarizes
the story.
4. The nurse listens to the patient talk about his fears of not returning home and then tells him to
think positively. - Answer-3
Presence involves a person-to-person encounter that:
1. Enables patients to care for self.
2. Provides personal care to a patient.
3. Conveys a closeness and a sense of caring.
4. Describes being in close contact with a patient. - Answer-3
A nurse enters a patient's room, arranges the supplies for a Foley catheter insertion, and explains the
procedure to the patient. She tells the patient what to expect; just before inserting the catheter, she
tells the patient to relax and that, once the catheter is in place, she will not feel the bladder pressure.
The nurse then proceeds to skillfully insert the Foley catheter. This is an example of what type of touch?
1. Caring touch
2. Protective touch
3. Task-oriented touch
BANK 2025
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED A
,A nurse hears a colleague tell a nursing student that she never touches a patient unless she is
performing a procedure or doing an assessment. The nurse tells the student that from a caring
perspective:
1. She does not touch the patients either.
2. Touch is a type of verbal communication.
3. Touch is only used when a patient is in pain.
4. Touch forms a connection between nurse and patient. - Answer-4
Of the five caring processes described by Swanson, which describes "knowing the patient?"
1. Anticipating the patient's cultural preferences
2. Determining the patient's physician preference
3. Establishing an understanding of a specific patient
4. Gathering task-oriented information during assessment - Answer-3
A Muslim woman enters the clinic to have a woman's health examination for the first time. Which
nursing behavior applies Swanson's caring process of "knowing the patient?"
1. Sharing feelings about the importance of having regular woman's health examinations
2. Gaining an understanding of what a woman's health examination means to the patient
3. Recognizing that the patient is modest; and obtaining gender-congruent caregiver 4. Explaining the
risk factors for cervical cancer - Answer-2
Fill-in-the-Blank. Swanson's caring process of ______ is demonstrated by a nurse helping a new mother
through the birthing experience. - Answer-Enabling
A patient is fearful of upcoming surgery and a possible cancer diagnosis. He discusses his love for the
Bible with his nurse, who recommends a favorite Bible verse. Another nurse tells the patient's nurse that
there is no place in nursing for spiritual caring. The patient's nurse replies:
1. "You're correct; spiritual care should be left to a pastoral care professional."
2. "You're correct; religion is a personal decision."
3. "Nurses should explain their own religious beliefs to patients."
,4. "Spiritual, mind, and body connections can affect health." - Answer-4
Which of the following is a strategy for creating work environments that enable nurses to demonstrate
more caring behaviors? (Select all that apply.)
1. Decreasing the number of consecutive shifts of the nursing staff
2. Increasing salary and vacation benefits of the nursing staff
3. Increasing the number of nurses who work each shift to decrease the nurse-patient ratio
4. Encouraging increased input concerning nursing functions from health care providers
5. Providing nursing staff an opportunity to discuss practice changes they can implement to enhance
opportunities for patient caring - Answer-3,5
When a nurse helps a patient find the meaning of cancer by supporting beliefs about life, this is an
example of:
1. Instilling hope and faith.
2. Forming a human-altruistic value system.
3. Cultural caring.
4. Being with. - Answer-1
An example of a nurse caring behavior that families of acutely ill patients perceive as important to
patients' well-being is:
1. Making health care decisions for patients.
2. Having family members provide a patient's total personal hygiene.
3. Injecting the nurse's perceptions about the level of care provided.
4. Asking permission before performing a procedure on a patient. - Answer-4
A nurse demonstrated caring by helping family members to: (Select all that apply.)
1. Become active participants in care.
2. Remove themselves from personal care.
3. Make health care decisions for the patient.
4. Have uninterrupted time for family and patient to be together.
, 5. Have opportunities for the family to discuss their concerns. - Answer-1,4,5
Listening is not only "taking in" what a patient says, but it also includes:
1. Incorporating the views of the physician.
2. Correcting any errors in the patient's understanding.
3. Injecting the nurse's personal views and statements.
4. Interpreting and understanding what the patient means. - Answer-4
A nurse is caring for an older adult who needs to enter an assisted-living facility following discharge from
the hospital. Which of the following is an example of listening that displays caring?
1. The nurse encourages the patient to talk about his concerns while reviewing the computer
screen in the room.
2. The nurse sits at the patient's bedside, listens as he relays his fear of never seeing his home
again, and then asks if he wants anything to eat.
3. The nurse listens to the patient's story while sitting on the side of the bed and then summarizes
the story.
4. The nurse listens to the patient talk about his fears of not returning home and then tells him to
think positively. - Answer-3
Presence involves a person-to-person encounter that:
1. Enables patients to care for self.
2. Provides personal care to a patient.
3. Conveys a closeness and a sense of caring.
4. Describes being in close contact with a patient. - Answer-3
A nurse enters a patient's room, arranges the supplies for a Foley catheter insertion, and explains the
procedure to the patient. She tells the patient what to expect; just before inserting the catheter, she
tells the patient to relax and that, once the catheter is in place, she will not feel the bladder pressure.
The nurse then proceeds to skillfully insert the Foley catheter. This is an example of what type of touch?
1. Caring touch
2. Protective touch
3. Task-oriented touch
