NU 211 Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers Already Passed Graded A+
Which interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care for a postmenopausal client with
osteoporosis? Select all that apply. - Answers Refrain from cigarette smoking.
Perform weight-bearing exercises.
Include vitamin D and phosphorus in daily intake.
Which are methods used to prevent orthostatic hypotension problems when clients are standing? Select
all that apply. - Answers Antiembolism stockings
Abdominal binders
Medications
Which environmental factors could prevent a person from exercising on a consistent basis? Select all
that apply. - Answers Weather
Pollutants
Financial Strains
The nurse is performing passive range of motion for a client with osteoarthritis and feels a grating sound
in the left knee. How would the nurse document this finding? - Answers Crepitus
Weight training with free weights is an example of which type of exercise? - Answers Isotonic
The nurse is educating a client using crutches for the first time to go up and down the stairs. What is the
most important aspect to include? - Answers Lead with the good leg to go up the stairs
Which are examples of baseline activity? Select all that apply. - Answers Walking up stairs
Cooking
Standing
What should the nurse educator include when giving a presentation to a group of nurses about ways to
prevent back injuries. Select all that apply. - Answers 1.
Use electric or mechanical lifts for transfers.
2.
Obtain assistance from other staff members.
, 3.
Place the bed in the low and locked position.
A nurse is assisting a client to a standing position. The client requires frequent breaks and is unable to
catch his or her breath. After standing for a few seconds, the client states he or she is exhausted and
needs to lie down again. Which is an appropriate priority nursing diagnosis for this client? - Answers
Activity Intolerance
Which is the most prevalent type of degenerative disease that can severely limit a person's ability to
perform physical activity? - Answers Osteoarthritis
Which factors should the nurse assess prior to giving a client directions for beginning an exercise
program? Select all that apply. - Answers Age
Overweight
Smoker
The nurse is discussing the benefits of exercise with a client that has a history of hypertension and
atherosclerosis. The client expresses hesitancy about beginning an exercise program with having heart
disease. What is the nurse's best response? - Answers It is healthier for you to exercise than to be
sedentary.
Moving an obese and immobile patient - Answers Mechanical Lift
A client with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) informs the nurse he or she wants to begin an exercise program
to prevent the disease from getting worse. What should the nurse instruct the client? - Answers Do your
exercise in the afternoon or evening
Which describes the ability to carry out activities of daily living with vigor and alertness, without undue
fatigue, and with enough energy for leisure pursuits or to respond to emergencies? - Answers FITNESS
Which type of exercise program does a nurse recommend to an older adult to prevent injury and muscle
strain? - Answers Flexibility
Which describes the stretching of a ligament that causes the ligament to tear? - Answers Sprain
What should the nurse do for a client with orthostatic hypotension who is preparing to get out of bed to
walk for the first time in several days? - Answers Dangle patients legs off of side bed
How frequently should clients with limited mobility be repositioned in bed? - Answers Every 2 hours
Which is an appropriate nursing diagnosis for a client who has had a stroke and has left-sided
hemiparesis? - Answers Risk for disuse syndrome
Which describes the attachment of a muscle to a more stable bone? - Answers Point of origin
Which interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care for a postmenopausal client with
osteoporosis? Select all that apply. - Answers Refrain from cigarette smoking.
Perform weight-bearing exercises.
Include vitamin D and phosphorus in daily intake.
Which are methods used to prevent orthostatic hypotension problems when clients are standing? Select
all that apply. - Answers Antiembolism stockings
Abdominal binders
Medications
Which environmental factors could prevent a person from exercising on a consistent basis? Select all
that apply. - Answers Weather
Pollutants
Financial Strains
The nurse is performing passive range of motion for a client with osteoarthritis and feels a grating sound
in the left knee. How would the nurse document this finding? - Answers Crepitus
Weight training with free weights is an example of which type of exercise? - Answers Isotonic
The nurse is educating a client using crutches for the first time to go up and down the stairs. What is the
most important aspect to include? - Answers Lead with the good leg to go up the stairs
Which are examples of baseline activity? Select all that apply. - Answers Walking up stairs
Cooking
Standing
What should the nurse educator include when giving a presentation to a group of nurses about ways to
prevent back injuries. Select all that apply. - Answers 1.
Use electric or mechanical lifts for transfers.
2.
Obtain assistance from other staff members.
, 3.
Place the bed in the low and locked position.
A nurse is assisting a client to a standing position. The client requires frequent breaks and is unable to
catch his or her breath. After standing for a few seconds, the client states he or she is exhausted and
needs to lie down again. Which is an appropriate priority nursing diagnosis for this client? - Answers
Activity Intolerance
Which is the most prevalent type of degenerative disease that can severely limit a person's ability to
perform physical activity? - Answers Osteoarthritis
Which factors should the nurse assess prior to giving a client directions for beginning an exercise
program? Select all that apply. - Answers Age
Overweight
Smoker
The nurse is discussing the benefits of exercise with a client that has a history of hypertension and
atherosclerosis. The client expresses hesitancy about beginning an exercise program with having heart
disease. What is the nurse's best response? - Answers It is healthier for you to exercise than to be
sedentary.
Moving an obese and immobile patient - Answers Mechanical Lift
A client with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) informs the nurse he or she wants to begin an exercise program
to prevent the disease from getting worse. What should the nurse instruct the client? - Answers Do your
exercise in the afternoon or evening
Which describes the ability to carry out activities of daily living with vigor and alertness, without undue
fatigue, and with enough energy for leisure pursuits or to respond to emergencies? - Answers FITNESS
Which type of exercise program does a nurse recommend to an older adult to prevent injury and muscle
strain? - Answers Flexibility
Which describes the stretching of a ligament that causes the ligament to tear? - Answers Sprain
What should the nurse do for a client with orthostatic hypotension who is preparing to get out of bed to
walk for the first time in several days? - Answers Dangle patients legs off of side bed
How frequently should clients with limited mobility be repositioned in bed? - Answers Every 2 hours
Which is an appropriate nursing diagnosis for a client who has had a stroke and has left-sided
hemiparesis? - Answers Risk for disuse syndrome
Which describes the attachment of a muscle to a more stable bone? - Answers Point of origin
