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When a smiling and cooperative patient complains of discomfort, nurses caring for the patient
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often harbor misconceptions about the patient's pain. Which of the following is true?
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a. Chronic pain is psychological in nature
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b. Patients are the best judges of their pain
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c. Regular use of narcotic analgesics leads to drug addiction
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d. Amount of pain is reflective of actual tissue damage - correct answer ✔B
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A patient has just undergone an appendectomy. When discussing with the patient several pain-
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relief interventions, the most appropriate recommendation would be:
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a. adjunctive therapy.
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b. non-opioids.
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c. NSAIDs.
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d. PCA pain management. - correct answer ✔D
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A postoperative patient is using PCA. You will evaluate the effectiveness of the medication when:
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a. you compare assessed pain w/ baseline pain.
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b. body language is incongruent with reports of pain relief.
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c. family members report that pain has subsided.
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d. vital signs have returned to baseline - correct answer ✔A
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An elderly patient who lives in an adult assisted-living facility mentions that he is experiencing
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hearing and vision changes. During your assessment, you would associate this type of sensory
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deprivation with: ||||||




a. stable affect.
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, b. altered perception.
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c. improved task completion.
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d. increased need for social interaction. - correct answer ✔B
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A patient with glaucoma is being discharged from the hospital. When teaching the patient and
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family ways to improve home safety, the nurse tells the family to:
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a. use throw rugs to prevent tripping.
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b. paint the floor black and white to improve perception.
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c. install extra incandescent lighting.
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d. install handrails painted the same color as the walls. - correct answer ✔C
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Health disparities are unequal burdens of disease morbidity and mortality rates experienced by
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racial and ethnic groups. These disparities are often exacerbated by:
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a. bias.
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b. stereotyping
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c. prejudice.
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d. all of the above. - correct answer ✔D
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You are in the process of admitting a patient. To plan culturally competent care, you will conduct a
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cultural assessment that includes: |||||| |||||| ||||||




a. bicultural history
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b. ethnohistory
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c. negotiation
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d. ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔B
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To maintain normal elimination patterns in the hospitalized patient, you should instruct the patient
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to defecate 1 hour after meals because:
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a. the presence of food stimulates peristalsis.
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b. mass colonic peristalsis occurs at this time.
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c. irregularity helps to develop a habitual pattern.
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