NURS 129 Exam 1 questions and
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A patient describes practicing a complementary and alternative therapy involving breathwork
and yoga. The nurse also recommends using energy field therapies. Which techniques did the
nurse suggest? - correct answer ✔✔Reiki therapy and therapeutic touch
A teen with an anxiety disorder is referred for biofeedback because the parents do not want
their child to take anxiolytics. Which statement from the teen indicates successful learning? -
correct answer ✔✔"Biofeedback will help me with my thoughts and physiological responses to
stress."
An older-adult patient is newly admitted to a skilled nursing facility with the diagnoses of
Alzheimer's dementia, lipidemia, and hypertension, and a history of pulmonary embolism.
Medications brought on admission included lisinopril (Zestril, Prinivil), hydrochlorothiazide
(Microzide), warfarin (Coumadin), low-dose aspirin, ginkgo biloba, and echinacea. Which
potential interaction will cause the nurse to notify the patient's health care provider? - correct
answer ✔✔Warfarin and ginkgo biloba
A patient asks the nurse for a nonmedical approach for excessive worry and work stress. Which
therapy should the nurse recommend? - correct answer ✔✔Meditation
A nurse is teaching about the therapy that is more effective in treating physical ailments than in
preventing disease or managing chronic illness. Which therapy is the nurse describing? - correct
answer ✔✔Allopathic
During a relaxation therapy skills group, the instructor discusses the cognitive skill of learning to
tolerate uncertain and unfamiliar experiences. Which skill is the nurse describing? - correct
answer ✔✔Receptivity
,A patient asks about the new clinic in town that is staffed by allopathic and complementary
practitioners. Which response from the nurse is best? - correct answer ✔✔It is probably an
integrative medical clinic.
The group leader is overheard saying to the gathering of patients, "Focus on your breathing
once again .... Notice how it is regular .... Now focus on your left arm .... Notice how relaxed
your left arm feels .... Notice the relaxation going down the left arm to the hand." A patient asks
the nurse what the group is doing. What is the nurse's best response? - correct answer ✔✔It is
progressive relaxation training.
A therapeutic touch practitioner scans the patient's body. What is the purpose of the
practitioner's actions? - correct answer ✔✔To identify energy obstructions
A nurse is teaching a patient about meridians. Which technique is the nurse preparing the
patient to receive? - correct answer ✔✔Acupuncture
A Native American patient is asking for a spiritual healer. Which person should the nurse try to
contact for the patient? - correct answer ✔✔Shaman
A nurse is using the holistic approach to care. Which goal is the priority? - correct answer
✔✔Incorporate the mind-body-spirit connection.
A nurse is using caring-healing relationships to support whole person/whole systems healing.
Which type of nursing is the nurse using? - correct answer ✔✔Integrative nursing
A nurse is teaching a patient relaxation techniques to decreases stress. Which finding will
support the nurse's evaluation that the therapy is effective? - correct answer ✔✔Decreased
heart rate
, A nurse is providing different types of therapies to a patient with excessive fatigue and cancer.
Which technique will cause the nurse manager to intervene? - correct answer ✔✔Active
progression relaxation
A nurse is emphasizing the use of touch to decrease "skin hunger" in caring for patients. Which
age group is the nurse primarily describing? - correct answer ✔✔Older adults
A patient is proficient at meditation from long-time use of the technique. Which finding in the
medication history will cause the nurse to follow up? - correct answer ✔✔Takes thyroid-
regulating medication
A patient is taking an antidepressant medication. The nurse discovers that the patient uses
herbs. Which herb will cause the nurse to intervene? - correct answer ✔✔Chamomile
A nurse is teaching a patient about the use of biofeedback. Which goal should the nurse add to
the care plan? - correct answer ✔✔Controls autonomic physiological functions
Which patient will cause the nurse to question an order for acupuncture? - correct answer ✔✔A
patient with AIDS
A nurse is describing the therapeutic effects of imagery. Which information should the nurse
include in the teaching session? (Select all that apply.) - correct answer ✔✔Controls pain.
Decreases nightmares.
Helps with irritable bowel syndrome.
The nurse is caring for a young-adult patient on the medical-surgical unit. When doing midnight
checks, the nurse observes the patient awake, putting a puzzle together. Which information will
the nurse consider to best explain this finding? - correct answer ✔✔The patient's sleep-wake
cycle preference is late evening.
answers graded A+
A patient describes practicing a complementary and alternative therapy involving breathwork
and yoga. The nurse also recommends using energy field therapies. Which techniques did the
nurse suggest? - correct answer ✔✔Reiki therapy and therapeutic touch
A teen with an anxiety disorder is referred for biofeedback because the parents do not want
their child to take anxiolytics. Which statement from the teen indicates successful learning? -
correct answer ✔✔"Biofeedback will help me with my thoughts and physiological responses to
stress."
An older-adult patient is newly admitted to a skilled nursing facility with the diagnoses of
Alzheimer's dementia, lipidemia, and hypertension, and a history of pulmonary embolism.
Medications brought on admission included lisinopril (Zestril, Prinivil), hydrochlorothiazide
(Microzide), warfarin (Coumadin), low-dose aspirin, ginkgo biloba, and echinacea. Which
potential interaction will cause the nurse to notify the patient's health care provider? - correct
answer ✔✔Warfarin and ginkgo biloba
A patient asks the nurse for a nonmedical approach for excessive worry and work stress. Which
therapy should the nurse recommend? - correct answer ✔✔Meditation
A nurse is teaching about the therapy that is more effective in treating physical ailments than in
preventing disease or managing chronic illness. Which therapy is the nurse describing? - correct
answer ✔✔Allopathic
During a relaxation therapy skills group, the instructor discusses the cognitive skill of learning to
tolerate uncertain and unfamiliar experiences. Which skill is the nurse describing? - correct
answer ✔✔Receptivity
,A patient asks about the new clinic in town that is staffed by allopathic and complementary
practitioners. Which response from the nurse is best? - correct answer ✔✔It is probably an
integrative medical clinic.
The group leader is overheard saying to the gathering of patients, "Focus on your breathing
once again .... Notice how it is regular .... Now focus on your left arm .... Notice how relaxed
your left arm feels .... Notice the relaxation going down the left arm to the hand." A patient asks
the nurse what the group is doing. What is the nurse's best response? - correct answer ✔✔It is
progressive relaxation training.
A therapeutic touch practitioner scans the patient's body. What is the purpose of the
practitioner's actions? - correct answer ✔✔To identify energy obstructions
A nurse is teaching a patient about meridians. Which technique is the nurse preparing the
patient to receive? - correct answer ✔✔Acupuncture
A Native American patient is asking for a spiritual healer. Which person should the nurse try to
contact for the patient? - correct answer ✔✔Shaman
A nurse is using the holistic approach to care. Which goal is the priority? - correct answer
✔✔Incorporate the mind-body-spirit connection.
A nurse is using caring-healing relationships to support whole person/whole systems healing.
Which type of nursing is the nurse using? - correct answer ✔✔Integrative nursing
A nurse is teaching a patient relaxation techniques to decreases stress. Which finding will
support the nurse's evaluation that the therapy is effective? - correct answer ✔✔Decreased
heart rate
, A nurse is providing different types of therapies to a patient with excessive fatigue and cancer.
Which technique will cause the nurse manager to intervene? - correct answer ✔✔Active
progression relaxation
A nurse is emphasizing the use of touch to decrease "skin hunger" in caring for patients. Which
age group is the nurse primarily describing? - correct answer ✔✔Older adults
A patient is proficient at meditation from long-time use of the technique. Which finding in the
medication history will cause the nurse to follow up? - correct answer ✔✔Takes thyroid-
regulating medication
A patient is taking an antidepressant medication. The nurse discovers that the patient uses
herbs. Which herb will cause the nurse to intervene? - correct answer ✔✔Chamomile
A nurse is teaching a patient about the use of biofeedback. Which goal should the nurse add to
the care plan? - correct answer ✔✔Controls autonomic physiological functions
Which patient will cause the nurse to question an order for acupuncture? - correct answer ✔✔A
patient with AIDS
A nurse is describing the therapeutic effects of imagery. Which information should the nurse
include in the teaching session? (Select all that apply.) - correct answer ✔✔Controls pain.
Decreases nightmares.
Helps with irritable bowel syndrome.
The nurse is caring for a young-adult patient on the medical-surgical unit. When doing midnight
checks, the nurse observes the patient awake, putting a puzzle together. Which information will
the nurse consider to best explain this finding? - correct answer ✔✔The patient's sleep-wake
cycle preference is late evening.
