, Chapter 1: Holistic Caring
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Multiple Choicebb
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, approximately how manyAmericans are older than age 65?
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1) b b b b 2%
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2. What is the average life expectancy today?
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1) 70.2 years bb
2) 75 years bb
3) 81.1 years for women and 76.3 years for men
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4) Longer for men than for women bb bb bb bb bb
3. Which statement is NOT true about holistic nursing?
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1) Holistic nursing focuses on the specific disease or disorder a person has in order
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bb to treat it effectively.
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2) Holistic nursing aims to treat the whole person, not just a specific disease or
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bb disorder the person may have. bb bb bb bb
3) Holistic nursing focuses on the individual patient and uses many
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techniques, such as empathetic listening, music, and imagery, as well as
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4) Holistic nursing weaves the technical skills of nursing with the social science
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skills that enhance communication and rapport between the nurse and the
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bb person receiving care. bb bb
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, 4. The Science of Human Caring theory was developed by
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1) Florence Nightingale bb
2) Clara Barton bb
3) Jean Watson bb
4) Savage and Money bb bb
5. Which is NOT emphasized in The Science of Human Caring?
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1) Providing transpersonal caring bb bb
2) Focusing on the person while you are with him or her
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3) Ensuring that all nonessential tasks, such as bathing, are given according
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to a strict schedule
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4) Reaching out to the patient, making eye contact, touching if appropriate, speaking softly
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6. Which of the following is included as a basic concept of holistic nursing?
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1) Using your developed clinical expertise
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2) Developing a close relationship with the patient’s family members and significant others
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3) Remembering the personal intuition and creativity of patients in your nursing plan
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4) All of the above
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7. Most elderly people having a heart attack have
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1) Pain diffused over the entire chest area
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, 2) No pain bb
3) Crushingsssternal pain bb
4) Pain on the left side of the chest and pain that radiates down the left arm
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b b 8. Compared with the doses of medication given to a young adult, the doses given to an
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1) Smaller
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3) The same bb
4) Minimal, because the person is very old and probably near death
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b b 9. What communication technique has been developed specifically for dealing with demented elderly
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persons?
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1) Cognitive therapy bb
2) Validation therapy bb
3) Geriatric Depression Scale bb bb
4) Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) bb bb bb
10. An 82-year-old patient is diagnosed with liver cancer and has long-standing cardiovascular
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problems. The patient begins screaming and pushes his meal tray away. What would be
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bb an appropriate response?
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1) Take the meal tray and leave the room without saying anything.
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2) Tell him to stop screaming in a loud voice.
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3) Calmly ask him what he is upset about and listen carefully to him.
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4) Call your supervisor. bb bb
11. The nurse is overhead addressing an 87-year-old patient as ―honey.‖ What is this an example
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bb of?
1) Beneficence
2) Paternalism
3) Caring
4) Malfeasance
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Multiple Choicebb
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, approximately how manyAmericans are older than age 65?
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1) b b b b 2%
2) b b b b 5%
3) b b b b 13%
4) b b b b 20%
2. What is the average life expectancy today?
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1) 70.2 years bb
2) 75 years bb
3) 81.1 years for women and 76.3 years for men
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4) Longer for men than for women bb bb bb bb bb
3. Which statement is NOT true about holistic nursing?
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1) Holistic nursing focuses on the specific disease or disorder a person has in order
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bb to treat it effectively.
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2) Holistic nursing aims to treat the whole person, not just a specific disease or
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bb disorder the person may have. bb bb bb bb
3) Holistic nursing focuses on the individual patient and uses many
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techniques, such as empathetic listening, music, and imagery, as well as
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bb specific clinical skills. bb bb
4) Holistic nursing weaves the technical skills of nursing with the social science
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skills that enhance communication and rapport between the nurse and the
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bb person receiving care. bb bb
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, 4. The Science of Human Caring theory was developed by
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1) Florence Nightingale bb
2) Clara Barton bb
3) Jean Watson bb
4) Savage and Money bb bb
5. Which is NOT emphasized in The Science of Human Caring?
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1) Providing transpersonal caring bb bb
2) Focusing on the person while you are with him or her
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3) Ensuring that all nonessential tasks, such as bathing, are given according
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to a strict schedule
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4) Reaching out to the patient, making eye contact, touching if appropriate, speaking softly
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6. Which of the following is included as a basic concept of holistic nursing?
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1) Using your developed clinical expertise
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2) Developing a close relationship with the patient’s family members and significant others
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3) Remembering the personal intuition and creativity of patients in your nursing plan
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4) All of the above
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7. Most elderly people having a heart attack have
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1) Pain diffused over the entire chest area
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, 2) No pain bb
3) Crushingsssternal pain bb
4) Pain on the left side of the chest and pain that radiates down the left arm
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b b 8. Compared with the doses of medication given to a young adult, the doses given to an
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bb old-old person are usually
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1) Smaller
2) Larger, because the old-old person is probably sicker
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3) The same bb
4) Minimal, because the person is very old and probably near death
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b b 9. What communication technique has been developed specifically for dealing with demented elderly
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persons?
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1) Cognitive therapy bb
2) Validation therapy bb
3) Geriatric Depression Scale bb bb
4) Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) bb bb bb
10. An 82-year-old patient is diagnosed with liver cancer and has long-standing cardiovascular
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problems. The patient begins screaming and pushes his meal tray away. What would be
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bb an appropriate response?
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1) Take the meal tray and leave the room without saying anything.
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2) Tell him to stop screaming in a loud voice.
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3) Calmly ask him what he is upset about and listen carefully to him.
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4) Call your supervisor. bb bb
11. The nurse is overhead addressing an 87-year-old patient as ―honey.‖ What is this an example
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bb of?
1) Beneficence
2) Paternalism
3) Caring
4) Malfeasance
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