UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is Life like as a Nursing Student 150 years ago? - CORRECT ANSWER - -no
classrooms
- women who needed a job (often widows)
- single
-white
- school was cheap and provided accommodations
- wearing long sleeved dresses that were uncomfortable and heavily starched
- studied basic nursing courses
- angel of household
- kind, pretty, compassionate
nurse-client relationship - CORRECT ANSWER - nurse--> establishes, directs and takes
responsibility
- client needs priority
- unequal power
Five components of Nurse-Client Relationship - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Trust (very
fragile and easily broken- be honest!, clients are vulnerable, listen intently)
2. Respect (recognition of their dignity, the patient is a person)
3. Professional Intimacy (you are getting in their space- be aware and mindful)
4. Empathy (understanding and validating the meaning that this patient is experiencing)
5. Power (nurses have more knowledge, authority, influence, information, and the ability to
advocate)
CNO standards of practice - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Therapeutic Communication
, 2. Client-Centered Care
3. Maintaining Boundaries
4. Protecting the client from abuse
Therapeutic communication - CORRECT ANSWER - - Verbal and nonverbal
communication techniques
- clients shouldn't know personal information
- introduce yourself, use their preferred pronouns and name
- recognize non-verbal behaviours
Client- Centered Care - CORRECT ANSWER - Nurses work with the client to ensure all
professional behaviours and actions meet the needs of the patient
Boundaries - CORRECT ANSWER - Nurses are responsible for effectively establishing
and maintaining boundaries with a patient
- help the client to understand what is off limits or out of your care
- recognize that some settings do cross boundaries (bathing)
Protecting the client from abuse - CORRECT ANSWER - Nurses protect the client from
harm by ensuring that abuse is prevented, or stopped and reported
- includes verbal, non-verbal, sexual, suggestive, violence, etc..
-after termination of the therapeutic relationship, that is the end
Person-Centered Care - CORRECT ANSWER - a subset in which all health provides
engage with people in need of care
- considers the person foremost
- each person's experiences are different
- holistic
- respectful (individual values, beliefs, cultures, needs)