PRINCIPLES OF NURSING ACTUAL EXAM
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When working with an older adult who is hearing-
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impaired, the use of which techniques would improve communication? (Select all that apply.)
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1. Check for needed adaptive equipment.
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2. Exaggerate lip movements to help the patient lip read.
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3. Give the patient time to respond to questions.
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4. Keep communication short and to the point.
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5. Communicate only through written information. - ANSWER-
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1. Check for needed adaptive equipment.
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3. Give the patient time to respond to questions.
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4. Keep communication short and to the point
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Nurses must communicate effectively with the health care team for which of the following rea
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sons? (Select all that apply.)
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1. Improve the nurse's status with the health team members
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2. Reduce the risk of errors to the patient
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3. Provide optimum level of patient care
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4. Improve patient outcomes
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,5. Prevent issues that need to be reported to outside agencies - ANSWER-
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2. Reduce the risk of errors to the patient
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3. Provide optimum level of patient care
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4. Improve patient outcomes
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A new nurse complains to her preceptor that she has no time for therapeutic communication
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with her patients. Which of the following is the best strategy to help the nurse find more time
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for this communication?
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1. Include communication while performing tasks such as changing dressings and checking vit
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al signs.
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2. Ask the patient if you can talk during the last few minutes of visiting hours.
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3. Ask Pastoral care to come back a little later in the day.
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4. Remind the nurse to complete all her tasks and then set up remaining time for communicati
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on. - ANSWER-
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1. Include communication while performing tasks such as changing dressings and check
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ing vital signs.
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Motivational interviewing (MI) is a technique that applies understanding a patient's values an
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d goals in helping the patient make behavior changes. What are other benefits of using MI tec
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hniques? (Select all that apply.)B B B B
1. Gaining an understanding of patient's motivations
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2. Focusing on opportunities to avoid poor health choices
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3. Recognizing patient's strengths and supporting their efforts
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,4. Providing assessment data that can be shared with families to promote change
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5. Identifying differences in patient's health goals and current behaviors - ANSWER-
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1. Gaining an understanding of patient's motivations
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3. Recognizing patient's strengths and supporting their efforts
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5. Identifying differences in patient's health goals and current behaviors
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A nurse is talking with a young-
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adult patient about the purpose of a new medication. The nurse says, "I want to be clear. Can y
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ou tell me in your words the purpose of this medicine?" This exchange 334is an example of wh
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ich element of the transactional communication process?
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1. Message
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2. Obtaining feedback
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3. Channel
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4. Referent - ANSWER-
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A patient who is Spanish-
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speaking does not appear to understand the nurse's information on wound care. Which action
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should the nurse take?
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1. Arrange for a Spanish-speaking social worker to explain the procedure
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2. Ask a fellow Spanish-speaking patient to help explain the procedure
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, 3. Use a professional interpreter to provide wound care education in Spanish
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4. Ask the patient to write down questions that he or she has for the nurse - ANSWER-
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3. Use a professional interpreter to provide wound care education in Spanish
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A nurse prepares to contact a patient's physician about a change in the patient's condition. Pu
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t the following statements in the correct order using SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessmen
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t, and Recommendation) communication.
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1. "She is a 53-year-
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old female who was admitted 2 days ago with pneumonia and was started on Levaquin at 5 P
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M yesterday. She complains of a poor appetite."
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2. "The patient reported feeling very nauseated after her dose of Levaquin an hour ago."
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3. "Would you like to make a change in antibiotics, or could we give her a nutritional suppleme
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nt before her medication?"
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4. "The patient started complaining of nausea yesterday evening and has vomited several time
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s during the night." - ANSWER-
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4. (S) "The patient started complaining of nausea yesterday evening and has vomited se
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veral times during the night."
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1. (B) "She is a 53-year-
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old female who was admitted 2 days ago with pneumonia and was started on Levaquin at 5 P
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M yesterday. She complains of a poor appetite."
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2. (A) "The patient reported feeling very nauseated after her dose of Levaquin an hour ago."
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3. (R) "Would you like to make a change in antibiotics, or could we give her a nutritional supple
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ment before her medication?"
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QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026|GUARANTEED A+
When working with an older adult who is hearing-
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impaired, the use of which techniques would improve communication? (Select all that apply.)
B B B B B B B B B B B B
1. Check for needed adaptive equipment.
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2. Exaggerate lip movements to help the patient lip read.
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3. Give the patient time to respond to questions.
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4. Keep communication short and to the point.
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5. Communicate only through written information. - ANSWER-
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1. Check for needed adaptive equipment.
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3. Give the patient time to respond to questions.
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4. Keep communication short and to the point
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Nurses must communicate effectively with the health care team for which of the following rea
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sons? (Select all that apply.)
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1. Improve the nurse's status with the health team members
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2. Reduce the risk of errors to the patient
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3. Provide optimum level of patient care
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4. Improve patient outcomes
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,5. Prevent issues that need to be reported to outside agencies - ANSWER-
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2. Reduce the risk of errors to the patient
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3. Provide optimum level of patient care
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4. Improve patient outcomes
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A new nurse complains to her preceptor that she has no time for therapeutic communication
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with her patients. Which of the following is the best strategy to help the nurse find more time
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for this communication?
B B
1. Include communication while performing tasks such as changing dressings and checking vit
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al signs.
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2. Ask the patient if you can talk during the last few minutes of visiting hours.
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3. Ask Pastoral care to come back a little later in the day.
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4. Remind the nurse to complete all her tasks and then set up remaining time for communicati
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on. - ANSWER-
B B
1. Include communication while performing tasks such as changing dressings and check
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ing vital signs.
B B
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a technique that applies understanding a patient's values an
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d goals in helping the patient make behavior changes. What are other benefits of using MI tec
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hniques? (Select all that apply.)B B B B
1. Gaining an understanding of patient's motivations
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2. Focusing on opportunities to avoid poor health choices
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3. Recognizing patient's strengths and supporting their efforts
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,4. Providing assessment data that can be shared with families to promote change
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5. Identifying differences in patient's health goals and current behaviors - ANSWER-
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1. Gaining an understanding of patient's motivations
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3. Recognizing patient's strengths and supporting their efforts
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5. Identifying differences in patient's health goals and current behaviors
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A nurse is talking with a young-
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adult patient about the purpose of a new medication. The nurse says, "I want to be clear. Can y
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ou tell me in your words the purpose of this medicine?" This exchange 334is an example of wh
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ich element of the transactional communication process?
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1. Message
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2. Obtaining feedback
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3. Channel
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4. Referent - ANSWER-
B B B 2. Obtaining feedback
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A patient who is Spanish-
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speaking does not appear to understand the nurse's information on wound care. Which action
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should the nurse take?
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1. Arrange for a Spanish-speaking social worker to explain the procedure
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2. Ask a fellow Spanish-speaking patient to help explain the procedure
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, 3. Use a professional interpreter to provide wound care education in Spanish
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4. Ask the patient to write down questions that he or she has for the nurse - ANSWER-
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3. Use a professional interpreter to provide wound care education in Spanish
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A nurse prepares to contact a patient's physician about a change in the patient's condition. Pu
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t the following statements in the correct order using SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessmen
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t, and Recommendation) communication.
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1. "She is a 53-year-
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old female who was admitted 2 days ago with pneumonia and was started on Levaquin at 5 P
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M yesterday. She complains of a poor appetite."
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2. "The patient reported feeling very nauseated after her dose of Levaquin an hour ago."
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3. "Would you like to make a change in antibiotics, or could we give her a nutritional suppleme
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nt before her medication?"
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4. "The patient started complaining of nausea yesterday evening and has vomited several time
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s during the night." - ANSWER-
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4. (S) "The patient started complaining of nausea yesterday evening and has vomited se
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veral times during the night."
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1. (B) "She is a 53-year-
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old female who was admitted 2 days ago with pneumonia and was started on Levaquin at 5 P
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M yesterday. She complains of a poor appetite."
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2. (A) "The patient reported feeling very nauseated after her dose of Levaquin an hour ago."
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3. (R) "Would you like to make a change in antibiotics, or could we give her a nutritional supple
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ment before her medication?"
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