FNP POST-TEST LATEST 2023-2024 TEST BANK 300+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
2,4,6 - (answer) A nurse is participating in a care conference for a postoperative client who has been
reporting frequent, unrelieved acute pain. Which statements suggest that the nurse understands the
principles of effective pain management? Select all that apply.
1. Clients from Asian cultures usually require less pain medication.
2. Pain exists when and where the client says it exists.
3. Pain is an emotional response to tissue inflammation or damage.
4. Pain can be treated with pharmacologic and/or non-pharmacologic therapies.
5. Postoperative pain should only be assessed by the health care provider.
6. Family members can influence a client's response to pain.
A. 1,2,4,6
B. 2,4,6
C. 1,2,4
D. 1,2,3,4
that medication should be given based on the patient's perception of pain. - (answer) The nurse is
caring for a group of adult patients who require pain management. It is most important for the nurse to
remember:
A. to use medication only as a last resort after trying to distract the patient
B. that medicating a patient with chronic pain is a lower priority than medicating a patient with acute
pain.
C. that medication should be given based on the patient's perception of pain.
D. to wait for 15 minutes after a patient's request for pain medication to be sure the pain is real.
Referred pain - (answer) Which term would the nurse use to document pain at one site that is
perceived in other site?
A. Referred pain
B. Phantom pain
C. Intractable pain
D. Radiating pain
, FNP POST-TEST LATEST 2023-2024 TEST BANK 300+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What were you doing when the pain started? - (answer) You are obtaining a history of Jessie D. who is
admitted with acute chest pain. Which question will be most helpful for you to ask?
A. Why do you think you had a heart attack?
B. Do you need anything now?
C. What were you doing when the pain started?
D. Has anyone in your family been sick lately?
Aspirating with a syringe and checking pH of gastric contents - (answer) Which of the following
techniques is considered the best way to determine whether a nasogastric tube is positioned in the
stomach?
A. Aspirating with a syringe and checking pH of gastric contents
B. Irrigating with normal saline and observing for the return of the solution
C. Placing the tube's free end in water and observing for air bubbles
D. Instilling air and auscultating over the epigastric area for the presence of the tube
Hold the tube feeding and notify the provider - (answer) The health care provider order reads
"aspirate nasogastric feeding (NG) tubes every 4 hours and check pH of aspirate." The pH of the aspirate
is 10. Which action should the nurse take?
A. Apply intermittent suction to the feeding tube
B. Hold the tube feeding and notify the provider
C. Administer the tube feeding as scheduled
D. Irrigate the tube with diet cola soda
High Fowler's position - (answer) What position will the nurse recommend to the patient during NGT
insertion?
A. Semi-Fowler's Position
B. Trendelenberg
C. High Fowler's position
D. Left sims lateral
2,4,6 - (answer) A nurse is participating in a care conference for a postoperative client who has been
reporting frequent, unrelieved acute pain. Which statements suggest that the nurse understands the
principles of effective pain management? Select all that apply.
1. Clients from Asian cultures usually require less pain medication.
2. Pain exists when and where the client says it exists.
3. Pain is an emotional response to tissue inflammation or damage.
4. Pain can be treated with pharmacologic and/or non-pharmacologic therapies.
5. Postoperative pain should only be assessed by the health care provider.
6. Family members can influence a client's response to pain.
A. 1,2,4,6
B. 2,4,6
C. 1,2,4
D. 1,2,3,4
that medication should be given based on the patient's perception of pain. - (answer) The nurse is
caring for a group of adult patients who require pain management. It is most important for the nurse to
remember:
A. to use medication only as a last resort after trying to distract the patient
B. that medicating a patient with chronic pain is a lower priority than medicating a patient with acute
pain.
C. that medication should be given based on the patient's perception of pain.
D. to wait for 15 minutes after a patient's request for pain medication to be sure the pain is real.
Referred pain - (answer) Which term would the nurse use to document pain at one site that is
perceived in other site?
A. Referred pain
B. Phantom pain
C. Intractable pain
D. Radiating pain
, FNP POST-TEST LATEST 2023-2024 TEST BANK 300+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What were you doing when the pain started? - (answer) You are obtaining a history of Jessie D. who is
admitted with acute chest pain. Which question will be most helpful for you to ask?
A. Why do you think you had a heart attack?
B. Do you need anything now?
C. What were you doing when the pain started?
D. Has anyone in your family been sick lately?
Aspirating with a syringe and checking pH of gastric contents - (answer) Which of the following
techniques is considered the best way to determine whether a nasogastric tube is positioned in the
stomach?
A. Aspirating with a syringe and checking pH of gastric contents
B. Irrigating with normal saline and observing for the return of the solution
C. Placing the tube's free end in water and observing for air bubbles
D. Instilling air and auscultating over the epigastric area for the presence of the tube
Hold the tube feeding and notify the provider - (answer) The health care provider order reads
"aspirate nasogastric feeding (NG) tubes every 4 hours and check pH of aspirate." The pH of the aspirate
is 10. Which action should the nurse take?
A. Apply intermittent suction to the feeding tube
B. Hold the tube feeding and notify the provider
C. Administer the tube feeding as scheduled
D. Irrigate the tube with diet cola soda
High Fowler's position - (answer) What position will the nurse recommend to the patient during NGT
insertion?
A. Semi-Fowler's Position
B. Trendelenberg
C. High Fowler's position
D. Left sims lateral
