NUR 448 Exam 3 Questions With Correct
Answers
Which of the following would the nurse assess as an example of
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cognitive impairment? |
a. crying when the occasion calls for laughter
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b. inability to name a familiar object
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c. incontinence
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d. agitation
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b. inability to name a familiar object
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The inability to articulate a response to a question is
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a. aphasia
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b. apraxia
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c. agnosia
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d. memory disturbance
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a. aphasia
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Urinary incontinence becomes a problem in which stage of Alzheimer's
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Disease
a. mild
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b. moderate
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,c. it does not take place in AD
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d. severe
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d. severe
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As Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer's Disease progresses, the nurse can
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anticipate for planning purposes that all but one of the following
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behaviors will occur. | |
Select the behavior that is least likely to occur.
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1. agraphia
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2. hyperorality
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3. apraxia
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4. improvement of memory
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4. improvement of memory
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A nursing intervention designed to help the client with progressive
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memory deficit function in his or her environment is to:
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a. assist client to perform simple tasks by giving step-by-step directions
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b. avoid frustrating client by performing routines associated with
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activities of daily living for the client
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c. stimulate the client's intellectual functioning by bringing new topics,
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objects, etc. to the client's attention
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d. promote use of client's sense of humor by telling jokes or riddles and
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discussing cartoons |
a. assist client to perform simple tasks by giving step-by-step directions
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B and J both have Alzheimer's disease. B walks up behind J in the hall
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and shouts, "Move along, you're blocking the road. I'll take a stick to
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, you." J turns around, shakes his fist, and shouts, "I know what you're up
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to, you're trying to steal my car." The best action for the nurse to take
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would be to: | |
a. reinforce reality by telling B that J can walk in the hall, and telling J
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that B is not trying to steal his car
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b. ask the medication nurse to give both clients an as-needed dose of
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neuroleptic medication |
c. separate and distract them by directing one to go to the day room,
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and taking the other to the activities area
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d. step between them, saying, "Gentlemen, please quiet down. We
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don't permit physical violence here"
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c. separate and distract them by directing one to go to the day room,
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and taking the other to the activities area
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The elderly client in the intensive care unit who is diagnosed as having
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disturbed sensory perceptions in the form of visual and auditory
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illusions will be helped most by: | | | | |
a. large clocks and calendars on the wall
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b. personally meaningful objects placed in full view
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c. wearing her eyeglasses and hearing aids
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d. keeping the room brightly lit around the clock
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c. wearing her eyeglasses and hearing aids
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What are communication techniques most appropriate for older adults?
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a. Active listening
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b. Give three directions
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Answers
Which of the following would the nurse assess as an example of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
cognitive impairment? |
a. crying when the occasion calls for laughter
| | | | | | |
b. inability to name a familiar object
| | | | | |
c. incontinence
|
d. agitation
|
b. inability to name a familiar object
| | | | | |
The inability to articulate a response to a question is
| | | | | | | | |
a. aphasia
|
b. apraxia
|
c. agnosia
|
d. memory disturbance
| |
a. aphasia
|
Urinary incontinence becomes a problem in which stage of Alzheimer's
| | | | | | | | | |
Disease
a. mild
|
b. moderate
|
,c. it does not take place in AD
| | | | | | |
d. severe
|
d. severe
|
As Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer's Disease progresses, the nurse can
| | | | | | | | | |
anticipate for planning purposes that all but one of the following
| | | | | | | | | | | |
behaviors will occur. | |
Select the behavior that is least likely to occur.
| | | | | | | |
1. agraphia
|
2. hyperorality
|
3. apraxia
|
4. improvement of memory
| | |
4. improvement of memory
| | |
A nursing intervention designed to help the client with progressive
| | | | | | | | | |
memory deficit function in his or her environment is to:
| | | | | | | | |
a. assist client to perform simple tasks by giving step-by-step directions
| | | | | | | | | |
b. avoid frustrating client by performing routines associated with
| | | | | | | | |
activities of daily living for the client
| | | | | |
c. stimulate the client's intellectual functioning by bringing new topics,
| | | | | | | | | |
objects, etc. to the client's attention
| | | | |
d. promote use of client's sense of humor by telling jokes or riddles and
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
discussing cartoons |
a. assist client to perform simple tasks by giving step-by-step directions
| | | | | | | | | |
B and J both have Alzheimer's disease. B walks up behind J in the hall
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and shouts, "Move along, you're blocking the road. I'll take a stick to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
, you." J turns around, shakes his fist, and shouts, "I know what you're up
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to, you're trying to steal my car." The best action for the nurse to take
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
would be to: | |
a. reinforce reality by telling B that J can walk in the hall, and telling J
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
that B is not trying to steal his car
| | | | | | | |
b. ask the medication nurse to give both clients an as-needed dose of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
neuroleptic medication |
c. separate and distract them by directing one to go to the day room,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and taking the other to the activities area
| | | | | | |
d. step between them, saying, "Gentlemen, please quiet down. We
| | | | | | | | | |
don't permit physical violence here"
| | | |
c. separate and distract them by directing one to go to the day room,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and taking the other to the activities area
| | | | | | |
The elderly client in the intensive care unit who is diagnosed as having
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
disturbed sensory perceptions in the form of visual and auditory
| | | | | | | | | |
illusions will be helped most by: | | | | |
a. large clocks and calendars on the wall
| | | | | | |
b. personally meaningful objects placed in full view
| | | | | | |
c. wearing her eyeglasses and hearing aids
| | | | | |
d. keeping the room brightly lit around the clock
| | | | | | | |
c. wearing her eyeglasses and hearing aids
| | | | | |
What are communication techniques most appropriate for older adults?
| | | | | | | |
a. Active listening
| |
b. Give three directions
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