NURS 115 Exam 1 Questions
With Complete Solutions
During the communication process, "decoding" is:
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a. The selection of words by the sender
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b. The interpretation of the message by the receiver
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c. The method by which the message is given
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d. The way in which feedback is interpreted - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-b. the interpretation of the message by the | | | | | | | |
receiver
The nurse is teaching the client about his upcoming
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procedure and the client is very stressed. It would be most
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important for the nurse to: | | | |
a. use humor first to decrease the client's stress level
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b. determine if teaching should take place at a different
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time
c. introduce himself as the RN to give credibility to his
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message
d. speak to the client when family members are there so
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they can teach the client - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b.
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determine if teaching should take place at a different time
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,Use of the statements "Tell me more about..." or "I see"
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encourage clients to continue talking and expressing
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themselves. This is called: | | |
a. Summarizing
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b. Open-ended questions
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c. Focusing
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d. Encouraging elaboration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d.
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encouraging elaboration |
Which religion opposes the "false teaching" of other sects,
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which often extends to modern science, including
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medicine?
a. Native American
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b. Unification church
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c. Buddhism
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d. Jehovah's Witnesses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d.
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Jehovah's Witnesses |
It would be most important for the nurse to instruct the LNA
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to assist patients of which faith to wash their hands before
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meals?
a. Christian
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b. Jewish
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c. Mormon
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, d. Muslim - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Muslim
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Joe was asked to make a list of 20 words that describe him.
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After 15 minutes, Joe listed the following: 25 years old,
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male, named Joe; the delayed he couldn't think of anything
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else. He has demonstrated which of the following?
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a. lack of self-esteem
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b. deficient self-knowledge
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c. unrealistic self-expectation
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d. inability to evaluate himself - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b.
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deficient self-knowledge |
Which of the nursing interventions below is least likely to
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assist a severely ill patient with cancer to maintain a
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positive sense of self? | | |
a. making it a point to address the patient by name each
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time you enter the room
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b. fatiguing the patient as little as possible by performing all
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procedures in silence
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c. continuing to respect the patient's privacy and
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sensibilities
d. offering the patient a simple explanation before moving
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her in any way - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. fatiguing the
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patient as little as possible by performing all procedures in
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silence
With Complete Solutions
During the communication process, "decoding" is:
| | | | |
a. The selection of words by the sender
| | | | | | |
b. The interpretation of the message by the receiver
| | | | | | | |
c. The method by which the message is given
| | | | | | | |
d. The way in which feedback is interpreted - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-b. the interpretation of the message by the | | | | | | | |
receiver
The nurse is teaching the client about his upcoming
| | | | | | | | |
procedure and the client is very stressed. It would be most
| | | | | | | | | | |
important for the nurse to: | | | |
a. use humor first to decrease the client's stress level
| | | | | | | | |
b. determine if teaching should take place at a different
| | | | | | | | | |
time
c. introduce himself as the RN to give credibility to his
| | | | | | | | | | |
message
d. speak to the client when family members are there so
| | | | | | | | | | |
they can teach the client - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b.
| | | | | | | |
determine if teaching should take place at a different time
| | | | | | | | |
,Use of the statements "Tell me more about..." or "I see"
| | | | | | | | | | |
encourage clients to continue talking and expressing
| | | | | | |
themselves. This is called: | | |
a. Summarizing
|
b. Open-ended questions
| |
c. Focusing
|
d. Encouraging elaboration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d.
| | | | | |
encouraging elaboration |
Which religion opposes the "false teaching" of other sects,
| | | | | | | | |
which often extends to modern science, including
| | | | | | |
medicine?
a. Native American
| |
b. Unification church
| |
c. Buddhism
|
d. Jehovah's Witnesses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d.
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Jehovah's Witnesses |
It would be most important for the nurse to instruct the LNA
| | | | | | | | | | | |
to assist patients of which faith to wash their hands before
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meals?
a. Christian
|
b. Jewish
|
c. Mormon
|
, d. Muslim - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. Muslim
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Joe was asked to make a list of 20 words that describe him.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
After 15 minutes, Joe listed the following: 25 years old,
| | | | | | | | | |
male, named Joe; the delayed he couldn't think of anything
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else. He has demonstrated which of the following?
| | | | | | |
a. lack of self-esteem
| | |
b. deficient self-knowledge
| |
c. unrealistic self-expectation
| |
d. inability to evaluate himself - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b.
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deficient self-knowledge |
Which of the nursing interventions below is least likely to
| | | | | | | | | |
assist a severely ill patient with cancer to maintain a
| | | | | | | | | |
positive sense of self? | | |
a. making it a point to address the patient by name each
| | | | | | | | | | | |
time you enter the room
| | | |
b. fatiguing the patient as little as possible by performing all
| | | | | | | | | |
procedures in silence
| | |
c. continuing to respect the patient's privacy and
| | | | | | | |
sensibilities
d. offering the patient a simple explanation before moving
| | | | | | | | |
her in any way - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. fatiguing the
| | | | | | | | |
patient as little as possible by performing all procedures in
| | | | | | | | | |
silence
