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NSG 214 MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
A nurse is assessing a patient and collecting only the most important
information. What type of assessment is the nurse doing?
A. Comprehensive
B. Emergency
C. Functional
D. Focused - correct-answer - B. Emergency
The nurse can best practice effecting care by exhibiting which behavior
during cultural assessment?
A. Set a focused time limit for collecting data
B. De-emphasize nonverbal communication cues
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C. Stay focused on the computer screen to remain neutral
D. Acknowledge your own prejudices that might create barriers to care
- correct-answer - D. Acknowledge your own prejudices that might
create barriers to care
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind
that second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
A. Low self-esteem
B. Lack of knowledge
C. Abnormal laboratory values
D. Severely abnormal vital signs - correct-answer - C. Abnormal
laboratory values
Nurses weave the individualization of the patient interview through all
aspects of the encounter. The nurse should avoid assuming that
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patients follow cultural beliefs. In place of making this assumption,
what should a nurse do?
A. Assess how acculturated the patient is
B. Know his or her own cultural beliefs
C. Assess the degree to which the patient perceives the cultural beliefs
D. Know the mores of the culture - correct-answer - C. Assess the
degree to which the patient perceives the cultural beliefs
The nurse is reviewing concepts of cultural aspects of pain. Which
statement is true regarding pain?
A. A patient's expression of pain is largely dependent on the amount of
tissue injury associated with the pain.
B. All patients will behave the same way when in pain.
C. Cultural norms have very little to do with pain tolerance, because
pain tolerance is always biologically determined.
NSG 214 MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
A nurse is assessing a patient and collecting only the most important
information. What type of assessment is the nurse doing?
A. Comprehensive
B. Emergency
C. Functional
D. Focused - correct-answer - B. Emergency
The nurse can best practice effecting care by exhibiting which behavior
during cultural assessment?
A. Set a focused time limit for collecting data
B. De-emphasize nonverbal communication cues
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C. Stay focused on the computer screen to remain neutral
D. Acknowledge your own prejudices that might create barriers to care
- correct-answer - D. Acknowledge your own prejudices that might
create barriers to care
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind
that second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
A. Low self-esteem
B. Lack of knowledge
C. Abnormal laboratory values
D. Severely abnormal vital signs - correct-answer - C. Abnormal
laboratory values
Nurses weave the individualization of the patient interview through all
aspects of the encounter. The nurse should avoid assuming that
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patients follow cultural beliefs. In place of making this assumption,
what should a nurse do?
A. Assess how acculturated the patient is
B. Know his or her own cultural beliefs
C. Assess the degree to which the patient perceives the cultural beliefs
D. Know the mores of the culture - correct-answer - C. Assess the
degree to which the patient perceives the cultural beliefs
The nurse is reviewing concepts of cultural aspects of pain. Which
statement is true regarding pain?
A. A patient's expression of pain is largely dependent on the amount of
tissue injury associated with the pain.
B. All patients will behave the same way when in pain.
C. Cultural norms have very little to do with pain tolerance, because
pain tolerance is always biologically determined.
