NUR 110 EXAM 2 FULLY SOLVED TEST PAPER
GRADED A+
◉ What are nursing interventions that can be done while the patient
is vomiting?
Answer: Turn head to side or roll body, sit patient forward, support
abdominal incision, provide emotional support
◉ What are nursing interventions that can be done when the patient
is done vomiting?
Answer: Offer oral hygiene, replace soiled linens, record emesis
(appearance, amount, color, odor)
◉ What is the average adult I&O?
Answer: 2300-2600 mL/day
24 hour total I&O should be equal
◉ What are the reasons for NPO diet?
Answer: aspiration precautions, surgery, nausea and vomiting,
comatose
◉ What are some interventions for NPO diet?
,Answer: oral hygiene, ice chips (if allowed), activity at mealtime as
alternate to eating
◉ Calorie Count Diet
Answer: has to be ordered by physician, everything patient ingests
must be recorded, must be accurate, recorded in % for solids and
mL's for liquid, collected by dietician
◉ Common changes seen in elderly
Answer: decreased nutritional status-- factors that contribute:
poorly fitting dentures, missing teeth, weakness/paraylysis,
difficulty swallowing, decreased senses, decreased activity, type of
food (pureed diet)
◉ What are some effects on fluid balance?
Answer: eating difficulties, imbalances can occur quickly in elderly,
thirst mechanism is impaired, disorders of heart, kidney and liver
◉ what is the proper position for feeding
Answer: high fowlers
◉ What is intrapersonal communication?
Answer: occurs within an individual (self-talk, self-verbalization)
,◉ What is interpersonal communication?
Answer: one-to-one interaction between two people
◉ What is transpersonal communication?
Answer: within a person's spiritual domain
◉ What is referent?
Answer: Motivates one to communicate with another (sights,
sounds, odors, time schedules, messages, objects, emotions,
sensations, perceptions, and ideas initiate communication in a
healthcare setting)
◉ What is the sender and receiver?
Answer: sender: one who encodes and delivers message
receiver: one who receives and decodes the message
◉ What are the channels of communication?
Answer: how the message is conveyed and received.. can be through
visual, auditory, and tactile senses
◉ What is feedback in communication
Answer: the message the receiver returns
, ◉ interpersonal variable and environment in communication
Answer: interpersonal variable: factors that influence
communication
environment: the setting for the sender and receiver interactions
◉ how are messages conveyed?
Answer: verbally, nonverbally, concretely, and symbolically.
expressed through words, movements, voice inflection, facial
expressions, and use of space
◉ What is denotative?
Answer: words that have several meanings
◉ what is intonation?
Answer: tone of voice
◉ What does SBAR stand for?
Answer: Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
◉ Nonverbal communication includes...
Answer: all five senses (sight, smell, touch, sound, taste)
GRADED A+
◉ What are nursing interventions that can be done while the patient
is vomiting?
Answer: Turn head to side or roll body, sit patient forward, support
abdominal incision, provide emotional support
◉ What are nursing interventions that can be done when the patient
is done vomiting?
Answer: Offer oral hygiene, replace soiled linens, record emesis
(appearance, amount, color, odor)
◉ What is the average adult I&O?
Answer: 2300-2600 mL/day
24 hour total I&O should be equal
◉ What are the reasons for NPO diet?
Answer: aspiration precautions, surgery, nausea and vomiting,
comatose
◉ What are some interventions for NPO diet?
,Answer: oral hygiene, ice chips (if allowed), activity at mealtime as
alternate to eating
◉ Calorie Count Diet
Answer: has to be ordered by physician, everything patient ingests
must be recorded, must be accurate, recorded in % for solids and
mL's for liquid, collected by dietician
◉ Common changes seen in elderly
Answer: decreased nutritional status-- factors that contribute:
poorly fitting dentures, missing teeth, weakness/paraylysis,
difficulty swallowing, decreased senses, decreased activity, type of
food (pureed diet)
◉ What are some effects on fluid balance?
Answer: eating difficulties, imbalances can occur quickly in elderly,
thirst mechanism is impaired, disorders of heart, kidney and liver
◉ what is the proper position for feeding
Answer: high fowlers
◉ What is intrapersonal communication?
Answer: occurs within an individual (self-talk, self-verbalization)
,◉ What is interpersonal communication?
Answer: one-to-one interaction between two people
◉ What is transpersonal communication?
Answer: within a person's spiritual domain
◉ What is referent?
Answer: Motivates one to communicate with another (sights,
sounds, odors, time schedules, messages, objects, emotions,
sensations, perceptions, and ideas initiate communication in a
healthcare setting)
◉ What is the sender and receiver?
Answer: sender: one who encodes and delivers message
receiver: one who receives and decodes the message
◉ What are the channels of communication?
Answer: how the message is conveyed and received.. can be through
visual, auditory, and tactile senses
◉ What is feedback in communication
Answer: the message the receiver returns
, ◉ interpersonal variable and environment in communication
Answer: interpersonal variable: factors that influence
communication
environment: the setting for the sender and receiver interactions
◉ how are messages conveyed?
Answer: verbally, nonverbally, concretely, and symbolically.
expressed through words, movements, voice inflection, facial
expressions, and use of space
◉ What is denotative?
Answer: words that have several meanings
◉ what is intonation?
Answer: tone of voice
◉ What does SBAR stand for?
Answer: Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
◉ Nonverbal communication includes...
Answer: all five senses (sight, smell, touch, sound, taste)
