Questions & Answers 2023/2024
The INITIAL purpose of stump wrapping is to: correct answers aid in venous return and reduce swelling
What is an important travel tip for people with COPD? correct answers avoid elevation above 4000 feet
unless in a pressurized cabin
What produces esophageal speech? correct answers burping to exert pressure and produce vibration
What is not included in a patient's occupational history? correct answers past learning difficulties
Blindness of the nasal half of one eye and the temporal half of the other is known as: correct answers
homonymous hemianopsia
The terms perceived "susceptibility," "perceived threat," and "cues to action" are important concepts in
which nursing theory? correct answers health belief model
What bladder disorder will MOST likely be present in a patient with a CVA? correct answers uninhibited
neurogenic bladder
What is the legal definition of blindness? correct answers visual field restriction of up to 20 degrees or
central visual acuity in the better eye of no more than 20/200
Pursed lip breathing improves oxygenation because it: correct answers keeps the alveoli open longer
What is a result of injury to the satiety center? correct answers overeating
Tardive dyskinesia, associated with the prolonged use of psychotropic drugs, may be assessed by
instructing the patient to: correct answers grimace, smile, frown, pucker, and chew
With normal capillary perfusion, the color will return within: correct answers 3 seconds
What is an appropriate nursing intervention for a pt. experiencing physiological and/or psychosocial
disturbances who has recently been transferred from one environment to another? correct answers
encourage pt's verbalization of feelings
A patient who is unwilling to discuss his disability or to touch or look at his involved body parts may have
a nursing diagnosis of: correct answers body image disturbance
What is a principle upon which learning depends? correct answers providing for learner participation
Autonomous areflexic bladder dysfunction occurs when a lesion involves: correct answers both the
motor and sensory components of the sacral segments of the spinal cord
Reflexogenic erections are possible when which spinal segments are perserved? correct answers sacral
, What is the Barthel Index? correct answers consists of 10 items that measure a person's daily functioning
specifically the activities of daily living and mobility
What is a normal finding when assessing the skin of an elderly person? correct answers decreased
subcutaneous fat
What is the premise of the Bobath neurodevelopmental technique? correct answers pt's learn the
sensation of movement, not the movement itself
Sleep deprivation can result in: correct answers psychosis
A patient who presents with drooling or insufficiently chewed food has a problem in which phase of the
swallowing process? correct answers oral
Upon discharge, what is the MOST important learning outcome for the patient with quadriplegia?
correct answers demonstrating knowledge and skills of self care
Which part of the brain control temperature? correct answers hypothalamus
In order to qualify for SSI, an individual must: correct answers demonstrate financial need by income
level
In the absence of an audiologist, which professionals would formally evaluate a pt's hearing? correct
answers speech therapist
The three point gate consists of: correct answers moving both crutches forward along with the affected
leg and followed by the unaffected leg
What is the most therapeutic position for distribution of body weight over bony prominences? correct
answers prone
Proprioceptors mediate deep somatic sensations related primarily to: correct answers position and
movement
The most common barrier to community re-entry that a patient with disabilities encounters is: correct
answers societal attitudes
What is a characteristic of the autonomous neurogenic bowel? correct answers flaccid anal sphincter
Which cranial nerves innervate the muscles necessary for eye movemnet? correct answers oculomotor,
abducens, and trochlear
The factor determining Social Security Disability Insurance eligibility is that the person: correct answers
can no longer engage in gainful activity
In a patient with hemiplegia, how should the affected shoulder be positioned to minimize the risk of
shoulder problems? correct answers abduction