Nursing 105 Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers

Nursing 105 Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers Examples of non-therapeutic communication - Answer️️ -Personal questions, confrontations, sympathy, asking for explanations, sharing sympathy, automatic responses What is an example of non-verbal communication? - Answer️️ -Smiling as a patient requests help Non-verbal communication doesn't include - Answer️️ -tone of voice Janice is a 47-year-old woman who is having a surgery to remove a tumor. She tells the nurse that she is afraid that something will go wrong during surgery. The nurse states, "Everything will be all right. You'll be fine." What non-therapeutic communication technique has the nurse used? - Answer️️ -false reassurance The nurse is caring a patient who is diabetic. To celebrate a family member's birthday the family brings cake and ice cream to the hospital. The patient cannot eat these items. The nurse tells to the patient's husband, "Why did you bring these things into your wife's hospital room when you know she can't eat any of this?" The nurse has used which non-therapeutic communication technique? - Answer️️ -asking for explanation ©SOPHIABENNET@ Thursday, August 22, 2024 10:21 AM NURS 105: Brigham Young University, Idaho (BYUI) 2 Which of the following is the best method to reassure a patient that you are listening? - Answer️️ -restating During a one-to-one interaction with a nurse, the client states, "I'm worried about going home." The nurse responds, "Tell me more about this." This response is an example of which of the following? - Answer️️ -clarifying Your patient states that she is feeling depressed. As a nurse, which of the following would be an appropriate therapeutic response to your patient's statement? - Answer️️ -tell me more about how you are feeling True or False. When communicating with another individual, you use either verbal or non-verbal communication. These forms of communication are never used together at the same time. - Answer️️ -false A 12-year-old patient, dying of heart failure, wants to have his organs removed for transplantation after his death. What action by the nurse is correct? - Answer️️ -Instruct the patient to talk with his parents about his desire to donate his organs. A nurse performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a 92-year-old with brittle bones and breaks a rib during the procedure, which then punctures a lung. The patient recovers completely without any residual problems and sues the nurse for pain and suffering, and for malpractice. ©SOPHIABENNET@ Thursday, August 22, 2024 10:21 AM NURS 105: Brigham Young University, Idaho (BYUI) 3 What key point will the prosecution attempt to prove? - Answer️️ -The CPR procedure was done incorrectly. A recent immigrant who does not speak English is alert and requires hospitalization. What is the best initial action that the nurse must take to enable informed consent to be obtained? - Answer️️ -Request an official interpreter to explain the terms of consent. While recovering from a severe illness, a hospitalized patient states that he wants to change his living will, which he signed nine months ago. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate? - Answer️️ -"Let me ask someone here in the hospital to assist you." Conjoined twins are in the neonatal department of the community hospital until transfer to the closest medical center. A photographer from the local newspaper gets off the elevator on the neonatal floor and wants to take pictures of the infants. What initial action should the nurse take? - Answer️️ -Tell the cameraman where the hospital's public relations department is located. The nurse received a hand-off report at the change of shift in the conference