PATIENT CENTERED CARE EXAM 3
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ask the patient about their country of origin - ANS The nurse is performing an admission
assessment on a patient. In order to determine ethnicity, she should do which of the following?
"Anxiety can be abnormal if it impairs function." - ANS A neighbor expresses concern about
their elderly mother reporting she always appears anxious and worries unnecessarily about
everything. Which response is best?
"Fluctuating moods are normal, especially after stressful life events." - ANS A woman talks to
her friend about her fluctuating moods after a recent job change. The woman is wondering if
she should seek help for depression. What is the friend's best response?
Identify alternative child care options - ANS The nurse is developing a care plan for a patient
with ineffective coping skills. Which intervention would be an example of a problem-focused
coping strategy?
ineffective coping mechanisms, impaired functional ability - ANS A plan of care is being
developed for a patient admitted with a diagnosis of severe depressive disorder. Which nursing
diagnosis will apply to this patient? (Select all that apply.)
"How have you managed stressful situations in the past?" - ANS While assessing a patient's
use of coping skills in response to stressful situations, which of the following questions is the
most useful?
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, current stressors percieved by the patient, use of drugs and/or alcohol - ANS The nurse is
assessing the coping patterns of a newly admitted patient. What will the nurse include in this
assessment? (Select all that apply.)
encourage patient to avoid alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine, encourage patient to recognize
triggers, provide patient with a calendar that shows when art and music therapy group session
are occurring - ANS As a nurse assigned to care for a patient diagnosed with general anxiety
disorder (GAD). Which of the following nursing interventions would be included in the client's
plan of care? (Select all that apply)
improve patient centered care, reduce errors and miscommunication betweens patients and
health care workers, improve patient outcomes - ANS Cultural competence in the U.S.
healthcare system is important in order to support which of the following goals? (select all that
apply)
ask the patient if they have had thoughts of suicide - ANS A nurse in the emergency
department is caring for a patient who is exhibiting signs of depression. The nurse should
perform which priority nursing intervention for this patient?
anxiety - ANS a subjectively distressful experience activated by the perception of threat,
which has both a potential psychological and physiological etiology and expression.
no anxiety, mild anxiety, moderate anxiety, severe anxiety, panic - ANS scope of anxiety
general adaptation syndrome - ANS fight-or-flight response that results in the release in
adrenaline (epinephrine) by the adrenal glands that: increases heart rate and oxygenation,
releases glucose, dilates pupils, and GI peristalsis
first degree relatives - ANS how is anxiety influenced genetically?
mild anxiety - ANS increased questioning, mild restlessness and sleeplessness, feelings of
increased alertness
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ask the patient about their country of origin - ANS The nurse is performing an admission
assessment on a patient. In order to determine ethnicity, she should do which of the following?
"Anxiety can be abnormal if it impairs function." - ANS A neighbor expresses concern about
their elderly mother reporting she always appears anxious and worries unnecessarily about
everything. Which response is best?
"Fluctuating moods are normal, especially after stressful life events." - ANS A woman talks to
her friend about her fluctuating moods after a recent job change. The woman is wondering if
she should seek help for depression. What is the friend's best response?
Identify alternative child care options - ANS The nurse is developing a care plan for a patient
with ineffective coping skills. Which intervention would be an example of a problem-focused
coping strategy?
ineffective coping mechanisms, impaired functional ability - ANS A plan of care is being
developed for a patient admitted with a diagnosis of severe depressive disorder. Which nursing
diagnosis will apply to this patient? (Select all that apply.)
"How have you managed stressful situations in the past?" - ANS While assessing a patient's
use of coping skills in response to stressful situations, which of the following questions is the
most useful?
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, current stressors percieved by the patient, use of drugs and/or alcohol - ANS The nurse is
assessing the coping patterns of a newly admitted patient. What will the nurse include in this
assessment? (Select all that apply.)
encourage patient to avoid alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine, encourage patient to recognize
triggers, provide patient with a calendar that shows when art and music therapy group session
are occurring - ANS As a nurse assigned to care for a patient diagnosed with general anxiety
disorder (GAD). Which of the following nursing interventions would be included in the client's
plan of care? (Select all that apply)
improve patient centered care, reduce errors and miscommunication betweens patients and
health care workers, improve patient outcomes - ANS Cultural competence in the U.S.
healthcare system is important in order to support which of the following goals? (select all that
apply)
ask the patient if they have had thoughts of suicide - ANS A nurse in the emergency
department is caring for a patient who is exhibiting signs of depression. The nurse should
perform which priority nursing intervention for this patient?
anxiety - ANS a subjectively distressful experience activated by the perception of threat,
which has both a potential psychological and physiological etiology and expression.
no anxiety, mild anxiety, moderate anxiety, severe anxiety, panic - ANS scope of anxiety
general adaptation syndrome - ANS fight-or-flight response that results in the release in
adrenaline (epinephrine) by the adrenal glands that: increases heart rate and oxygenation,
releases glucose, dilates pupils, and GI peristalsis
first degree relatives - ANS how is anxiety influenced genetically?
mild anxiety - ANS increased questioning, mild restlessness and sleeplessness, feelings of
increased alertness
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