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Test Bank –
Timby's Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts 13th
Edition ( Loretta A Donnelly-Moreno, 2024) All Chapters 1-
38 ||Complete A+ Guide
,
,Chapter 1 - Nursing Foundations
1. A client reports to the with ankle pain due to a road accident.
By asking the client to describe the accident, which type of nursing skill is the nurse using?
A. skills
B. skills
C. counseling skills
D. caring skills
Correct
Answer: A
Rationale: By asking the client to describe the accident, the nurse is using skills
collect related data. The nurse is the nurse is
support. The counseling skills of the nurse are also not used, as no health education
is provided. Caring skills include assistance provided with the activities of daily living, which
is not applicable in this scenario.
Question Choice
Chapter 1: Nursing Foundations
Cognitive Level: Understand
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care of Care
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Reference: p. 15
2.
dropped 60% to 1%. What is the appropriate reason for the fall in the death rate?
A. increased the soldiers
B. decreased rate of infection and gangrene
C. increased funds courtesy of donations
D. college-based education and training of nurses
Correct Answer: B
dropped to 1% due to the n
nutritional, and sanitary conditions of the soldiers, leading to decreased rates of infection
after the war, not during the war, through which an organized education and training facility
for nurses was started.
Question
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Safety and Infection Control
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Reference: p. 3
3. A nurse at a health care facility provides assistance, and to
clients during the various phases of nursing care. In which activity does the nurse use
counseling skills?
A. educating a group of young girls about AIDS
B. telling a client to localize the pain in his
C. encouraging a client to walk without support
, D. assisting a lactating other in feeding her child
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The activity of educating a group of young girls about AIDS is based on the nurse
using counseling skills. Telling a client to localize his pain is an assess ent skill.
Encouraging a client to walk without support can be both a co forting skill and a caring
skill. Assisting a lactating other in feeding her baby is an exa ple of a caring skill.
Question for at: ultiple Choice
Chapter 1: Nursing Foundations
Cognitive Level: Understand
Client Needs Pn: Safe, Effective Care Environ ent: Coordinated Care
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environ ent: anage ent of Care
Client Needs: Health Pro otion and aintenance
Client Needs Pn: Health Pro otion and aintenance
Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
Reference: p. 15
4. A nurse is conducting an interview of a 40-year-old client who is ad itted with chest pain.
Which action by the nurse indicates active listening?
A. listening to the client silently
B. interrupting after each sentence
C. asking for clarifications and repetitions
D. talking about the nurse's own experience
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Active listening is an i portant co ponent of counseling skills. It encourages the
client to open up and express their concerns. The nurse ay ask the client to repeat and
clarify state ents. Interrupting after every sentence ay annoy the client. When the nurse
listens to the client silently, the client ay feel that the nurse is not interested. On the other
hand, if the nurse talks about the nurse's own experience, the focus of the session shifts to the
nurse rather than to the client.
Question for at: ultiple Choice
Chapter 1: Nursing Foundations
Cognitive Level: Apply
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Integrated Process: Caring
Reference: p. 15
5. A student wants to attend a nursing progra that prepares its graduates for both staff and
anagerial positions. Which type of nursing progra should the nurse suggest for this
student?
A. hospital-based diplo a
B. baccalaureate nursing progra
C. associate degree progra
D. continuing nursing progra
Correct Answer: B
Test Bank –
Timby's Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts 13th
Edition ( Loretta A Donnelly-Moreno, 2024) All Chapters 1-
38 ||Complete A+ Guide
,
,Chapter 1 - Nursing Foundations
1. A client reports to the with ankle pain due to a road accident.
By asking the client to describe the accident, which type of nursing skill is the nurse using?
A. skills
B. skills
C. counseling skills
D. caring skills
Correct
Answer: A
Rationale: By asking the client to describe the accident, the nurse is using skills
collect related data. The nurse is the nurse is
support. The counseling skills of the nurse are also not used, as no health education
is provided. Caring skills include assistance provided with the activities of daily living, which
is not applicable in this scenario.
Question Choice
Chapter 1: Nursing Foundations
Cognitive Level: Understand
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care of Care
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Reference: p. 15
2.
dropped 60% to 1%. What is the appropriate reason for the fall in the death rate?
A. increased the soldiers
B. decreased rate of infection and gangrene
C. increased funds courtesy of donations
D. college-based education and training of nurses
Correct Answer: B
dropped to 1% due to the n
nutritional, and sanitary conditions of the soldiers, leading to decreased rates of infection
after the war, not during the war, through which an organized education and training facility
for nurses was started.
Question
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Safety and Infection Control
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Reference: p. 3
3. A nurse at a health care facility provides assistance, and to
clients during the various phases of nursing care. In which activity does the nurse use
counseling skills?
A. educating a group of young girls about AIDS
B. telling a client to localize the pain in his
C. encouraging a client to walk without support
, D. assisting a lactating other in feeding her child
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The activity of educating a group of young girls about AIDS is based on the nurse
using counseling skills. Telling a client to localize his pain is an assess ent skill.
Encouraging a client to walk without support can be both a co forting skill and a caring
skill. Assisting a lactating other in feeding her baby is an exa ple of a caring skill.
Question for at: ultiple Choice
Chapter 1: Nursing Foundations
Cognitive Level: Understand
Client Needs Pn: Safe, Effective Care Environ ent: Coordinated Care
Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environ ent: anage ent of Care
Client Needs: Health Pro otion and aintenance
Client Needs Pn: Health Pro otion and aintenance
Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
Reference: p. 15
4. A nurse is conducting an interview of a 40-year-old client who is ad itted with chest pain.
Which action by the nurse indicates active listening?
A. listening to the client silently
B. interrupting after each sentence
C. asking for clarifications and repetitions
D. talking about the nurse's own experience
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Active listening is an i portant co ponent of counseling skills. It encourages the
client to open up and express their concerns. The nurse ay ask the client to repeat and
clarify state ents. Interrupting after every sentence ay annoy the client. When the nurse
listens to the client silently, the client ay feel that the nurse is not interested. On the other
hand, if the nurse talks about the nurse's own experience, the focus of the session shifts to the
nurse rather than to the client.
Question for at: ultiple Choice
Chapter 1: Nursing Foundations
Cognitive Level: Apply
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
Integrated Process: Caring
Reference: p. 15
5. A student wants to attend a nursing progra that prepares its graduates for both staff and
anagerial positions. Which type of nursing progra should the nurse suggest for this
student?
A. hospital-based diplo a
B. baccalaureate nursing progra
C. associate degree progra
D. continuing nursing progra
Correct Answer: B
