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Chapter 3--Health Education and Promotion MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A client is reviewing a videotape without the assistance of the nurse for instruction. The type of teaching strategy this client is using is considered: 1. demonstration. 2. slides. 3. programmed instruction. 4. discussion. 2. The nurse is instructing a client regarding food safety, injury prevention, and occupational health. Which of the following Healthy People 2010 objectives is the nurse instructing the client? 1. Promote h...

Chapter 5--Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse is providing care for a client who is 18 years old. Which of the following ethical principles should be implemented for this client? 1. Liberty 2. Agency 3. Justice 4. Autonomy 2. A client, being treated with chemotherapy and radiation for terminal cancer, decides to stop any further treatment and enter the hospice program. The nurse realizes this client’s decision is supported by the ethical principle of: ...

Chapter 6--Nursing of Adults across the Life Span MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse is reviewing the number of elderly adult clients who were admitted during the previous 3-month period with complications from the seasonal flu. The nurse is reviewing which of the following illness patterns? 1. Prevalence 2. Incidence 3. Trends 4. Mortality rate 2. An elderly client is admitted with worsening dementia. Which of the following health problems should the nurse consider as causing this client’s d...

Chapter 7--Palliative Care MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse believes that a client is eligible as a participant for The National Hospice Reimbursement Act of 1986. This act mandated that: 1. clients with terminal illnesses are reimbursed. 2. a physician must order hospice to be reimbursed. 3. to receive reimbursement that client must be eligible for Medicare. 4. to receive benefits, the physician must certify that the client has a limited life expectancy of 6 months or less. 2. After a Native A...

Chapter 8--Health Assessment MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A client is brought to the emergency department with injuries sustained from a motor vehicle accident. The nurse will conduct which of the following types of health assessments? 1. Focused 2. Comprehensive 3. Emergency 4. Follow-up 2. The nurse is collecting data for a comprehensive assessment. Data that can be seen, heard, or felt by someone other than the person experiencing them are called: 1. primary. 2. objective. 3. subjective. 4. secon...

Chapter 9--Genetics and the Multiple Determinants of Health MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A client is found to be heterozygous for a normal gene and an abnormal gene. The nurse realizes this client would be considered a(n): 1. affected individual. 2. carrier. 3. genetically defective. 4. mutated individual. 2. A client is diagnosed with a chromosomal abnormality that occurred during cell division and resulted in the formation of two cells, each with the same chromosome complement as the parent cell. T...

Chapter 10--Stress, Coping, and Adaptation MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A client tells the nurse that he feels “stressed out.” The nurse realizes which of the following regarding stress? 1. Stress can be caused by a variety of situations. 2. Stressors do not cause a need for change. 3. Positive events do not increase stress. 4. All events are regarded as threatening to self. 2. A client’s symptoms are consistent with those seen in the first stage of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS). Whic...

Chapter 11-- Inflammation and Infection Management MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse, assessing a client’s leukocyte level, determines the amount to be within normal limits. Which of the following would indicate a normal level of leukocytes in the client’s blood? 1. 14 to 18 g/dL 2. 4.6 to 6.2 million/mm3 3. 4500 to 11,000 mm3 4. 50 to 60 percent 2. A client’s complete blood count reveals a large amount of phagocytic cells present. The nurse realizes that this type of cell is most likely:...

Chapter 12--Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse is concerned that a client can become dehydrated when which of the following is assessed? 1. History of arthritis 2. Appendicitis diagnosis 3 years ago 3. Age 30 4. Obese female 2. A client has lost a significant amount of blood. The nurse realizes that the fluid compartment most effected with the blood loss will be: 1. intracellular. 2. interstitial. 3. intravascular. 4. transcellular. 3. A client is ...

Chapter 13--Infusion Therapy MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A client is scheduled for a peripherally inserted central catheter in a few days. However, the client needs intravenous fluids infused immediately. Which of the following veins should the nurse avoid when starting the intravenous infusion now? 1. Accessory cephalic vein 2. Basilic vein 3. Cephalic vein 4. Median vein 2. The tubing on a client’s intravenous infusion administration set is not long enough to support the client’s ambulation n...