Practice Questions

Question 1

Nurses who understand their own mortality are more comfortable helping individuals through the dying process. T/F

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which nursing intervention is appropriate for the dying person who is in the stage of denial?

Answer 2

Acceptance of the dying individual’s reaction

Question 3

Which intervention is most appropriate when caring for a dying patient who is experiencing pain?

Answer 3

Prevent pain from developing

Question 4

It is not appropriate for nurses to pray with dying patients and their families. T/F

Answer 4

False

Question 5

A nurse is providing postmortem care. Which of the following nursing actions is a legal responsibility?

a) Placing ID tags on the shroud and ankle
b) Washing the body to remove blood and excretions
c) Placing the body in normal anatomic position
d) Removing tubes and soiled dressings

Answer 5

a) Placing ID tags on the shroud and ankle

Question 6

The nurse provides postmortem care for a client who is not undergoing an autopsy. To achieve the desired outcome of this procedure, which nursing actions should be included? (Select all that apply.). a) Place an identification tag on the client’s ankle
b) Provide emotional support to the client’s family
c) Ensure the death certificate has been signed
d) Remove any tubes and replace soiled dressings
e) Wash the client’s body with soap and water

Answer 6

A, B, C, D

Question 7

nurse is caring for a client whose partner died five years ago. Which of the following findings indicates that the client is experiencing maladaptive grief? A. The client joined a bowling league 2 months ago
B. The client has kept his partner’s closet untouched since her death
C. The client exercises at a local health facility 3 days each week
D. The client meets his daughter for dinner every week

Answer 7

B. The client has kept his partner’s closet untouched since her death

Question 8

Focus on helping people manage complicated, long term health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and chronic musculoskeletal pain. Goals include preventing further physical deterioration and maximizing quality of life. What level of prevention is this an example of?

Answer 8

Tertiary

Question 9

Cardiac or stroke rehabilitation program. What level of prevention is this?

Answer 9

Tertiary prevention

Question 10

Recommending regular exams and screening tests in people with known risk factors for illness. What level of prevention is this?

Answer 10

Secondary prevention

Question 11

Regular exams and screening tests to monitor risk factors for illness. What level of prevention is this?

Answer 11

Primary prevention

Question 12

End stage renal disease, “I decided to come today, but I’m not sure if I am coming back later… I think my kidneys are starting to function again”, what kind is this?

Answer 12

Denial

Question 13

Nurse enters clients room finds clients pulseless, family requested DNR status from provider but provider hasn’t written the prescription yet, what does the nurse do?

Answer 13

Call emergency response team

Question 14

There is a part of the grieving stage that we perceive as loss as part of punishment for what we have done in the past. This is called?

Answer 14

Bargaining

Question 15

After teaching client about advance directives, which statements clearly understands the advanced directives

Answer 15

Advanced directives can be done when incapacitated

Question 16

A nurse is teaching a client about hospice care. Which of the following information should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)

“You must have a terminal illness.”
“You are eligible for hospice care if you are expected to live for 12 months.”
“You can continue treatment to cure your illness.”
“You accept palliative care for comfort.”
“The health care provider must officially state that you are terminally ill.”

Answer 16

“You must have a terminal illness.”
“You accept palliative care for comfort.”
“The health care provider must officially state that you are terminally ill.”

Question 17

What do people of the Muslim faith believe about the treatment of the body after death?

Answer 17

In the Muslim faith, only family members prepare the body, and non-Muslims should not touch it.

Question 18

What concept if stated by a group of new rehabilitative nurses would indicate the need for additional teaching?

Answer 18

If they say anything about them going back to normal.

Question 19

How often do you auscultate breath sounds on a client who is dying?

Answer 19

Every two houra

Question 20

What should the nurse do if the spouse no longer wants his wife to receive care?

Answer 20

Talk to physician

Question 21

What should the nurse encourage the patient to do when the patient decides they no longer need care?

Answer 21

Talk to physician

Question 22

How often is hospice care renewed?

Answer 22

Every six months

Question 23

Pulse is weak and rapid when…

Answer 23

The patient is dying

Question 24

What type of activities can be done for a client who has depressive disorder?

Answer 24

F

Question 25

What should the nurse do if she finds the patient pulseless?

Answer 25

Initiate CPR

Question 26

You want to ask close ended questions when…

Answer 26

To asses when they took their medication

Question 27

What medications

Question 28

What kind of people get involved with terminally I’ll patients?

Answer 28

Medical social services, relatives, long term patient control

Question 29

What is the need for support of the family to be highest when the patient dies?

Answer 29

Weeks and months after death

Question 30

Patient is unconscious and is grimacing and restless how does the nurse identify that their therapeutic methods were effective

Answer 30

Their shoulder may droop, pulse will drop, muscle May relax, no longer grimacing

Question 31

What medications can be given during palliative care?

Answer 31

Narcotics