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NSG3130 EXAM 3 / NSG 3130 EXAM 3

FUNDAMENTAL II REAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS

AND DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

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nurse is guiding her patient's family through the death of their grandmother. She asks what religion the family is and they reply that they are Hindu. What is a Hindu's belief on cremation?

• Cremation is opposed as is autopsies.
• Cremation is preferred.
• All parts of the body need to be buried, not cremated.
• The patient needs to be dressed in their "temple clothes"

before cremation.

Correct Answer: b. Cremation is preferred.

Which is an important concept to consider about anxiety to provide appropriate nursing care? 1 / 4

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• Panic attacks generally have a slower onset that can be

prevented if identified early.

• One can conceptualize anxiety as being similar to the health-

illness continuum.

• People who lead healthy lifestyles rarely experience anxiety.
• Anxiety is an abnormal reaction to realistic danger.

Correct Answer: b. One can conceptualize anxiety as being

similar to the health-illness continuum.

A patient is told that surgery is necessary, and the patient begins to experience elevations in pulse, respirations, and blood pressure. Which stage of anxiety is indicated by these nursing assessments?

• Mild-the vital signs remain the same as at resting stage
• Moderate-the pulse, respirations, and blood pressure are

slightly elevated

• Severe-pulse and respirations are rapid, blood pressure is high
• Panic-pulse and respirations are very rapid, blood pressure is

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Correct Answer: b. Moderate-the pulse, respirations, and blood

pressure are slightly elevated

A nurse is teaching a patient about the positive effects of exercise to reduce anxiety. Which patient comment about how exercise reduces anxiety indicates that the patient understand the nurse's teaching?

• "It stimulates the production of endorphins."
• "It interferes with the ability to concentrate."
• "It reduces the metabolism of epinephrine."
• "It decreases the acidity of blood."

Correct Answer: a. "It stimulates the production of endorphins."

nurse identifies that a patient is mildly anxious. Which assessment of the patient supports this conclusion?

• Preoccupied-this is moderate anxiety
• Forgetful-this is moderate anxiety 3 / 4

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• Fearful-this has nothing to do with anxiety
• Alert-Increased alertness occurs when one is mildly anxious.

Alertness and vigilance are the result of an increase in one's perceptual field and state of arousal in response to the stimulation of the autonomic system when one feels threatened.

Correct Answer: d. Alert-Increased alertness occurs when one is

mildly anxious. Alertness and vigilance are the result of an increase in one's perceptual field and state of arousal in response to the stimulation of the autonomic system when one feels threatened.

When assessing a patient for anxiety, which characteristic about anxiety should the nurse consider?

• It is triggered by a known stressor. (It is triggered by an

unknown stressor.)

• It occurs simultaneously with fear.
• It is a response that is avoidable.
• It is a universal experience. (Anxiety is a common and

universal response to a threat. Anxiety is a psychosocial response to an unknown stress; it may be a vague sense of

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