NUR 1175 Practice Questions Exam 1
- A nursing student is studying depression in older adults. Faculty members knows the student
has mastered the information when she states which of the following?
"Sadness is most often associated with suicidal intent." "Depression can resolve without treatment." "Depression is usually not accompanied by changes in behavior." "Treatment of depression includes counseling."
Answer
Treatment of depression includes counseling
- An client 81 years of age is in a long-term-care facility. His family could no longer cope
with his progressing senile dementia, including wandering away and unpredictable behavior.Late one night the nurse finds the client wandering in the hall. He says he is looking for his wife. What should the nursing approach should be?
Use a matter-of-fact attitude and gently help him back to his room.Remind him that he must not get up unassisted and should stay in his room at night.Remind him of where he is and assess why he is having difficulty sleeping.Allow him to sleep in the recliner in the day-room, so he will not disturb other clients.
Answer
Remind him of where he is and assess why he is having difficulty sleeping.
- Which statement shows that the nurse does not practice ageism?
"Most older adults are lonely." "Older adults have incontinence." "Neither intelligence nor personality normally decline because of aging." "Older adults do not mind how they look."
Answer
Neither intelligence nor personality normally decline because of aging 1 / 3
- A 79-year-old client became a widow earlier this year and now resides alone in the house that
they and their spouse shared for 30 years. The client's children have encouraged the client to move, but the client expresses a desire to remain in their home, despite some slight mobility challenges. The nurse who provides occasional home health care for the client should first propose which intervention?
home modification assisted living long-term care facility homesharing
Answer
home modification
- What term is used to describe various disorders that progressively affect cognitive function?
Dementia Ageism Reminiscence Delirium
Answer
Dementia
- A newborn is scheduled for a circumcision and the parent is concerned with the newborn
feeling pain. How will the nurse respond?
"There is no need to be concerned, it only lasts for a minute or two." "Your infant will be under general analgesia." "Your infant will not feel any pain due to his age." "A local anesthetic will be used to prevent pain."
Answer
A local anesthetic will be used to prevent pain
- The nurse is providing prenatal education to a group of pregnant adolescents. One of the 2 / 3
group members asks how the infant develops after the first trimester. An accurate statement from the nurse about the fetal stage would be which of the following?
The heartbeat can be heard No kidney function happens before birth Embryo no longer vulnerable to toxins Bones are completely ossified
Answer
The heartbeat can be heard
- Of the following components of psychosocial development in the neonate and infant, which
one facilitates emotional linkage between an infant and caregiver?
Bonding Attachment Play Temperament Answer Bonding
- While teaching a sex education class to a group of preadolescents, the school nurse explains
that human growth and development begins at which of the following events?
When intercourse takes place When ovum is fertilized by sperm When ovum implants in the uterus When ovulation occurs in the female
Answer
When ovum is fertilized by sperm
- Which of the following characteristics of a neonate would be reflected in her Apgar score?
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The infant's hands and feet appear blue.