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NURS 142 EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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A hospice nurse sits at the bedside of a male patient in the final stages of cancer. He and his parents made the decision that he would move home and they would help him in the final stages of his disease. The family participates in his care, but lately the nurse has increased the amount of time she spends with the family. Whenever she enters the room or approaches the patient to give care, she touches his shoulder and tells him that she is present. This is an example of what type of touch?
- Caring touch
- Protective touch
- Task-oriented touch
- Interpersonal touch - ANSWER-1
Match the following caring behaviors with their definitions.
- Knowing 1 / 4
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- Being with
- Doing for
- Maintaining belief
- Sustaining faith in one's capacity to get through a situation
- Striving to understand an event as meaning for another person
- Being emotionally there for another person
- Providing for another as he or she would do for themselves -
ANSWER-1B
2C 3D 4A
When working with an older adult who is hearing-impaired, the use of which techniques would improve communication? (Select all that apply.)
- Check for needed adaptive equipment.
- Exaggerate lip movements to help the patient lip read.
- Give the patient time to respond to questions.
- Keep communication short and to the point. 2 / 4
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- Communicate only through written information. - ANSWER-
1,3,4
Nurses must communicate effectively with the health care team for which of the following reasons? (Select all that apply.)
- Improve the nurse's status with the health team members
- Reduce the risk of errors to the patient
- Provide optimum level of patient care
- Improve patient outcomes
- Prevent issues that need to be reported to outside agencies -
ANSWER-2,3,4
A new nurse complains to her preceptor that she has no time for therapeutic communication with her patients. Which of the following is the best strategy to help the nurse find more time for this communication?
- Include communication while performing tasks such as
- Ask the patient if you can talk during the last few minutes of
changing dressings and checking vital signs.
visiting hours. 3 / 4
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- Ask Pastoral care to come back a little later in the day.
- Remind the nurse to complete all her tasks and then set up
remaining time for communication. - ANSWER-1
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a technique that applies understanding a patient's values and goals in helping the patient make behavior changes. What are other benefits of using MI techniques? (Select all that apply.)
- Gaining an understanding of patient's motivations
- Focusing on opportunities to avoid poor health choices
- Recognizing patient's strengths and supporting their efforts
- Providing assessment data that can be shared with families to
- Identifying differences in patient's health goals and current
promote change
behaviors - ANSWER-1,3,5
A nurse is talking with a young-adult patient about the purpose of a new medication. The nurse says, "I want to be clear. Can you tell me in your words the purpose of this medicine?" This exchange is an example of which element of the transactional communication process?
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