NUR 205/NUR 205 COMPLETE FINAL EXAM
NEWEST 2023-2024| CORRECTLY ANSWERED
AND VERIFIED|GRADED A
Which of the following clients is the most appropriate candidate for receiving
outpatient care?
A) A client whose complaints of irregular bowel movements have necessitated a
colonoscopy
B) A woman who has previously borne two children and is entering the second
stage of labor
C) A man who is receiving treatment for sepsis after his blood cultures came
back positive
D) A client with a history of depression who is currently expressing suicidal
ideation - ANSWER-A
Outpatient services are appropriate for clients who are medically stable but who
require diagnostic testing, such as a colonoscopy. Clients in active labor and
clients who are actively septic or suicidal require close monitoring and frequent
interventions, which can only be safely provided on an inpatient basis.
After many years of advanced practice nursing, a nurse has recently enrolled in
a nurse practitioner program. This nurse has been attracted to the program by
the potential to provide primary care for clients after graduation, an opportunity
that is most likely to exist in which of the following settings?
A) A rural health center
B) A long-term care facility
C) A university hospital
D) A community hospital - ANSWER-A
Many rural health centers employ few health care providers, and primary care is
often provided by a nurse practitioner (NP). A nurse practitioner may provide
care in a long-term care facility or hospital, but in these settings, the NP is less
likely to be the provider of primary care to clients.
Which of the following phrases best describes hospitals today?
A) Focus on chronic illnesses
B) Focus on acute care needs
C) Primary care centers
D) Voluntary agencies - ANSWER-B
,Hospitals have become acute care providers for people who are too ill to care
for themselves at home, who are severely injured, who require surgery or
complicated treatment, or who are having babies. Hospitals rarely focus on
chronic illnesses, and they are not primary care centers. Hospitals are not
classified as voluntary agencies.
A man is scheduled for hospital outpatient surgery. He tells the nurse, "I don't
know what that word,outpatient, means." How would the nurse respond?
A) "It means you will have surgery in the hospital and stay for 2 days."
B) "It means the surgeon will come to your home to do the surgery."
C) "Why would you ask such a question? Don't worry about it."
D) "You will have surgery and go home that same day." - ANSWER-D
In addition to providing acute care, hospitals have many services for outpatients
(those who require health care but do not need to stay in the facility). Clients
who have outpatient surgery have the procedure, return to their hospital room
for recovery, and then are discharged home on the same day.
A nurse in a walk-in health care setting provides technical services (e.g.,
administering medications), determines the priority of care needs, and provides
client teaching on all aspects of care. Which of the following terms best
describes this type of health care setting?
A) Hospital
B) Physician's office
C) Ambulatory center
D) Long-term care - ANSWER-C
Nurses in ambulatory care centers (walk-in clinics) provide technical services
(e.g., administering medications), determine the priority of care needs, and
provide teaching about all aspects of care. Nurses employed in hospitals have
many roles, including manager of other members of the health care team
providing client care, administrator, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist,
patient educator, in-service educator, and researcher. In physician's offices,
advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), nurse practitioners, midwives, or
clinical nurse specialists work independently or collaboratively with physicians
to make assessments and care for clients who require health maintenance or
health promotion activities. Long-term care provides medical and nonmedical
care for people with chronic illnesses or disabilities.
,Nurses who are employed in home care have a variety of responsibilities.
Which of the following is one of those responsibilities?
A) Provide all care and services
B) Maintain a clean home environment
C) Advise clients on financial matters
D) Collaborate with other care providers - ANSWER-D
Nurses who provide care in the home make assessments, provide physical care,
administer medications, teach, and support family members. They also
collaborate with other health care providers in providing care and services.
Home care nurses do not provide all care and services, maintain a clean home
environment, or advise clients on financial matters.
Which of the following is true of long-term care facilities?
A) They provide care only to older adults.
B) They provide care for homeless adults.
C) They provide care to people of any age.
D) They provide care only for people with dementia. - ANSWER-C
Long-term care facilities provide health care, and help with the activities of
daily living, for people of any age who are physically or mentally unable to care
for themselves independently. They do not provide care only to older adults or
those with dementia, although they do care for those populations as well as
others. They do not provide care to homeless persons.
A grade school is preparing a series of classes on the dangers of smoking. Who
would be most likely to teach the classes?
A) A community health nurse
B) An outside consultant
C) A teacher
D) The school nurse - ANSWER-D
School nurses provide many different services, including maintaining
immunization records, providing emergency care, administering prescribed
medications, conducting routine screenings, conducting health assessments, and
teaching for health promotion (e.g., the dangers of smoking). Although any of
the other choices may provide teaching, it is the nurse who primarily provides
health-related teaching.
, An elderly woman has total care of her husband, who suffers from debilitative
rheumatoid arthritis. The couple voices concern over the pain and stress
associated with the condition. What type of care might the nurse suggest to help
the couple?
A) Primary care
B) Respite care
C) Bereavement care
D) Palliative care - ANSWER-D
The goal of palliative care is relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a
serious illness, and to improve the quality of life for both the client and the
family. The main purpose of respite care is to give the primary caregiver some
time away from the responsibilities of day-to-day care. Primary care is found in
acute care settings and physicians' offices. Bereavement care is provided to
families following the death of a family member.
What population do hospice nurses provide with care?
A) Those requiring care to improve health
B) Children with chronic illnesses
C) Dying persons and their loved ones
D) Older adults requiring long-term care - ANSWER-C
Hospice is a program of palliative and supportive services providing physical,
psychological, social, and spiritual care for dying persons, their families, and
other loved ones. Hospice nurses do not implement care to improve health,
focus on children with chronic illnesses, or care for older adults in long-term
care.
Who provides physicians with the authority to admit and provide care to clients
requiring hospitalization?
A) The health care institution itself
B) Board of Healing Arts
C) American Medical Association
D) State Board of Nursing - ANSWER-A
Physicians are granted the authority to admit clients to a health care agency or
institution, and to provide care in that setting by the health care agency or
institution itself. They are licensed to practice medicine by a state medical
board, not a state board of nursing or a board of healing arts.
