ATI Fundamentals Comprehensive Exam Part3 Questions and Answers
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The nurse observes that the patient is distracted and tense. This behavior suggests a common reaction to hospitalization which is _______ - Answer-fear of the unknown
During the admissions procedures, what nursing intervention would help reduce anxiety? - Answer-greet the patient by name
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ATI Fundamentals Comprehensive Exam
Part3 Questions and Answers
The nurse observes that the patient is distracted and tense. This behavior suggests a
common reaction to hospitalization which is _______ - Answer-fear of the unknown
During the admissions procedures, what nursing intervention would help reduce
anxiety? - Answer-greet the patient by name
What is the essential part of the admission procedure performed by the RN is to? -
Answer-obtain a health history
Discharge planning should begin when? - Answer-shortly after admission
To help a patient find a source of financial aid to meet medical expenses, the nurse can
make a referral to? - Answer-social services
Upon admission, your patient has a billfold full of cash and no family present. Where
should the nurse suggest the money be placed? - Answer-hospital safe
A patient has an order for an interagency transfer. The nurse explains that the patient
will be moved from _____ - Answer-one facility to another
Before the actual discharge, the nurse must ensure that the patient understands what? -
Answer-the discharge
How can the nurse help reduce the stress of hospital admission? Select all that apply
(3) - Answer-show patient the room, involve in care, give simple instructions
When assessing a patient, the nurse recognizes that pain is __________ - Answer-
subjective
Most acute pain is intense and of short duration. How long will it usually last? - Answer-
less than 6 months
Continuous or intermittent pain that doesn't serve as a warning of tissue damage is -
Answer-chronic pain
On assessment, what can have a synergistic relationship with pain? - Answer-fatigue
Information about the site, severity, and duration of pain is considered what type of
data? - Answer-subjective
, A patient with a pacemaker is not a candidate for what type of alternative therapy? -
Answer-magnet therapy/tens unit
What is the major advantage of PCA? - Answer-allows the patient to self administer
analgesics whenever needed
Dimming the lights and decreasing the noise levels are examples of nursing
interventions designed to do what? - Answer-decrease environment stimuli
When assisting a post-op patient with pain control and comfort, the nurse should do
what? - Answer-lift the patient up in bed
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative medicine (NCCAM) has the
responsibility of what? - Answer-alternative medical treatments
Why is it important to assess for the patient's use of alternative therapies? - Answer-it
can interact with traditional therapies
Confusion and misinformation related to herbal medicine can make a patient reluctant to
disclose their use. The nurse's approach should be_______ - Answer-nonjudgmental
A herbal remedy that enhances the effect of Coumadin is what? - Answer-ginseng
A patient with phlebitis should avoid what type of Alternative Therapy? - Answer-
therapeutic massage
Inhalation Therapy with Essential Oils is known as what? - Answer-aromatherapy
Reflexology is based on the theory that the entire body can be reached by applying
pressure where? - Answer-the feet
A therapeutic treatment that joins the mind and body and increases muscle tone and
flexibility is what? - Answer-yoga
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has the responsibility
of/to? select all that apply (3) - Answer-evaluating alternative treatments, distribute info
to public, coordinating and conducting research
What are the reasons people often choose Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
Select all that apply (4) all of them - Answer-all of them
The lesson the patient's embarrassment when asking the patient to provide a sample of
body excretion, the nurse may provide the patient with instructions and allow them to do
what? - Answer-collect it themselves/collect own specimen
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