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NUR 205 Final Exam All Questions And 100% CorrectAnswers Graded A+ Latest Update
Which of the following clients is most suitable for outpatient care?
A) A client experiencing bowel irregularities requiring a colonoscopy
B) Agravida II at the onset of the second stage of labor
C) A male client being treated for sepsis whose blood cultures showed an infection
D) A client who has a history of depression and is currently verbalizing 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.
A nurse who has been practicing as an advanced practice nurse for many years has
recently entered a program to become a nurse practitioner. This nurse has chosen the
program for the potential, upon graduation, of providing primary care for clients. Which
of the following settings would be most likely to offer this opportunity to the nurse?
A) A rural health center
B) A long-term care facility
C) A university hospital
D) A community hospital - Answer A
The rural health center usually includes very few healthcare providers, and the NP is
often responsible for providing primary care. A nurse practitioner may work in a
long-term care facility or hospital, and in those agencies, the NP would be less likely to
function as the provider of primary care to the clients.
,Which of the following phrases BEST describes hospitals today?
A) Emphasis on chronic diseases
B) Emphasis on acute care needs
C) Primary Care Centers
D) Voluntary Agencies - Answer B
It cares for people who are too sick to stay at home, severely injured, requires surgery
or other intensive treatments, and delivers babies. It does not deal with chronic
diseases nor is it a primary health care facility. Hospitals are not voluntary agencies
either.
A man is to have hospital outpatient surgery. He tells the nurse, "I don't know what that
word,outpatient, means." What is the best response by the nurse?
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 the acute care, hospitals have numerous services for outpatients, defined
as those whose health care needs do not require them to stay in the facility. Those
clients who have outpatient surgery have the procedure, return to their hospital room
for recovery, and then go home that same day.
A nurse in a walk-in health care setting provides technical services, such as
administration of medications, prioritizes care needs, and provides client teaching
regarding all aspects of care. Which of the following terms is used to describe 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, such as
administering medications, determine the priority of care needs, and provide teaching
about all aspects of care. Nurses employed in hospitals have many roles and function as
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. APRNs, nurse practitioners, midwives, or clinical nurse specialists who
work independently or collaboratively with physicians assess and care for clients in
physician offices who require health maintenance or health promotion activities.
Long-term care provides medical and nonmedical care for people with chronic illnesses
or disabilities.
Following are some of the responsibilities of a nurse working in home care. Which of the
following is one of those responsibilities?
A) Providing all the care and services
B) Keeping the home environment clean
C) Advising clients regarding financial matters
D) Coordination with other care providers - Answer D
Home care nurses make assessments, provide physical care, administer medications,
teach, and support family members. They also work with other health care providers in
providing care and services. Home care nurses do not provide all the care and services,
maintain a clean home environment, or advise clients about finances.
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Long-term Care Facilities
Which of the following is true of long-term care facilities?
, A) They care only for adults with an aging condition.
B) They care only for homeless adults.
C) They provide care to anyone regardless of age.
D) They provide care only for clients 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 planning a series of classes about the dangers of smoking. For what
individual would the teaching of the classes most likely be a responsibility?
A) Community health nurse
B) Outside consultant
C) Teacher
D) School nurse -Answer D
The services of the school nurse include, but are not limited to, immunizations up to
date, emergency care, administration of prescribed medications, routine screenings,
health assessment, and teaching for health promotion such as 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 for her husband, who suffers from debilitative
rheumatoid arthritis. The couple expresses concern about the pain and stress related to
the disease. What type of care could the nurse recommend to alleviate the couple's
concerns?
A) Primary care
B) Respite care
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