Fundamentals Exam 5 practice Questions And Complete Answers(Revised).
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Course
Nursing Fundamentals
Institution
Nursing Fundamentals
1) After the death of several long-term clients, which action indicates the nurse is demonstrating ineffective coping?
A. The nurse talks at length to her partner about deaths
B. The nurse keeps busy with other actions and doesn't think about the deaths for several days
C. The nurse offers to...
Fundamentals Exam 5 practice
Questions And Complete
Answers(Revised).
1) After the death of several long-term clients, which action indicates the nurse is demonstrating
ineffective coping?
A. The nurse talks at length to her partner about deaths
B. The nurse keeps busy with other actions and doesn't think about the deaths for several days
C. The nurse offers to work extra shifts for several weeks
D. Several nurses schedule a group session with the agency clergy to discuss deaths - Answer C. The
nurse offers to work extra shifts for several weeks
2) The nurse helps a 50 y/o client with diabetes who is to begin giving insulin injections identify
previously successful coping strategies that may be useful in the current situation. Which stressor is
closely related to the new stressor?
A. Interviewing for a new job
B. Death of a pet while the person was a teenager
C. The person's partner filing for a divorce
D. Starting to wear eyeglasses at age 30 - Answer D. Starting to wear eyeglasses at age 30
3) Two people have been in a motor vehicle crash and have similar injuries. According to the transaction-
based model, their degree of stress from the crash would be
A. Based on previous experience and personal characteristics
B. Extremely similar since they had the same stimulus
C. The identical physiological alarm reaction
D. Different depending on their external resources and support levels - Answer A. Based on previous
experience and personal characteristics
4) A client informed of a cancer diagnosis assures the nurse he is fine. Which of the following is the most
indicative physical evidence to the nurse of the client's stress?
, A. Constricted pupils
B. Dilated peripheral blood vessels (flush)
C. Hyperventilation
D. Decreased heart rate - Answer C. Hyperventilation
5) Immediately after the parents of a hospitalized child are informed that the child has leukemia, the
father responds by continuing his usual work schedule, rarely visiting, and asking when the child can
return to school. Of the following, which is the least likely to be an appropriate nursing diagnosis at this
time?
A. Ineffective denial
B. Caregiver role strain
C. Fear
D. Compromised family coping - Answer B. Caregiver role strain
6) Then nurse has recently changed jobs to work with young adults and recognizes that sources of stress
common to that population include which of the following? (Select all that apply)
A. Marriage
B. Aging parents
C. Starting a new job
D. Leaving the parental home
E. Decreased physical abilities
F. Changing body structure - Answer A. Marriage, C. Starting a new job, D. Leaving the parental home
7) A middle-aged male client is experiencing job-related stress associated with the fear of being laid off,
resulting in his accepting projects that require a great deal of travel. Which of the following would be the
most important health promotion strategy for this client?
A. Exercise
B. Sleep
C. Nutrition
D. Time management - Answer B. Sleep
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