Exam 1 Nur 216 Study Guide Questions
With Solved Solutions.
An older adult patient who has a speech impairment exhibits facial expressions and gesture to suggest
being in moderate pain, but the patient is unable to fully express feelings.
Which approach should the nurse take to assess the patient's condition accurately?
A. Use an interpreter
B.Speak Slowly
C.Use a whiteboard or picture board
D. Use sign language - Answer Use a whiteboard or picture board
A patient is being admitted for dehydration. The patient can understand English but has difficulty
speaking the language.
Which strategy should the nurse implement in this situation? - Answer Know how individuals in the
patient's culture greet one another.
The nurse prepares to assess an older adult patient who has a hearing deficit.
-Which action by the nurse indicates the need for training in effective communication?
A. Turning down the volume on the tv set
B.facing the patient when speaking
C Asking the family to wait in the hall
D. Closing the door to the room - Answer C. Asking the family to wait in the hall.
The manager schedules an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to attend a basic communication
program after observing the UAP provide patient care.
Which action by the UAP most likely resulted in this type of referral?
A. Talking with a newly admitted patient about his grandchildren
B. Referring to a 70-year-old patient's abdominal wound as "your incision'
C.Asking a 65-year-old patient, "Are we ready to get out of bed?"
,D. Referring to a 75-year-old male patient as "Mr. Dan" - Answer Asking a 65 year old patient, "Are we
ready to get out of bed?"
The nurse is conducting a home visit for a patient who indicates feeling depressed due to not progressing
as fast as expected after surgery. The nurse states, "Everyone heals differently. what do you think is
hindering your progression?"
Which factor supports the nurse-pateint relationship by being direct and showing concern to the
patient's issue?
A. Simplicity and relevance
B. Credibility and adaptability
C. Clarity and brevity
D. Timing and relevance - Answer Clarity and brevity
A patient states, "I've been having stomach pain, nausea, headache, and diarrhea for the past 3 days,"
The nurse intently nods while writing the patient's symptoms.
Which part of the communication process is the nurse demonstrating?
A. Response
B. Receiver
c. Sender
D. Message - Answer Response
While transferring a patient back into bed after a procedure, the patient states that it wasn't very nice
for the nurse to say that the "cow was coming down the hall."
Which is the most appropriate response by the nurse in this situation?
A. "I was just joking with that person!"
B. "The term 'cow' stands for a computer on wheels"
c. "you must have misunderstood what I said."
D."I didn't mean to call someone a cow!" - Answer The term 'cow' stands for a computer on wheels"
A patient asks, "Why is my blood sugar so high?" The nurse replies, "Well, it's your fault. I see that you
have been eating those cinnamon buns your daughter brought you."
, Which type of communicator is the nurse presenting as?
A.Aggressive communicator
B. Active communicator
C. Aggressive communication
D. Passive communicator - Answer Aggressive
The nurse manager assigns a staff nurse to attend a program on communication skills after hearing a
conversation that the staff nurse had with a patient.
-Which statement prompted the nurse manager to send the staff nurse to a program on communication
skills?
A. Stating "I would like some help" when planing care with other team members
B Using a neutral voice when discussing a patient's abnormal laboratory values
C. Identifying an area where both the nurse and patient agree
D. Apologizing to the neurosurgen for "bothering him" with a question - Answer Apologizing to the
neurosurgen for "bothering him" with a question
A hearing-impaired patient presents with an eye infection. The nurse is tasked to instruct the patient for
home treatments.
-Which is the most effective method of communication that the nurse should use to communicate with
this patient?
A. Be clear
B. Use gesture
C. Use simple language and terminology with illustrations
D. Provide written instruction with illustration - Answer Provide written instruction with illustrations
A 10-year-old patient is waiting for the nurse to complete a health history.
After entering the room, which place would be most appropriate for the nurse to sit in to conduct the
history with the patient?
A. From 1 1/2-4 from the patient
B. One foot away from the patient
C. Against the wall near the door
With Solved Solutions.
An older adult patient who has a speech impairment exhibits facial expressions and gesture to suggest
being in moderate pain, but the patient is unable to fully express feelings.
Which approach should the nurse take to assess the patient's condition accurately?
A. Use an interpreter
B.Speak Slowly
C.Use a whiteboard or picture board
D. Use sign language - Answer Use a whiteboard or picture board
A patient is being admitted for dehydration. The patient can understand English but has difficulty
speaking the language.
Which strategy should the nurse implement in this situation? - Answer Know how individuals in the
patient's culture greet one another.
The nurse prepares to assess an older adult patient who has a hearing deficit.
-Which action by the nurse indicates the need for training in effective communication?
A. Turning down the volume on the tv set
B.facing the patient when speaking
C Asking the family to wait in the hall
D. Closing the door to the room - Answer C. Asking the family to wait in the hall.
The manager schedules an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to attend a basic communication
program after observing the UAP provide patient care.
Which action by the UAP most likely resulted in this type of referral?
A. Talking with a newly admitted patient about his grandchildren
B. Referring to a 70-year-old patient's abdominal wound as "your incision'
C.Asking a 65-year-old patient, "Are we ready to get out of bed?"
,D. Referring to a 75-year-old male patient as "Mr. Dan" - Answer Asking a 65 year old patient, "Are we
ready to get out of bed?"
The nurse is conducting a home visit for a patient who indicates feeling depressed due to not progressing
as fast as expected after surgery. The nurse states, "Everyone heals differently. what do you think is
hindering your progression?"
Which factor supports the nurse-pateint relationship by being direct and showing concern to the
patient's issue?
A. Simplicity and relevance
B. Credibility and adaptability
C. Clarity and brevity
D. Timing and relevance - Answer Clarity and brevity
A patient states, "I've been having stomach pain, nausea, headache, and diarrhea for the past 3 days,"
The nurse intently nods while writing the patient's symptoms.
Which part of the communication process is the nurse demonstrating?
A. Response
B. Receiver
c. Sender
D. Message - Answer Response
While transferring a patient back into bed after a procedure, the patient states that it wasn't very nice
for the nurse to say that the "cow was coming down the hall."
Which is the most appropriate response by the nurse in this situation?
A. "I was just joking with that person!"
B. "The term 'cow' stands for a computer on wheels"
c. "you must have misunderstood what I said."
D."I didn't mean to call someone a cow!" - Answer The term 'cow' stands for a computer on wheels"
A patient asks, "Why is my blood sugar so high?" The nurse replies, "Well, it's your fault. I see that you
have been eating those cinnamon buns your daughter brought you."
, Which type of communicator is the nurse presenting as?
A.Aggressive communicator
B. Active communicator
C. Aggressive communication
D. Passive communicator - Answer Aggressive
The nurse manager assigns a staff nurse to attend a program on communication skills after hearing a
conversation that the staff nurse had with a patient.
-Which statement prompted the nurse manager to send the staff nurse to a program on communication
skills?
A. Stating "I would like some help" when planing care with other team members
B Using a neutral voice when discussing a patient's abnormal laboratory values
C. Identifying an area where both the nurse and patient agree
D. Apologizing to the neurosurgen for "bothering him" with a question - Answer Apologizing to the
neurosurgen for "bothering him" with a question
A hearing-impaired patient presents with an eye infection. The nurse is tasked to instruct the patient for
home treatments.
-Which is the most effective method of communication that the nurse should use to communicate with
this patient?
A. Be clear
B. Use gesture
C. Use simple language and terminology with illustrations
D. Provide written instruction with illustration - Answer Provide written instruction with illustrations
A 10-year-old patient is waiting for the nurse to complete a health history.
After entering the room, which place would be most appropriate for the nurse to sit in to conduct the
history with the patient?
A. From 1 1/2-4 from the patient
B. One foot away from the patient
C. Against the wall near the door
