Test 3 NURS 230 Questions And Answers With Complete
Solutions
A 68yearold client is concerned about paying for extended
hospitalization and expensive medications to treat his health
problem. What should the nurse respond to this client? Correct
Answer much of your care will be covered by medicare
A charge nurses responsibilities include the day-to-day
management and coordination of therapies for the clients, client
assignments, and scheduling. Which type of management is the
charge nurse performing?
1. Top level
2. Middle level
3. First level
4. Upper level Correct Answer 3
A client asks the nurse to explain the difference between an
HMO and a PPO. What should the nurse include when
responding to the client? Correct Answer Your PPO offered
you a choice in your health care provider as well as services.
Now, you will choose a primary care provider who will evaluate
your health and will coordinate all of your care.
A client being discharged from an acute care hospital requires
IV antibiotics, is not able to complete activities of daily living
without assistance, and has no family available to assist in the
recovery phase. Which type of recommendation should the
nurse make for this client? Correct Answer Be discharged to an
extended care facility
,A client comes to the clinic seeking information regarding
smoking cessation classes and ways to improve respiratory
function. This client is modeling which behavior?
1. Health promotion
2. Health protection
3. Tertiary prevention
4. Primary prevention Correct Answer 2. Health protection
A client describes self as being healthy despite having several
chronic illnesses. In which way should the nurse interpret the
client's statement about health?
1. The client is in denial
2. The client is delusional
3. The client has a different perception of health
4. The client has no idea of the extent of the illnesses Correct
Answer 1. the client is in denial
A client desires to make a health behavior change but needs to
"see what it looks like" when someone else does it. Which
should the nurse suggest to serve as a model for the client's
behavior change?
1. A movie star
2. A sports figure
3. A family healthcare provider
4. A person who the client respects Correct Answer 4. A
person who the client respects
A client experienced female circumcision as a puberty ritual
while living in Africa as a child. For which health problem
should the nurse monitor the client as an adult?
1. Early menopause
A client has been working hard in rehabilitation following a
traumatic brain injury. She has a weak support system in that her
family lives a far distance away and her coworkers are not
involved. On which behavior-specific cognitions should the
nurse focus to assist this client with success in the rehabilitation
program?
1. Situational influences
2. Perceived benefits of action
3. Perceived barriers to action
4. Interpersonal influences Correct Answer 4. Interpersonal
influences
A client has had a severe brain injury and has been in a
rehabilitation hospital for several months. Recently, the client
developed pneumonia and is currently on intravenous antibiotic
therapy. Which level of prevention should the nurse use to
address the health problem of pneumonia?
1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
4. Acute Correct Answer 2. secondary
A client has joined a fitness club and is working with the nurse
to design a program for weight reduction and increased muscle
tone. The client has tried exercise in the past with success, but
has not been participating in a program for some time. In order
, to assess the potential for success with this client, the nurse
should evaluate which of the behavior-specific cognitions?
1. Interpersonal influences
2. Perceived benefits of action
3. Situational influences
4. Perceived self-efficacy Correct Answer 2. Perceived benefits
of action
A client has not been adhering to a previously agreed-upon plan
to improve health. Which action should the nurse take? (Select
all that apply.)
1. Reinforce teaching
2. Demonstrate caring
3. Provide positive reinforcement
4. Report to the healthcare provider
5. Establish a therapeutic relationship Correct Answer 1.
Reinforce teaching
2. Demonstrate caring
3. Provide positive reinforcement
5. Establish a therapeutic relationship
A client has received a high score on the Life-Change Index. For
which part of the client's assessment should the nurse use this
information?
1. Life stress review
2. Social support systems review
3. Lifestyle assessment
4. Health beliefs review Correct Answer 1. Life stress review
A client in the hospital is concerned about the cost of receiving
hospitalized care. What should the nurse realize is causing the
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