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NURS 5220- Exam 1 Questions and Answers Latest Update
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- NURS 5220
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NURS 5220- Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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During an initial interview with your patient, you ask the patient, "Can you
describe that for me?" Which statement best describes the question?
A. It is the most risky type of question because the patient can say
anything.
B.The question is asking for specific information.
C. The patient has discretion about the extent of the answer.
D. The answer can lead the interviewer away from the purpose of the
interview. ANS✔✔ C: The open-ended question gives the patient discretion
about the extent of an answer. This is an example of a question carefully
formulated to illicit an enhanced patient response.
The answer can lead the interviewer away from the purpose of the
interview.
Because an adolescent is often reluctant to talk during an interview, it is
best to:
A. tell the patient that you must have straight answers to your questions.
B. ensure confidentiality regarding the information discussed.
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C. inform the patient that adolescents have trouble expressing their
feelings.
D. obtain the history from a parent or other family member. ANS✔✔ C:
CorrectAdolescents may be reluctant to talk and have a clear need for
confidentiality. All adolescent patients should be given the opportunity to
discuss their concerns with you privately. It is wise to let parents or other
caregivers know you will be asking them to step out of the room to provide
this important opportunity for the adolescent.
For which age group is a functional assessment most critical?
A. Children
B. Adolescents
C. Adults
D. Older adults ANS✔✔ D: CorrectQuite simply, functional assessment is an
attempt to understand a patient's ability to achieve the basic activities of
daily living. This assessment should be made for all older adults and for any
person limited by disease or disability, acute or chronic.
Which of the following will best facilitate an interview with a deaf person?
A. Speaking loudly
B. Using gestures
C. Sitting or standing at eye level
D. Sitting to the side of the patient ANS✔✔ c: CorrectPersons with impaired
hearing often read, write, sign, and/or read lips, but you must speak slowly
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and enunciate each word clearly and in full view. Sitting or standing at eye
level allows for full view.
Which of the following questions may lead to an inaccurate response?
A. "Where do you feel the pain?"
B. "How does this situation make you feel?"
C. "What happened after you noticed your injury?"
D. "That was a horrible experience, wasn't it?" ANS✔✔ D: CorrectAnswer d is
an example of a leading question. The leading question is the most risky
because it may limit the information provided to what the patient thinks you
want to know. Questions a, b, and c are examples of direct and open-ended
questions.
Ms. Carol Turner, a 38-year-old woman, brings her 1-year-old son in for
health care. Which of the following requests made would be most
appropriate at the beginning of an interview?
A. "Mom, please place your son in your lap."
B. "Carol, please place your son in your lap."
C. "Ms. Turner, please place your son in your lap."
D. "Sweetie, please place your son in your lap." ANS✔✔ C: CorrectAnswer c
best displays courtesy and respect for the parent. Initially, the examiner
should address the patient or caregiver properly (e.g., as Mr., Miss, Mrs.,
Ms., or the manner of address preferred by the patient) and repeat the
patient's name at appropriate times. Do not use a surrogate term for a
person's name; for example, when the patient is a child, do not address the
parent as "Mother" or "Father."
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During an interview, a patient describes abdominal pain that often awakens
him at night. Which of the following responses by the interviewer would
facilitate the interviewing process?
A. "Constipation can cause abdominal pain."
B. "Do you need a sleeping medication?"
C. "Pain is always worse at night, isn't it?"
D. "Tell me what you mean by 'often.'" ANS✔✔ D: CorrectAnswer d is an
example of clarifying or seeking additional information by using the open-
ended question. Answers a, b, and c are examples of yes or no or leading
questions.
When you repeat a patient's answer, you are:
A. testing the patient's knowledge.
B. teaching the patient new medical terms.
C. discouraging an emotional outburst.
D. encouraging more detail. ANS✔✔ D: CorrectWhen you repeat a patient's
answer, you are engaging in reflecting. Reflecting encourages patients to
provide more detail.
While interviewing an angry patient, you start to become annoyed and are
beginning to dislike the patient. The best way to resolve this is to:
A. spend the least amount of time possible with the patient.
B. displace your annoyance toward the patient on an inanimate object.
C. ignore the feelings and remain neutral in your interactions.
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