Question 1
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Healthy People 2020 objectives provide a framework for:
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assessment
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diagnosis
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prevention
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treatment
Question 2
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Which of the following best describes a primary prevention method for colon cancer?
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Hemoccult testing
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High Fiber Diet
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Colonoscopy
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Laparoscopy
Question 3
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Who authored the framework which provides the foundation for nursing assessment and diagnosis using the functional health patterns?
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Erikson
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Gordon
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Newman
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Nightingale
Question 4
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Over the last week, a person has had finger stick glucose levels of 127, 132, 140, 138, 143, 145, and 140. This information allows the nurse to characterize the persons function pattern by utilizing which area of focus?
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Age-developmental
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Functional
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Individual-environmental
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Pattern
Question 5
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A nurse is using a functional focus to assess a person. Which of the following the nurse be evaluating?
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Visual Acuity
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Pupil Reactivity
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Ability to drive
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The red reflex
Question 6
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A nurse working with a Hispanic family is explaining the plan for managing a childs asthma to the childs mother, father, and grandmother. To whom should the nurse direct the education?
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Mother
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Father
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Grandmother
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Parents and grandmother
Question 7
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A 27-year-old woman has not received a Pap test in years. This assessment finding identifies an alteration in which functional pattern?
Question 8
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A client is experiencing an alteration in the health-perception health-management pattern and an alteration in the values-beliefs pattern. Which of the following best describes the behavior of this person?
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Never sees a physician
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Only sees a physician if not feeling well
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Sees a physician for screenings only
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Sees a physician for follow-up care of a chronic disease
Question 9
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When assessing a persons nutritional-metabolic pattern, which objective finding would have implications for nursing intervention?
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The persons 24-hour diet diary
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The persons dentition
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The persons food preferences
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The persons financial status
Question 10
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When assessing a clients activity-exercise pattern, which subjective finding has implications for nursing practice?
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A persons decreased muscle tone
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A persons amount of leisure time
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A persons decreased range of motion
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A persons use of a cane
Question 11
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During a health history, a person reports getting 5 hours of sleep a night. What does this information indicate to the nurse?
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The person is not receiving enough sleep.
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The person is receiving adequate sleep.
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The nurse must determine where the person sleeps.
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The nurse must ask additional questions.
Question 12
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A nurse assesses the cognitive-perceptual pattern of a Type 1 diabetic client. Which finding has implications for the individuals nursing plan of care?
Question 13
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Which scenario indicates a potentially dysfunctional pattern?
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Adult with frequent urination
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Woman who lost her job
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Elderly person with blurred vision
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Overweight adult with a sweet tooth
Question 14
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Which scenario represents a dysfunctional pattern?
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Sexually active teenager who does not use condoms
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Salesman who sleeps only 5 hours a night
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Single mother of three children
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Woman with a small extended family
Question 15
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A nurse is counseling a person with a dysfunctional sleep pattern. Which of the following recommendations would the nurse most likely give the person?
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Read in bed until he falls asleep
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Avoid fluids after 7 PM
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Exercise immediately before bedtime
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Watch television in the recliner in the evening
Question 16
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A nurse is caring for a person with a potential dysfunction in the health-perception healthmanagement pattern. Which of the following nursing interventions would most likely be performed?
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Arranging for home delivery of medication from the pharmacy
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Providing education regarding the dangers of smoking
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Instituting visiting nurse services for blood pressure checks
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Providing direct observed therapy for tuberculosis medications
Question 17
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The nurse has determined that a person has a dysfunction in the nutritional-metabolic pattern. Which action would be the next step for the nurse to take?
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Weigh the person.
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Set a goal weight with the person
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Ask the person what her favorite foods are
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Develop a plan for weight loss
Question 18
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A nurse weighs a person who has been diagnosed with a dysfunction in the nutritional metabolic pattern. Which aspect of the nursing process is being performed?
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Assessment
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Implementation
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Planning
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Evaluation
Question 19
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A nurse administers the T-ACE test to a pregnant woman. The womans responses result in a score of 3. This score indicates that the woman
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requires interventions for problem drinking
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lacks evidence of problem drinking.
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requires interventions for sexually transmitted disease risks
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lacks evidence of sexually transmitted disease risks
Question 20
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A Hispanic mother tells the nurse that she has been using home remedies for her childs asthma. Which home remedy might this mother be using?
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Acupuncture
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Cupping
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Hot tea
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Massage
Question 21
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Which classification system fulfills needs that are exclusive to nursing?
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The International Classification of Nursing Practice (ICNP)
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The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)
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The International Nursing Diagnoses Classification (NANDA-I)
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The Nursing Diagnostic System (NDS)
Question 22
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Eriksons task of autonomy vs. shame and doubt occurs during which stage of development?
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Infancy
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Early childhood
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Late childhood
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Early adolescence
Question 23
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A young couple is deciding if they should get married and start a family. Which of Eriksons life stages are they experiencing?
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Identity vs. role confusion
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Intimacy vs. isolation
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Generativity vs. stagnation
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Ego integrity vs. despair
Question 24
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Which cultural group defines illness as a price that is being paid for the past or the future?
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African
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Native American
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Arabian
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Asian
Question 25
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A man is telling a nurse that he feels that his health is a gift from God. This statement most closely coincides with beliefs of which cultural group?
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African
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Alaska Native
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Asian
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Hispanic
Question 26
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Which of the following is the leading cause of death among women?
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Accidents
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Cancer
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Coronary artery disease
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Stroke
Question 27
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A client who fails to take his insulin on a regular basis may have a conflict in which of the following functional health patterns? (SELECT all that apply)
Question 28
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Which individual is at risk for a dysfunction in elimination pattern? (SELECT all that apply)