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NursingNursing PracticeConcepts for Nursing PracticePractice Set 8
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Question 1
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Multiple Choice
A patient tells the nurse that he experiences daytime fatigue even after 7-8 hours of sleep each night. What is the best assessment question for the nurse to ask?
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Have you tried getting 10 hours of sleep instead of 8 hours?
How long are you in the rapid eye movement (REM) stage?
Do you also have any recent lifestyle or behavior changes?
Do any of your close relatives have any sleep disorders?
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Question 2
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Multiple Choice
The nurse is making rounds on the hospital unit and observes a patient sleeping. The patient's pulse and respiratory rates are slower than baseline. The nurse realizes the patient has most likely just entered which stage of non-rapid eye movement sleep?
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Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
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Question 3
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Multiple Choice
The nurse enters a patient's room and the patient startles easily and appears to jerk his arms and legs before awakening. Which stage of non-rapid eye movement sleep did the patient most likely awaken from?
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Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
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Question 4
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Multiple Choice
The nurse must awaken a patient from Stage 4 non-rapid eye movement sleep in order to prepare the patient for a procedure. The patient is disoriented. What is the nurse's best action?
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Notify the healthcare provider
Re-assess the patient's orientation
Administer an anti-anxiety medication
Cancel the patient's procedure
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Question 5
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Multiple Choice
A patient complains of not being able to fall asleep at night and asks the nurse if there is a safe, non-prescription medication he can try. After consulting the healthcare provider, the nurse should recommend which naturally occurring hormone?
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Melatonin
Cortisol
Leutinizing hormone
Estrogen
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Question 6
Multiple Choice
A mother tells the nurse she is concerned because her 8 month old infant sleeps all day and night and is only awake about 2-3 hours per day. What is the nurse's best response?
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"This sleep pattern is very normal for an infant at this age."
"Adding an additional feeding will keep the child awake more."
"I recommend that you notify the child's pediatrician."
"Be sure you are laying the child on his back to sleep at night."
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Question 7
Multiple Choice
The nurse is caring for a child with tonsillar enlargement. What is the nurse's priority concern?
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Low oxygen saturation
Daytime fatigue
Increased temperature
Antibiotic administration
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