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NursingSurgical NursingMedical Surgical NursingPractice Set 37
NursingSurgical NursingMedical Surgical NursingPractice Set 37Stress And Stress Management
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- Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice in CanadaCultural Competence and Health Equity in Nursing CareHealth History and Physical ExaminationPatient and Caregiver TeachingChronic IllnessCommunity-Based Nursing and Home CareOlder AdultsStress and Stress ManagementSleep and Sleep DisordersPainSubstance UseComplementary and Alternative TherapiesPalliative Care at the End of LifeInflammation and Wound HealingGeneticsAltered Immune Response and TransplantationInfection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus InfectionCancerFluidNursing Management Preoperative CareNursing Management Intraoperative CareNursing Management Postoperative CareNursing Assessment Visual and Auditory SystemsNursing Management Visual and Auditory ProblemsNursing Assessment Integumentary SystemNursing Management Integumentary ProblemsNursing Management BurnsNursing Assessment Respiratory SystemNursing Management Upper Respiratory ProblemsNursing Management Lower Respiratory ProblemsNursing Management Obstructive Pulmonary DiseasesNursing Assessment Hematological SystemNursing Management Hematological ProblemsNursing Assessment Cardiovascular SystemNursing Management HypertensionNursing Management Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary SyndromeNursing Management Heart FailureNursing Management DysrhythmiasNursing Management Inflammatory and Structural Heart DisordersNursing Management Vascular DisordersNursing Assessment Gastro-intestinal SystemNursing Management Nutritional ProblemsNursing Management ObesityNursing Management Upper Gastro-intestinal ProblemsNursing Management Lower Gastro-intestinal ProblemsNursing Management LiverNursing Assessment Urinary SystemNursing Management Renal and Urologic ProblemsNursing Management Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney DiseaseNursing Assessment Endocrine SystemNursing Management Endocrine ProblemsNursing Management Diabetes MellitusNursing Assessment Reproductive SystemNursing Management Breast DisordersNursing Management Sexually Transmitted InfectionsNursing Management Female Reproductive ProblemsNursing Management Male Reproductive ProblemsNursing Assessment Nervous SystemNursing Management Acute Intracranial ProblemsNursing Management StrokeNursing Management Chronic Neurological ProblemsNursing Management DeliriumNursing Management Peripheral Nerve and Spinal Cord ProblemsNursing Assessment Musculo-skeletal SystemNursing Management Musculo-skeletal Trauma and Orthopedic SurgeryNursing Management Musculo-skeletal ProblemsNursing Management Arthritis and Connective Tissue DiseasesNursing Management Critical Care EnvironmentNursing Management ShockNursing Management Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeNursing Management Emergency Care SituationsEmergency Management and Disaster Planning
Question 1
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Multiple Choice
Ayoung adult arrives in the emergency department (ED) with multiple abrasions after a motor vehicle accident and has an initial blood pressure (BP) of 180/98. Which of the following interventions should the nurse implement?
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Discuss the need for hospital admission to control blood pressure.
Change the dressing on the abrasions and discuss the risks associated with hypertension.
Recheck the blood pressure before the client's discharge from the ED.
Start an intravenous (IV) line to administer antihypertensive medications.
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Question 2
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Multiple Choice
Ahospitalized client who is usually well organized and calm is receiving diabetic teaching after being newly diagnosed with diabetes. The client is forgetful, irritable, and has poor concentration. Which action should the nurse take?
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Ask the health care provider for a psychiatric referral.
Administer the PRN sedative medication every 4 hours.
Suggest the use of a home caregiver to the client's family.
Plan to reinforce and repeat teaching about diabetes management.
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Question 3
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Multiple Choice
The nurse is caring for a client who has been hospitalized following a heart attack and tells the nurse, "I didn't sleep last night because I worried about missing work and losing my insurance coverage." Which nursing diagnosis is appropriate to includeintheplan of care?
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Anxiety
Defensive coping
Ineffective denial
Risk prone-health behaviour
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Question 4
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Multiple Choice
The nurse is assisting with a breast biopsy for an alert client who has a lump in the right breast. Which relaxation technique will be best to use at this time?
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Massage
Meditation
Guided imagery
Relaxation breathing
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Question 5
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Multiple Choice
The nurse is preparing a health-promotion session on meditation for older adults at a community centre. Which of the following points should the nurse include in the session?
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Have clients bring earphones to the session.
Breathing pattern to slowly increase speed.
Allow a 10-20 minute time frame for meditation.
Practise two to three times per week.
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Question 6
Multiple Choice
When choosing music to help relax a client who is having a painful dressing change, which action is best for the nurse to take?
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Use music composed by Mozart.
Ask the client about music preferences.
Select music that has 60-80 beats/minute.
Encourage the client to use music without words.
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Question 7
Multiple Choice
The nurse is teaching a hospitalized client to use imagery as a relaxation technique. Which statement by the nurse is appropriate?
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"Place your stress in the image of a form you can destroy."
"Think of a place where you feel peaceful and comfortable."
"Bring what you hear and sense in your present environment into your image of the scene."
"If your scene is stressful to you, continue visualizing until you can overcome the distress."
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Question 8
Multiple Choice
An overweight client who enjoys active outdoor activities develops arthritis in the knees. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate to assist the client in coping with the diagnosis?
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Ask the client to discuss feelings about the diagnosis.
Have the client practise frequent relaxation breathing.
Educate the client on the use of imagery to decrease pain and decrease stress.
Encourage the client to think about how weight loss might improve symptoms.
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Question 9
Multiple Choice
The nurse is caring for a hospitalized client with diabetes who states to the nurse, "I don't understand why I can keep my blood sugar under control at home with diet alone, but when I get sick, my blood sugar goes up." Which response by the nurse is appropriate?
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"It is probably just coincidental that your blood sugars are high when you are ill."
"Stressors such as illness cause the release of hormones that increase blood sugar."
"Increased blood sugar occurs because the kidneys are not able to metabolize glucose as well during stressful times."
"Your diet is different here in the hospital than at home and that is the most likely cause of the increased glucose level."
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Question 10
Multiple Choice
Which action should the nurse take to monitor the effects of an acute stressor on a hospitalized client? (Select all that apply.)
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Assess for bradycardia.
Ask about gastrointestinal pain.
Observe for decreased appetite.
Check for elevated blood glucose levels.
Monitor for a decrease in respiratory rate.
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