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Dewitt Fundamentals Quizlet LPN Pass Medications Questions
Question 1 of 5
The PCS gave new guidelines including leaflets to educate cancer patients. As a nurse, When using materials like this, what is your responsibility?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Reading it yourself then having the client read (D) is the nurse's responsibility; it ensures understanding and tailoring, per teaching principles. Reading for them (A) assumes inability, giving alone (B) skips guidance, family reading (C) delegates. D balances autonomy and support, making it correct.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following is not a characteristic of pain?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Pain involves transduction (conversion to nerve signals), transmission (signals to brain), and perception (awareness), per pain physiology. Radiation (D) is a pattern of pain spread, not a core characteristic of its process. Transduction starts at nociceptors, transmission relays via nerves, perception occurs in the brain essential stages. Radiation describes location, not mechanism, making D the correct answer as the non-characteristic in pain's fundamental nature.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following situation clearly describes imminent death?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Imminent death shows increased respiratory rate (A), hypotension (B), and mottling (C) all (D), per end-of-life signs. Rapid breathing (e.g., Cheyne-Stokes), low BP from failing circulation, and mottled skin from poor perfusion are classic. All align with physiological decline, making D the correct comprehensive description.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following statement is NOT true about the nurse's role in grieving?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Nurse being strong and not grieving (B) isn't true empathy, even shared grief, aids support, per palliative care. Encouraging viewing (A), expression (C), and presence (D) are roles. B's stoicism hinders connection, making it the untrue statement.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following statement best describe justice?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Justice is fairness and equality (B), per ethics equitable care (e.g., resource allocation). Doing good (A) is beneficence, decision respect (C) autonomy, promises (D) fidelity. B best defines justice's impartiality, making it correct.