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Introduction to Professional Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
The theorist who proposed that 'Nursing is therapeutic interpersonal process' is
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Hildegard Peplau defined nursing as a therapeutic interpersonal process, emphasizing the nurse-client relationship.
Question 2 of 5
The registered nurse on a busy telemetry floor is delegating tasks to an unlicensed assistive person (UAP). Which task is appropriate for the UAP to complete?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Bathing a combative client can be safely delegated to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) as it does not require specialized nursing knowledge or judgment, unlike catheter insertion, taking orders, or wound assessment.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following approaches should be used when working with a family using an open structure for coping with crisis?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: An open structure is loose, and convening a family meeting would give all family members input and an opportunity to express their feelings. Prescribing tasks and delegating care are too rigid for acceptance by a family with an open structure. Speaking to the primary client privately excludes the family.
Question 4 of 5
To evaluate STEREOGNOSIS, the nurse should ask the client to close his eyes and identify
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Identifying a familiar object placed in the hand assesses for stereognosis. Graphesthesia is identifying a number drawn in the palm of the hand. Hearing whispered words tests CN VIII. Identifying a tuning fork tests the vibratory sense.
Question 5 of 5
A patient told you that the results of her Snellen eye test were that the acuity for both of her eyes was 20/30. What does this mean
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The first number indicates the number of feet from the Snellen eye chart that the client is standing, and the second number is the distance at which a normal-sighted person can read the line of the Snellen eye chart.