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Client Comfort and End of Life Care ATI Quizlet Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is the drug of choice to treat chronic pain in the home?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Chronic pain at home needs accessible relief. 'Oral morphine' is the choicee.g., 15 mg q4h manages cancer pain, per Taylor's home care, balancing efficacy and ease. 'Intravenous morphine' is hospital-basede.g., not home-feasible. 'NSAIDs' suit mild paine.g., ibuprofen caps at arthritis, not severe chronicity. 'Antidepressants' aid neuropathic paine.g., duloxetine, adjunctive only. Morphine's potencye.g., WHO ladder step 3fits unremitting pain (e.g., 8/10), with oral forms (tablets, liquid) practical. Nurses teach safe usee.g., lockbox storagemaking Choice A correct.
Question 2 of 5
In which of the following age groups do interpersonal losses play a role in disturbances in self-concept?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Interpersonal losses disrupt self-concept by role loss, most in 'older adult' e.g., a 70-year-old widow redefines 'spouse,' per Taylor's aging lens, impacting global self. 'Child' feels losse.g., pet diesbut self-concept is fluid, less tied to roles. 'Teenager' focuses on peerse.g., breakup hurts, but identity's forming, not fixed. 'Adult' balances lossese.g., job shiftwith resilience, less cumulative than aging. Older adults face serial lossese.g., spouse, friendsaltering identity (70% report esteem drops post-loss). Nurses note thise.g., 'I'm nobody now'targeting support. Choice D fits this life-stage vulnerability correctly.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following strategies can be used to help patients overcome powerlessness?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Powerlessness needs empowerment. 'Encourage patients to identify their strengths' helpse.g., 'I'm good at planning' boosts control, per Taylor's self-concept care, countering helplessness. Choice A, 'weaknesses,' deepens despaire.g., 'I fail,' not healing. Choice C, 'provide advice,' guidese.g., 'Try this,' but doesn't own power. Choice D, 'set goals for them,' disempowerse.g., 'I'll decide,' not patient-led. A nurse saying, 'What are you strong at?'e.g., 'I cook well'shifts a bedridden patient to agency, a key intervention. Choice B is the correct, empowering strategy.
Question 4 of 5
A patient responds to bad news regarding test results by crying uncontrollably. What is the term for this response to a stressor?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Crying to bad news is behavioral. 'Coping mechanism' fitse.g., tears release tension, per Taylor's stress management, a conscious response. 'Adaptation' is broadere.g., physiological shift like sweating, not just crying. 'Homeostasis' is balancee.g., BP stabilizing, not emotion. 'Defense mechanism' is unconsciouse.g., denial, not overt tears. A patient sobbinge.g., 'Cancer's too much'copes via expression, a nurse's cue for support. Coping variese.g., 60% cry, 20% withdrawmaking Choice C the correct, specific term.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following group of terms best describes anxiety?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Anxiety's essence is unease. 'Unknown cause, emotional, apprehensive' best describese.g., vague dread, per Taylor's psychology, not tied to clear threat. Choice A, 'known threat, depression,' mixese.g., depression lags, not anxious core. Choice B, 'visible threat, anger,' fits feare.g., a bear, not anxiety's blur. Choice C, 'known, prolonged, physical,' is stresse.g., pain, not psyche. A patiente.g., 'Something's wrong'feels jittery (e.g., HR up 10 bpm), emotional, not sourced, a nursing focus for calm. Choice D is the correct trio.