NCLEX-RN
NCLEX Patient Needs Psychosocial Integrity Therapeutic Communications Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
A new mother is trying to decide whether to have her baby boy circumcised. The nurse should make which statement to assist the mother with making the decision?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Informed decision making is the strategic point when answering this question. The nurse should provide educational materials and answer questions pertaining to the education of the mother. Providing written information to the mother will give her the information she needs to make an educated and informed decision. The nurse's personal thoughts and feelings should not be part of the educational process. The remaining options are not well focused on answering the mother's concerns.
Question 2 of 5
A new mother is trying to decide whether to have her baby boy circumcised. The nurse should make which statement to assist the mother with making the decision?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Informed decision making is the strategic point when answering this question. The nurse should provide educational materials and answer questions pertaining to the education of the mother. Providing written information to the mother will give her the information she needs to make an educated and informed decision. The nurse's personal thoughts and feelings should not be part of the educational process. The remaining options are not well focused on answering the mother's concerns.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse counsels the spouse of a client diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder about how to cope with the client's anxiety. Which statement, made by the spouse, indicates that teaching is successful?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Recognizing anxiety as an unconscious conflict of needs demonstrates understanding of its psychological basis, indicating successful teaching. Other statements are incorrect or promote unhelpful actions like confrontation.
Question 4 of 5
Which comment made by the parents of a male infant who will have a surgical repair of a hernia indicates a need for further teaching by the nurse?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The anatomical location of a hernia frequently causes more psychological concern to the parents than does the actual condition or treatment. The remaining options all indicate accurate understanding associated with the surgery. The correct option is an incorrect comment requiring follow-up.
Question 5 of 5
A client diagnosed with empyema is to undergo decortication to remove inflamed tissue, pus, and debris. On the basis of which understanding about this procedure should the nurse offer emotional support to the client?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The client undergoing decortication to treat empyema needs ongoing support from the nurse. This is especially true because the client will have chest tubes in place after surgery, and these must remain until the former pus-filled space is completely obliterated. This may take some time, and it may be discouraging to the client. Progress is monitored by chest x-ray. This information supports that the remaining options are not accurate.