NCLEX-PN
Physiological Adaptation NCLEX PN Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is assessing an elder who the nurse suspects is being physically abused. The most important question for nurse to ask is:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The most common abuser is a caregiver living with the client. Research reveals that the spouse is currently the most common abuser, followed by an adult child.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is assessing an elder who the nurse suspects is being physically abused. The most important question for nurse to ask is:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The most common abuser is a caregiver living with the client. Research reveals that the spouse is currently the most common abuser, followed by an adult child.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse is working with families who have been displaced by a fire in an apartment complex. What is the priority intervention during the initial assessment?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: After physical needs of housing, clothing and food are met, the nurse should focus on assisting clients to manage the psychological effects of loss.
Question 4 of 5
The kind of man who beats a woman is:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Batterers cannot be predicted by demographic features related to age, ethnicity, race, religious denomination, education, socioeconomic status, or class. Ninety-five percent of domestic abuse cases involve male perpetrators and female victims.
Question 5 of 5
Two staff nurses were considered for promotion to head nurse. The promotion is announced via a memo on the unit bulletin board. The nurse who was not promoted tells a friend, 'Oh, well, I really didn't want the job anyway.' This is an example of:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: This is called the sour grapes form of rationalization. Rationalization is an unconscious form of self-deception in which excuses are made.