ATI LPN Fundamentals Test ch 789 caole

Extract:

Patient concerned about living alone

Question 1 of 5

The nurse is caring for a patient who is concerned about living alone. The best response by the nurse is:

A. I think you should live with your family.'B. Why don't you live with your family?'C. If you were my mom, I'd have you live with me.'D. Where have you considered living?'

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Open-ended living options (
D) engage discussion. Suggestions (
A), probing (
B), or personalizing (
C) limit patient autonomy.

Extract:

Patient learning insulin dose

Question 2 of 5

The nurse uses a syringe and vial of insulin to show how to draw up the correct dose while she explains the procedure to the patient. To best promote learning, her next step should be to:

A. have the patient explain the procedure to the nurse to assess understandingB. give the patient a day to allow him to process and absorb the information.C. have the patient practice the procedure with the nurse helping.D. give the patient written materials to study and learn the procedure.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Practicing with guidance (
C) reinforces skills. Explaining (
A) tests knowledge, delay (
B) risks forgetting, and written materials (
D) are supplementary.

Extract:

Patient concerned about living alone

Question 3 of 5

The nurse is caring for a patient who is concerned about living alone. The best response by the nurse is:

A. I think you should live with your family.'B. Why don't you live with your family?'C. If you were my mom, I'd have you live with me.'D. Where have you considered living?'

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Open-ended living options (
D) engage discussion. Suggestions (
A), probing (
B), or personalizing (
C) limit patient autonomy.

Extract:

Older adult patient

Question 4 of 5

When interacting with an older adult patient, the nurse would enhance communication by:

A. speaking in simple sentences, as if to a child.B. speaking slowly in order to allow the patient to process the message.C. addressing him by his first name to encourage a therapeutic relationship.D. standing in the doorway rather than entering the room to give the older adult patient more privacy.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Slow speech (
B) aids processing. Childlike talk (
A) patronizes, first names (
C) may disrespect, and doorways (
D) distance communication.

Extract:

Question 5 of 5

The nurse explains that the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship differs from the social relationship because:

A. the nurse-patient relationship ends when the patient is discharged.B. a social relationship does not have goals or needs to be met.C. the focus is mainly on the nurse in the nurse-patient relationship.D. a social relationship does not require trust or sharing of life experiences.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Therapeutic relationships end at discharge (
A). Social goals exist (
B), focus is patient (
C), and trust is needed socially (
D).

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