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1. Your client has just come to the nursing home for a short stay following surgery to repair a hip fracture. She says " I feel like such a burden. Nothing in my body works right any more. I am afraid I might have to stay here forever".  To encourage her to tell you more about her specific concerns you say:

a. "I doubt that your family thinks of you as a burden.  Have they said anything to you?"

b. "You're afraid you'll have to stay here forever" (silence)

c.   The doctor says you'll only be here for a week. Why do you think you'll be here longer?"

d. " What do you think you are unable to do?"

2. During the orientation phase of a relationship the nurse and the patient attempt to accomplish the task of:

a. meeting mutually determined goals

b. evaluating goal achievement

c. establishing trust

d. confronting problem behaviors

3. Joan is a 20 year old woman who is 56 and weighs 90 pounds. Her medical diagnosis is ulcerative colitis, a condition that interferes with the absorption of nutrients. A correctly stated nursing diagnosis for Joan is:

a. Nutrition, altered, less than body requirements R/T malabsorption AEB weight 90 pounds, height 56

b. Nutrition, altered, related to ulcerative colitis, AEB body weight less than expected for age and height.

c. Nutrition altered, risk for less than body requirements R/T ulcerative colitis.

d. Fluid and electrolyte imbalance R/T poor absorption of nutrients AEB weighs 90 pounds.

4. The following is an example of a correctly stated learning objective in the psychomotor domain.
The learner will:

a. state the 5 rights of medication administration by the end of the class session.

b. value the patient's right to be informed about the medication and treatments he receives.

c. correctly administer an IM injection to an adult by the end of the semester.

d. describe the correct procedure for administering an oral medication by the end of the semester.

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