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ATI LPN · Fundamentals of Nursing · Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice

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Question 1 of 5

A nurse assigned to a client with a terminal illness appears increasingly reluctant to spend time with the client, rushing through routine assessments and speaking to the client in short, quick sentences. The nursing supervisor suspects that the nurse is experiencing

A. urinary retention
B. a client load too heavy to provide thorough care
C. the acceptance phase of grieving for the client
D. unresolved issues preventing a therapeutic relationship

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: unresolved issues preventing a therapeutic relationship

Question 2 of 5

When the preoperative client tells the nurse that he cannot sleep because he keeps thinking about the surgery, an appropriate reflection of the statement by the nurse is:

A. You have a great surgeon. You have nothing to worry about.'
B. Sounds as if your surgery is a pretty scary procedure.'
C. You shouldn't be nervous. We perform this procedure every day.'
D. The thought of having surgery is keeping you awake?'

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The thought of having surgery is keeping you awake?'

Question 3 of 5

A 34 year old single male client has very few close friends and relatives. He was very dependent on his mother before her death, although he often complained about her intrusiveness. What statement best describes his risk for problems in resolving his grief?

A. He is at no particular risk because the death of parents is an expected event in one's life
B. He is at low risk because the task of young adulthood is to develop independence from the family of origin
C. He is at moderate risk
D. He is at high risk because he was dependent on his mother, demonstrated ambivalence toward her and has a limited support system

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: He is at high risk because he was dependent on his mother, demonstrated ambivalence toward her and has a limited support system

Question 4 of 5

While caring for a patient, the nurse performs an intervention that is beyond the scope of practice. The nurse has violated the expectations of which regulatory body?

A. Ethics Committee
B. Nurse Practice Act
C. State Department of Health
D. National League for Nursing Education

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Nurse Practice Act

Question 5 of 5

Clients reactions of intense hostility or dependence toward the nurse are common forms of:

A. emotional catharsis
B. Counter-resistance
C. Counter-transference
D. Transference

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Transference

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