Sarah Flashcards
You have a second-year student nurse on placement who asks for some advice on becoming more confident and proficient with a comprehensive assessment. Which of the following would be the MOST important for the student nurse to remember?
A. Ensure you build rapport with the patient by providing lots of personal information.
B. Allow the patient a coffee break between the two parts of the history/exam.
C. Intersperse the physical exam with history.
D. Establish a routine for the assessment.
D. Establish a routine for the assessment.
What type of assessment are you most likely to perform on Sarah today?
A. Thorough.
B. Focused.
C. Emergency.
D. Ongoing.
B. Focused.
What specific assessment would you consider when assessing Sarah?
A. Vital signs.
B. Cardiovascular.
C. Pain scale.
D. Neurological.
C. Pain scale.
A nursing diagnosis is:
A. The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and illness.
B. The identification of a disease condition based on a specific evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, the client’s medical history, and the results of diagnostic tests.
C. The advancement of the development, testing, and refinement of a common nursing language.
D. A clinical judgement about individual, family, or community responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes.
D. A clinical judgement about individual, family, or community responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes.
When working with patients in pain nurses need to recognise and avoid common misconceptions and myths about pain. With regard to the pain experience, which one of the following IS correct?
A. The patient is the best authority on the pain experience.
B. Chronic pain is mostly psychological in nature.
C. Regular use of analgesics leads to drug addiction.
D. The amount of tissue damage is accurately reflected in the degree of pain perceived.
A. The patient is the best authority on the pain experience.
Sarah describes her pain as coming on quickly and being of short duration. What type of pain is this?
A. Referred.
B. Acute.
C. Radiating.
D. Deep visceral.
B. Acute.
You are educating Sarah about analgesics for pain relief. Included in the teaching is the fact that analgesics containing codeine may cause:
A. Headaches.
B. Muscle weakness.
C. Constipation.
D. Hypertension.
C. Constipation.
