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Multi Dimensional Care | Final Exam

1. What is correct about a nursing diagnosis?

Correct answer: A

Rationale: A nursing diagnosis is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual or potential health problems or life processes. Choice A is correct because it identifies nursing diagnosis as related to human responses to health conditions or life processes. Choice B is incorrect because nursing diagnoses can change as the patient's condition changes. Choice C is incorrect because a nursing diagnosis is about responses, not just identifying pathology. Choice D is incorrect because a nursing diagnosis is not the same as a disease, illness, or injury; it is a statement about the patient's response to these conditions.

2. What client is a susceptible host most at risk for infection?

Correct answer: A

Rationale:

3. What may be a cause of conductive hearing loss?

Correct answer: D

Rationale: Otitis media can cause conductive hearing loss by affecting the middle ear.

4. What level of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs does shelter belong to?

Correct answer: C

Rationale:

5. What soft tissue musculoskeletal injury is excessive stretching of a ligament?

Correct answer: A

Rationale: A sprain is an injury involving excessive stretching of a ligament.

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