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Multi Dimensional Care | Exam | Rasmusson
1. Which of the following nonpharmacological methods cannot be used to manage the chronic pain of a client with rheumatoid arthritis?
- A. Adequate rest
- B. Heat for 20-30 minutes
- C. Hot showers
- D. Ice for 2 hours at a time
Correct answer: D
Rationale:
2. By providing measures to reduce skin breakdown, how does the nurse break the chain of infection?
- A. Sterilizing the area to reduce the reservoir risk
- B. Maintaining the integrity of a portal of entry
- C. Creating a reservoir to decrease the risk of infection
- D. Creating a susceptible host
Correct answer: B
Rationale:
3. What statement by the client indicates a correct understanding of the timing of progression of human immunodefiency virus (HIV) to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome?
- A. "Sexually transmitted infections will not make AIDS develop faster"?
- B. "My diet does not influence the progression of HIV to AIDS"?
- C. "If I practice medication, I may develop AIDS faster."?
- D. "IF I am re-exposed to HIV, the progression to AIDS may be faster,"?
Correct answer: D
Rationale:
4. What nursing intervention is best to improve communication with a hearing-impaired client?
- A. Speak slowly and clearly while facing the client
- B. Write down the message
- C. Talk in a regular voice in the good ear
- D. Shout in the impaired
Correct answer: A
Rationale: Speaking slowly and clearly while facing the client improves communication with hearing-impaired clients.
5. What is the likely reason that a client with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) would succumb to pneumonia while a healthy person exposed to the same infection did not?
- A. The client with AIDS is a susceptible host
- B. The client with AIDS has greater immune defenses
- C. The client with AIDS was not as careful
- D. The client with AIDS has more portals of entry
Correct answer: A
Rationale:
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