[单项选择]The nurse is taking the health history of an 85-year-old client. Which information will be most useful to the nurse for planning care
A. General health for the last 10 years.
B. Current health promotion activities.
C. Family history of diseases.
D. Marital status.

[单项选择]The community health nurse develops a health education program about preventing the transmission of hepatitis B. The nurse evaluates that the teaching has been effective when the community residents identify which of the following activities to be high risk for acquiring hepatitis B
A. Sharing needles for drug use.
B. Ingestion of contaminated seafood.
C. Frequent use of marijuana.
D. Ingestion of large amounts of acetaminophen (Tylenol).

[单项选择]The nurse is assessing a neonate. Health history findings indicate that the mother drank 3 oz (88.7mL) or more of alcohol per day throughout her pregnancy. Which characteristic should the nurse expect to find
A. Prominent nasal bridge.
B. Thick upper lip.
C. Upturned nose.
D. Large for gestational ag

[单项选择]The nurse notices that a depressed client taking amitriptyline (Elavil) for 2 weeks has become very outgoing, cheerful, and talkative. The nurse would suspect which of the following
A. The client is responding to the antipsychotic.
B. The client may be experiencing increased energy and is at an increased risk for suicide.
C. The client is ready to be discharged from treatment.
D. The client is experiencing a split personality.

[单项选择]As part of the annual health screening, the nurse visits the eighth-grade physical education classes and asks each student to bend forward at the waist with the back parallel to the floor and the hands together at midline. For which of the following is the nurse assessing
A. Slipped epiphysis.
B. Developmental dysplasia of hip.
C. Idiopathic scoliosis.
D. Physical dexterity.

[单项选择]The nurse is teaching a new group of mental health aides. The nurse should teach the aides that setting limits is most important for
A. a depressed client.
B. a manic client.
C. a suicidal client.
D. an anxious client.

[单项选择]The nurse is caring for a client who has a history of alcohol abuse. Why would the client act as if he didn’t have a problem
A. The client has never taken the CAGE questionnaire.
B. Denial is a defense mechanism commonly used by alcoholics.
C. Thought processes are distorted.
D. Alcohol is expensiv

[单项选择]The nurse is teaching a client with a history of atherosclerosis. To decrease the risk of atherosclerosis, the nurse should encourage the client to
A. avoid focusing on his weight.
B. increase his activity level.
C. follow a regular diet.
D. continue leading a high-stress lifestyl

[单项选择]The nurse is teaching a new mental health aide. For which of the following clients is setting limits most important
A. A depressed client.
B. A manic client.
C. A suicidal client.
D. An anxious client.

[单项选择]The nurse is teaching a student nurse in a mental health unit about how to establish a therapeutic nurse-client relationship. Which of the following is of prior importance in the therapeutic nurse-client relationship
A. Nurse’s self-awareness and understanding.
B. Nurse’s sound knowledge of psychiatric nursing.
C. Nurse’s sincere desire to help others.
D. Nurse’s acceptance of others.

[单项选择]The head nurse is observing a new graduate nurse instill eye drops into a client’s eyes. The head nurse evaluates that the new graduate is using appropriate technique when which of the following steps is incorporated into the procedure
A. The client is instructed to apply pressure to the eyes after instillation of the eye drops.
B. The nurse’s hand is stabilized on the client’s forehead while instilling the drops.
C. The medication is placed onto the client’s sclera.
D. The client is instructed to look at the nurse while the drops are being instille

[单项选择]The nurse administers a preoperative intramuscular medication at the ventrogluteal site. The nurse will inject the medication into which muscle
A. Rectus femoris.
B. Gluteus maximus.
C. Gluteus minimus.
D. Vastus lateralis.

[单项选择]The nurse is administering sublingual nitroglycerin to a client with chest pain. The nurse should place the medication
A. in the cheek.
B. on the tip of the tongue.
C. under the tongue.
D. under the lower lid of the ey

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Note-taking Skills
Note-taking requires a high level of ability in many skills, particularly in the following four most important skills:
1. Understanding what the lecturer says as he says it.
--A non-native speaker of English is usually under a strain for he may be
unable to recognize words in speech which he understands in (1) ______. (1) ______
He may not know the meaning of a new word.
--A student should learn to infer the meaning of a new word from the
context.
--A student should (2) ______ only on important points so that he can (2) ______
understand much of a lecture.
2. Deciding what is important.
--Read the (3) ______ of a lecture carefully and understand its (3) ______
meaning, for it implies the major points of a lecture.
--Pay attention to a lecturer’s direct and indirect signals concerning
what’s important or unimportant. The direct signals