Chapter 12 Health Assessment in Nursing 5th Edition

Chapter 12  Health Assessment in Nursing 5th Edition

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

1. A nurse is working with a client who has received a terminal diagnosis. To help the
nurse identify the client’s possible coping responses, which of the following would be
most important for the nurse to understand about spirituality?
A) It varies in different situations.
B) It increases in significance with illness.
C) It decreases in importance with age.
D) It remains static throughout the lifespan.

2. A nurse is planning care that is grounded in the fact that clients are holistic beings.
Which of the following lists of components constitute the view of clients as holistic
beings?
A) Physical identity, psychosocial identity, religious identity
B) Mind, body, spirit
C) Id, ego, superego
D) Spiritual identity, egocentric nature, naïve identity

3. A nurse is planning a spiritual assessment of a client who is experiencing intractable
losses in function as a result of disease. Which of the following principles should inform
the nurse’s assessment?
A) Knowledge of the most common spiritual practices in the community is a priority.
B) Reviewing all religious denominations before approaching a client is important.
C) It is of little importance for a nurse to understand his or her own spirituality.
D) Spirituality is a complex phenomenon that is not normally describable.

4. A nurse interviews a pregnant client and learns that her beliefs around health care do not
involve participation in comprehensive prenatal care. To which religious view would the
client most likely adhere?
A) Faith Assembly of Indiana
B) Buddhist
C) Christian Scientist
D) Jehovah’s Witness

5. A nurse is admitting a client to a long-term care facility. In order to elicit reliable and
valid data during the spiritual assessment, the nurse understands that the focus must be
on which of the following?
A) Objectivity when performing the assessment
B) Sharing a common religious affiliation with the client
C) Repeating the assessment in several weeks
D) Providing spiritual interventions prior to assessment

Answer Key

1. A
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. A