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A nurse is conducting an interview to assess an elderly female client in a home care setting.  When the nurse asked the client who she lived with, she said she has lived like a hermit all her life.  The nurse responded, “What exactly do you mean by that?” What type of therapeutic communication technique did the nurse use?

When assessing the quality of a client’s pain, which of the following questions by the nurse would be appropriate?

The nurse is conducting a review of systems with a client, which of the following is an appropriate health promotion question during a review of systems?  

The nurse is reassessing a client’s respirations after administering a narcotic pain medication. The nurse finds the rate to be 8 respirations/min. What should the nurse do next? 

A woman brings her father to see his primary care doctor for an examination after her father fell and hit his head. She is worried because since the fall the client has been having significant short-term memory loss. The nurse should complete which of the following:

The nurse is performing a general survey on a client.  Which action is a component of the general survey of a client?

A client is brought by ambulance to the emergency room suffering from multiple traumas received in an automobile accident. He is alert and cooperative, but his injuries are quite severe. How would you proceed with the data collection?

The nurse is completing a review of systems history as part of the complete health history. The nurse recognizes the review of systems provides the nurse with:

The client presents for an evaluation of respiratory symptoms. The following data is presented regarding the client. Indicate whether the following data is subjective or objective. This question is worth 1 point total (0.20 each). 

A 20-year-old pregnant female was recently admitted to the hospital with a stroke. During your assessment, she states, “I’m so upset. My boyfriend left me, and I don’t know how I am going to be able to take care of myself and a baby.” The nurse responds, “I can’t imagine how upsetting it must be to feel alone in this difficult situation”. The nurse is using which of the following verbal responses: