Health Promotion Week 11 Exam

BSN 225 Concepts of Nursing – Health Promotion Week 11 Exam (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Nightingale

Week 11 - Stress, Coping, Family Dynamics

Question:

Which response would the nurse provide to a patient who states, "I feel overwhelmed right now, but at least that makes me work harder"?

• "Keep pushing yourself; stress always makes you more productive."
• "How do you feel about yourself when you are overwhelmed and working

so much?"

• "I think you should stop doing so much since you are overwhelmed."
• "Do you think your boss will be pleased with the increased work?"

Answer:

"How do you feel about yourself when you are overwhelmed and working so much?" This nursing response recognizes that the patient is using the defense mechanism of compensation and gives the patient a chance to continue talking about feelings associated with stress. 1 / 4

Question:

A patient tells the nurse, "I just lost my job. I don't know what I am going to do to pay my medical bills." Which priority hypothesis does the nurse identify that the patient has?

• At risk for developing problems
• Experiencing an actual problem
• Would benefit from health teaching
• Problem that requires counseling referral

Answer:

Experiencing an actual problem The patient has expressed a problem that is occurring now, which is the concern about paying medical bills because of job loss; therefore, this is an "actual" problem that has just occurred.

Question:

Which priority hypothesis would the nurse select for a patient responding to life challenges with avoidance and denial?

• Anxiety
• Ready to Learn
• Difficulty Coping
• Caregiver Stress

Answer:

Difficulty Coping The patient has a priority hypothesis of Difficulty Coping as evidenced by the patient's inability to cope with life's challenges, resulting in avoidance and denial. 2 / 4

Question:

Which priority hypothesis is evidenced by the patient's use of spiritual resources to address a stressful situation?

• Anxiety
• Difficulty Coping
• Caregiver Stress
• Ready to Learn

Answer:

Ready to Learn A readiness to learn is evidenced by the use of spiritual or religious resources to help solve problems as this individual can benefit (or has benefited) from health teaching.

Question:

Which goal would the nurse incorporate into the plan of care for a patient who presents with diarrhea and fatigue and reports frustration at having to provide constant care for her 85-year-old mother?

• Patient will verbally indicate reduced stress.
• Patient will indicate that she is searching for a support group for her

mother this week.

• Patient will indicate which coping behaviors are not working.
• Patient will identify resources available to help manage the stress of caring

for her mother within 2 weeks.

Answer:

Patient will identify resources available to help manage the stress of caring for her mother within 2 weeks.A patient frustrated with her role as caretaker has the priority hypothesis of Caregiver Stress. An appropriate goal for a patient with Caregiver Stress is the 3 / 4

identification of available resources to help deal with the situation within a given time frame (2 weeks).

Question:

Which goal would the nurse incorporate into the plan of care for a patient who asks the nurse for help dealing with multiple work stressors?

• Patient will identify one current coping ability within 1 week.
• Patient will verbalize awareness of feelings of anxiety.
• Patient will verbalize or demonstrate reduced stress reaction.
• Patient will meet psychological needs by appropriately expressing feelings.

Answer:

Patient will identify one current coping ability within 1 week.A patient who asks the nurse for help coping with multiple work stressors would have an identified priority hypothesis of Difficulty Coping. An appropriate, measurable goal would be for the patient to verbalize awareness of one current coping ability within 1 week.

Question:

Which intervention would the nurse include in the plan of care for a patient with health problems related to stress?

• Provide personal counseling.
• Obtain a prescription for antipsychotic medication.
• Collaborate with a case manager in providing care.
• Refer to an appropriate mental health care provider.

Answer:

Refer to an appropriate mental health care provider.

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