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wenmo · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse needs to administer the prescribed fitness test to a client who has had prior cardiac-related symptoms. Which of the following fitness test methods is likely the most suitable for the client?

A) Cross-trainer fitness test
B) Maximal fitness test
C) Ambulatory electrocardiogram
D) Stress electrocardiogram

Question 2

A client visits a health care facility with complaints of work-related stress that alters her mood when she comes home.

At the nurse's suggestion, the client states that she is open making changes to her home dcor to include vibrant colors and bright lighting, and listen to soothing music when she returns home. Which stress-reducing technique is the nurse following in this case? A) Sensory manipulation technique
B) Alternative thinking technique
C) Nontherapeutic technique
D) Alternative behavior technique

lou · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Feedback:
An ambulatory electrocardiogram is used when the person has had prior cardiac-related symptoms, such as chest pain, or has major health risks that contraindicate a stress electrocardiogram. It is a less taxing version of a stress electrocardiogram. A stress electrocardiogram tests electrical conduction through the heart during maximal activity and is performed in an acute care facility or outpatient clinic. A cross-trainer fitness test is a normal fitness test done on a cross-trainer fitness machine. A maximal fitness test would tax the client to exhaustion and would be a safety risk.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
The nurse is using a sensory manipulation technique. Sensory manipulation involves altering moods, feelings, and physiologic responses by stimulating pleasure centers in the brain using sensory stimuli. For example, certain colors, full-spectrum lighting in the home and workplace, music, and food help change a person's mood. Alternative thinking techniques are those that facilitate a change in a person's perceptions from negative to positive. A behavioral technique for modifying stress is to take control rather than become immobilized by stress. Nontherapeutic techniques would involve using mind- and mood-altering substances, which are not appropriate in this case.