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A nurse is caring for a client who b. Infection
experienced a traumatic head injury Monitor for infection and use strict asepsis to avoid
and has an intraventricular catheter life-threatening meningitis.
(Ventriculostomy) for ICP monitoring.
The nurse should monitor the client
for which of the following
complications related to the
ventriculostomy?:
a. Headache
b. Infection
c. Aphasia
d. Hypertension
,A nurse is providing education to a b. "Try and stay awake most of the night prior to the
client who is to undergo an EEG the procedure."
next day. Which of the following info
should the nurse include in the Tell the client to remain awake to provide cranial
teaching? stress and increase the possibility of abnormal
electrical activity
a. "Do not wash your hair the
morning of the procedure."
b. "Try and stay awake most of the
night prior to the procedure."
c. "The procedure will take
approximately 15 mins."
d. "You will need to lie flat for 4
hours after the procedure."
A nurse is caring for a client who is B, D
postprocedural following a lumbar
puncture and reports a throbbing
headache when sitting upright.
Which of the following actions
should the nurse take? SATA.
a. Use the GCS scale to assess the
client
b. Assist the client into a supine
position
c. Administer an opioid analgesic
d. Encourage the client to increase
PO fluid intake
e. Instruct the client to perform
coughing and deep breathing
,A nurse is caring for a client who has c. Viscous urinary output with clots
continuous bladder irrigation
following a transurethral resection of Urine that is bright red with clots is an indication of
the prostate (TURP). Which of the arterial bleeding.
following findings should the nurse
report to the provider?
a Output equal to the instilled
irrigate
b. Client reports bladder spasms
c. Viscous urinary output with clots
d. Reports of strong urge to urinate
A nurse is monitoring the ECG of a b. Prolonged QT intervals
client who has hypocalcemia. Which Manifestations of hypocalcemia include tingling,
of the following findings should the numbness, tetany, seizures, prolonged QT intervals,
nurse expect? and laryngospasm.
a. Flattened T waves
b. Prolonged QT intervals
c. Shortened QT intervals
d Widened QRS complexes
A nurse is preparing a client who has c. Development of hives while eating shrimp
a brain tumor for a CT scan. Which of Shellfish allergy is contraindication of use of
the following factors affects the contrast media during a CT scan.
manner in which the nurse will
prepare the client for the scan?
a. No food or fluids consumed for 4
hours
b. Difficulty recalling recent events
c. Development of hives while eating
shrimp
d. Paresthesia in both hands
, A nurse is preparing an in-service b. Interference with renal perfusion causes
program about the stages of acute prerenal azotemia.
kidney injury. Which of the following Prerenal = interference with renal perfusion, such
pieces of info should the nurse as from heart failure or hypovolemic shock.
include about prerenal azotemia?
a. Prerenal azotemia begins prior to
the onset of symptoms
b. Interference with renal perfusion
causes renal azotemia
c. Prerenal azotemia is irreversible,
even in early stages
d. Infections and tumors cause
prerenal azotemia
A nurse is teaching a client who has A, B, D
CAD about the difference between
angina pectoris and MI. Which of the
following should the nurse identify
as indications of MI? SATA.
a. N/V
b. Diaphoresis and dizziness
c. Chest and left arm pain that
subsides with rest
d. Anxiety and feelings of doom
e. Bounding pulse and bradypnea
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A nurse is caring for a client who b. Infection
experienced a traumatic head injury Monitor for infection and use strict asepsis to avoid
and has an intraventricular catheter life-threatening meningitis.
(Ventriculostomy) for ICP monitoring.
The nurse should monitor the client
for which of the following
complications related to the
ventriculostomy?:
a. Headache
b. Infection
c. Aphasia
d. Hypertension
,A nurse is providing education to a b. "Try and stay awake most of the night prior to the
client who is to undergo an EEG the procedure."
next day. Which of the following info
should the nurse include in the Tell the client to remain awake to provide cranial
teaching? stress and increase the possibility of abnormal
electrical activity
a. "Do not wash your hair the
morning of the procedure."
b. "Try and stay awake most of the
night prior to the procedure."
c. "The procedure will take
approximately 15 mins."
d. "You will need to lie flat for 4
hours after the procedure."
A nurse is caring for a client who is B, D
postprocedural following a lumbar
puncture and reports a throbbing
headache when sitting upright.
Which of the following actions
should the nurse take? SATA.
a. Use the GCS scale to assess the
client
b. Assist the client into a supine
position
c. Administer an opioid analgesic
d. Encourage the client to increase
PO fluid intake
e. Instruct the client to perform
coughing and deep breathing
,A nurse is caring for a client who has c. Viscous urinary output with clots
continuous bladder irrigation
following a transurethral resection of Urine that is bright red with clots is an indication of
the prostate (TURP). Which of the arterial bleeding.
following findings should the nurse
report to the provider?
a Output equal to the instilled
irrigate
b. Client reports bladder spasms
c. Viscous urinary output with clots
d. Reports of strong urge to urinate
A nurse is monitoring the ECG of a b. Prolonged QT intervals
client who has hypocalcemia. Which Manifestations of hypocalcemia include tingling,
of the following findings should the numbness, tetany, seizures, prolonged QT intervals,
nurse expect? and laryngospasm.
a. Flattened T waves
b. Prolonged QT intervals
c. Shortened QT intervals
d Widened QRS complexes
A nurse is preparing a client who has c. Development of hives while eating shrimp
a brain tumor for a CT scan. Which of Shellfish allergy is contraindication of use of
the following factors affects the contrast media during a CT scan.
manner in which the nurse will
prepare the client for the scan?
a. No food or fluids consumed for 4
hours
b. Difficulty recalling recent events
c. Development of hives while eating
shrimp
d. Paresthesia in both hands
, A nurse is preparing an in-service b. Interference with renal perfusion causes
program about the stages of acute prerenal azotemia.
kidney injury. Which of the following Prerenal = interference with renal perfusion, such
pieces of info should the nurse as from heart failure or hypovolemic shock.
include about prerenal azotemia?
a. Prerenal azotemia begins prior to
the onset of symptoms
b. Interference with renal perfusion
causes renal azotemia
c. Prerenal azotemia is irreversible,
even in early stages
d. Infections and tumors cause
prerenal azotemia
A nurse is teaching a client who has A, B, D
CAD about the difference between
angina pectoris and MI. Which of the
following should the nurse identify
as indications of MI? SATA.
a. N/V
b. Diaphoresis and dizziness
c. Chest and left arm pain that
subsides with rest
d. Anxiety and feelings of doom
e. Bounding pulse and bradypnea
