Nurs 316 Final Exam – Questions With Clear
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The nurse is caring for patients with c. ascending
ostomies. In which ostomy location
will the nurse expect very liquid stool
to be present?
A. Sigmoid
B. Transverse
C. Ascending
D. Descending
A nurse is assisting a patient in making grape and walnut chicken salad on whole bread
dietary choices that promote healthy
bowel elimination. Which menu option
should the nurse recommend?
Broccoli and cheese soup with potato
bread
Turkey and mashed potatoes with
brown gravy
Grape and walnut chicken salad
sandwich on whole wheat bread
Dinner salad topped with hard-boiled
eggs, cheese, and fat-free dressing
,A patient had an ileostomy surgically turkey meatloaf with white rice and apple juice
placed 2 days ago. Which diet will the
nurse recommend to the patient to
ease the transition of the new
ostomy?
A. Eggs over easy, whole wheat toast,
and orange juice with pulp
B. Chicken fried rice with fresh
pineapple and iced tea
C. Turkey meatloaf with white rice and
apple juice
D. Fish sticks with sweet corn and
soda
The nurse is caring for a patient who stoma is purple
had a colostomy placed yesterday.
The nurse should report which
assessment finding immediately?
Stoma is protruding from the
abdomen
Stoma is flush with the skin
Stoma is purple
Stoma is moist
Which patient will the nurse assess a patient with surgery for bowel disease and
most closely for an ileus? anesthesia
A. A patient with a fecal impaction
B. A patient with chronic cathartic
abuse
C. A patient with surgery for bowel
disease and anesthesia
D. A patient with suppression of
hydrochloric acid from medication
The nurse is caring for a patient with a mushy/semi soft and liquid
transverse colostomy the stool should
appear?
, A nurse is caring for a patient with a teach the patient how to self catch the pouch
continent urinary reservoir. Which
action will the nurse take?
A. Teach the patient how to self-cath
the pouch.
B. Teach the patient how to perform
Kegel exercises.
C. Teach the patient how to change
the collection pouch.
D. Teach the patient how to void using
the Valsalva technique.
8. The nurse is obtaining a 24-hour A,E
urine specimen collection from the
patient. Which actions should the
nurse take? (Select all that apply.)
A. Keeping the urine collection
container on ice when indicated
B. Withholding all patient medications
for the day
C.Irrigating the sample as needed
with sterile solution
D. Testing the urine sample with a
reagent strip by dipping it in the urine
E. Asking the patient to void and
discarding that urine to start the
collection
The patient is taking phenazopyridine. orange color
When assessing the urine, what will Some drugs change the color of urine (e.g.,
the nurse expect? phenazopyridine—orange, riboflavin—intense yellow).
A. Red color Eating beets, rhubarb, and blackberries causes red
B. Orange color urine. Dark amber urine is the result of high
C. Dark amber color concentrations of bilirubin in patients with liver
D. Intense yellow color disease.
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Terms in this set (57)
The nurse is caring for patients with c. ascending
ostomies. In which ostomy location
will the nurse expect very liquid stool
to be present?
A. Sigmoid
B. Transverse
C. Ascending
D. Descending
A nurse is assisting a patient in making grape and walnut chicken salad on whole bread
dietary choices that promote healthy
bowel elimination. Which menu option
should the nurse recommend?
Broccoli and cheese soup with potato
bread
Turkey and mashed potatoes with
brown gravy
Grape and walnut chicken salad
sandwich on whole wheat bread
Dinner salad topped with hard-boiled
eggs, cheese, and fat-free dressing
,A patient had an ileostomy surgically turkey meatloaf with white rice and apple juice
placed 2 days ago. Which diet will the
nurse recommend to the patient to
ease the transition of the new
ostomy?
A. Eggs over easy, whole wheat toast,
and orange juice with pulp
B. Chicken fried rice with fresh
pineapple and iced tea
C. Turkey meatloaf with white rice and
apple juice
D. Fish sticks with sweet corn and
soda
The nurse is caring for a patient who stoma is purple
had a colostomy placed yesterday.
The nurse should report which
assessment finding immediately?
Stoma is protruding from the
abdomen
Stoma is flush with the skin
Stoma is purple
Stoma is moist
Which patient will the nurse assess a patient with surgery for bowel disease and
most closely for an ileus? anesthesia
A. A patient with a fecal impaction
B. A patient with chronic cathartic
abuse
C. A patient with surgery for bowel
disease and anesthesia
D. A patient with suppression of
hydrochloric acid from medication
The nurse is caring for a patient with a mushy/semi soft and liquid
transverse colostomy the stool should
appear?
, A nurse is caring for a patient with a teach the patient how to self catch the pouch
continent urinary reservoir. Which
action will the nurse take?
A. Teach the patient how to self-cath
the pouch.
B. Teach the patient how to perform
Kegel exercises.
C. Teach the patient how to change
the collection pouch.
D. Teach the patient how to void using
the Valsalva technique.
8. The nurse is obtaining a 24-hour A,E
urine specimen collection from the
patient. Which actions should the
nurse take? (Select all that apply.)
A. Keeping the urine collection
container on ice when indicated
B. Withholding all patient medications
for the day
C.Irrigating the sample as needed
with sterile solution
D. Testing the urine sample with a
reagent strip by dipping it in the urine
E. Asking the patient to void and
discarding that urine to start the
collection
The patient is taking phenazopyridine. orange color
When assessing the urine, what will Some drugs change the color of urine (e.g.,
the nurse expect? phenazopyridine—orange, riboflavin—intense yellow).
A. Red color Eating beets, rhubarb, and blackberries causes red
B. Orange color urine. Dark amber urine is the result of high
C. Dark amber color concentrations of bilirubin in patients with liver
D. Intense yellow color disease.
