Med Surg practice test B questions with correct answers to booste your grades

Med Surg practice test B 1. A Nurse is contributing to the plan care of a care to promote a restful night’s sleep for a client who has Alzheimer’s disease. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? 2. A nurse if reinforcing teaching with a client who has chronic kidney disease about disease management. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching? 3. A nurse is caring for a client who has just returned to the unit following a bronchoscopy. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? 4. A nurse is caring for a client who begins to have a seizure while ambulating in the hall. Identify the sequence of actions the nurse should follow. (Move the steps the nurse should take into the box on the right placing them in order of performance. Use all the steps. 5. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a new diagnosis of genital herpers. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching? 6. A nurse is planning care for a group of clients after receiving change-of-shift report. Which of the following clients should the nurse plan to see first? 7. A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving a continuous tube feeding of 60 mL/hr at 1.2 cal/mL. How many calories will the client receive in 12 hrs? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number) 8. A nurse is caring for a client who is in Buck's traction for a fractured hip. The client reports increased pain at the site of the fracture. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? 9. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is taking levothyroxine. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching? 10. A nurse is delegating the task of repositioning a client who is in skeletal traction to an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following instructions should the nurse give the AP? 11. A nurse is reinforcing teaching about pursed-lip breathing with a client who has a new diagnosis of COPD. The nurse should identify which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching? 12. A nurse is admitting a client who is suspected of having active tuberculosis (TB). Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? 13. A nurse is preparing a client for a cardiac catheterization. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? 14. A nurse is assisting in the plan of care for a client who had a recent left hemispheric stroke. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan? 15. A nurse is assisting with an educational program for clients who have been newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the program regarding insulin? 16. A nurse is caring for a client who reports shortness of breath and has an oxygen saturation of 90%. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? 17. A nurse is preparing to insert a double-lumen gastric (Salem) sump tube for a client who has peptic ulcer disease and has developed gastrointestinal bleeding. Which of the following images indicates the tube that the nurse should select? 18. A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has pericarditis. In which of the following positions should the nurse plan to place the client to decrease pain? 19. A nurse is reviewing the medication record of a client who is taking digoxin. Which of the following medications should the nurse identify as increasing the risk for the client to develop digoxin toxicity? 20. A nurse is reinforcing a teaching to a client about preventing osteoporosis. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching? 21. A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who has Crohn’s disease. Which of he following sttements should the nurse include in the teaching? 22. A nurse is collecting data from an older adult client who has several concerns. Which of the following concerns should the nurse recognize as a normal change associated with aging? 23. A nurse is caring for a client who is suspected of having a myocardial infarction. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to prepare the client for an ECG? 24. A nurse is reviewing the medication administration record of a client who has osteoarthritis. Which of the following analgesic prescriptions should the nurse expect to administer when the client reports pain? 25. A nurse is caring for a client who has dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to reduce the client’s confusion? 26. A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who had a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). For which of the following interdisciplinary team member should the nurse recommend a referral prior to initiating oral intake for the client? 27. A nurse is reviewing the laboratory reports of a client who reports chest pain. Which of the following laboratory results indicates the client is experiencing a myocardial infarction? 28. A nurse is caring for a client who is 2 hr postoperative following an amputation of the foot. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? 29. A nurse is caring for a female client who is being treated for dehydration due to nausea and vomiting. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider 30. A nurse is reviewing the chart of a client who is experiencing an adrenal crisis. Which was precipitated by the client not taking her medication for several days. The nurse should identify that withdrawal from which of the following medications potentiated the adrenal crisis? 31. A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has just transferred to the medical-surgical unit from the PACU following a right total knee arthroplasty. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? .....................................continued...........................................