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Nursing (Chamberlain University)


1. A nurse is caring for a client who experienced a traumatic head injury and has an intraventricular
catheter (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 (Correct Answer)

- ✅ b. Infection

Monitor for infection and use strict asepsis to avoid life-threatening meningitis.



2. A nurse is providing education to a client who is to undergo an EEG the next day. Which of the
followinginfo should the nurse include in the teaching?



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."

(Correct Answer) - ✅ b. "Try and stayawake most of the night prior to the procedure."

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3. A nurse is caring for a client who is postprocedural following a lumbar puncture and reports a thro
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4. A nurse is caring for a clientwho has continuous bladder irrigationfollowinga transurethral rese
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ction ofthe prostate (TURP). Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?
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5. A nurse ismonitoring the ECG ofa clientwho has hypocalcemia. Whichof thefollowing findings shoul
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6. A nurse is preparing a client who has a braintumor for a CT scan. Whichof the following factors affects
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7. A nurse is preparing an in-
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service program about the stages of acute kidney injury. Whichofthe following pieces of info should the nu
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8. A nurse isteaching a clientwho has CAD about the difference between angina pectoris andMI. Whic
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9. A nurse is reviewingthe labresultsof a lumbar puncture for a client who has manifestations of bacte
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10. A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a new diagnosisofmyastheniagravis (MG). Whic
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11. A nurse is teaching a clientwho has a new diagnosis of primary open-
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angle glaucoma (POAG). Whichofthe following pieces of informationshouldthe nurse include in the teac
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