PN ADULT MEDICAL SURGICAL CORRECT MAIN
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client who has undergone a below-the-knee amputation.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take to help prevent hip flexion
contractures? - ✔✔Place the client in a prone position periodically throughout the day.
✔✔A nurse is admitting a client who has gastroenteritis. Which of the following
laboratory values indicates that the client is experiencing hypovolemia? - ✔✔BUN 32
mg/dL
✔✔A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is scheduled for a unilateral
mastectomy. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding
of the teaching? - ✔✔"I should expect tingling in my axillary region on the surgical side
after the surgery."
✔✔A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is scheduled for an
electrocardiogram (ECG). Which of the following information should the nurse include? -
✔✔"You will have small electrodes placed on your chest and extremities."
✔✔A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a recurrent fungal infection of
the toenails. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the
teaching? - ✔✔"Wash and dry your feet daily."
✔✔A nurse is unable to palpate the pedal pulse of a client who has peripheral artery
disease. When using a Doppler ultrasound device to find the pulse, which of the
following actions should the nurse take? - ✔✔Apply a thin layer of gel to the probe
before placing it between the tendons of the first and second toe.
✔✔ A home health nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Which or the following instructions should the nurse
reinforce to maintain infection control in the client's home? - ✔✔Wash dishes in hot
soapy water.
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client who has undergone a below-the-knee amputation.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take to help prevent hip flexion
contractures? - ✔✔Place the client in a prone position periodically throughout the day.
✔✔A nurse is admitting a client who has gastroenteritis. Which of the following
laboratory values indicates that the client is experiencing hypovolemia? - ✔✔BUN 32
mg/dL
✔✔A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is scheduled for a unilateral
mastectomy. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding
of the teaching? - ✔✔"I should expect tingling in my axillary region on the surgical side
after the surgery."
✔✔A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is scheduled for an
electrocardiogram (ECG). Which of the following information should the nurse include? -
✔✔"You will have small electrodes placed on your chest and extremities."
✔✔A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a recurrent fungal infection of
the toenails. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the
teaching? - ✔✔"Wash and dry your feet daily."
✔✔A nurse is unable to palpate the pedal pulse of a client who has peripheral artery
disease. When using a Doppler ultrasound device to find the pulse, which of the
following actions should the nurse take? - ✔✔Apply a thin layer of gel to the probe
before placing it between the tendons of the first and second toe.
✔✔ A home health nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Which or the following instructions should the nurse
reinforce to maintain infection control in the client's home? - ✔✔Wash dishes in hot
soapy water.
