NSG 304 NURSING PHARMACOLOGY
FINAL Questions with Verified Correct
Answers
The nurse educator is describing the major structures of the cardiovascular system to a
group of nursing students.
How many major components will the educator teach the students about during the
lecture?
There are three major components to the cardiovascular system. They are the blood, heart,
and blood
vessels
After a stressful event, a client's blood pressure and heart rate rise. Which system is
most likely responsible for
this physiologic change?
the autonomic nervous system controls the heart rate and blood vessel diameter
Body cells require oxygen-rich blood for aerobic metabolism. The nurse explains that
which organs bring oxygen
to the blood and remove carbon dioxide from it?
the lungs
A client is in acute renal failure. During this period, the client's erythrocyte count might
drop. The nurse
understands that this might be due to a deficiency of which substance?
Erythropoietin
, A leukopenic client is placed in a private room, and visitors are limited. Why are these
precautions taken for this
client?
To protect the client from potential infection
During morning rounds, the nurse is told one of her clients will need a platelet
transfusion. From this information,
the nurse infers that which should be removed from a client's room?
shaving razors
A client with cirrhosis is due to have a liver biopsy performed. What will the monitor
this client for at the bedside
following the procedure?
bleeding
The nurse understands that which vitamin is essential in the process of coagulation?
vitamin k
After an acute myocardial infarction of the left ventricle, a client has irreversible
cellular necrosis of the
myocardium. The nurse planning care determines that which nursing diagnosis would
be the highest priority at
this time?
Cardiac Output, Decreased
At a community health fair, a nurse stresses the importance of a cardiac-prudent diet
and exercise routine in order
FINAL Questions with Verified Correct
Answers
The nurse educator is describing the major structures of the cardiovascular system to a
group of nursing students.
How many major components will the educator teach the students about during the
lecture?
There are three major components to the cardiovascular system. They are the blood, heart,
and blood
vessels
After a stressful event, a client's blood pressure and heart rate rise. Which system is
most likely responsible for
this physiologic change?
the autonomic nervous system controls the heart rate and blood vessel diameter
Body cells require oxygen-rich blood for aerobic metabolism. The nurse explains that
which organs bring oxygen
to the blood and remove carbon dioxide from it?
the lungs
A client is in acute renal failure. During this period, the client's erythrocyte count might
drop. The nurse
understands that this might be due to a deficiency of which substance?
Erythropoietin
, A leukopenic client is placed in a private room, and visitors are limited. Why are these
precautions taken for this
client?
To protect the client from potential infection
During morning rounds, the nurse is told one of her clients will need a platelet
transfusion. From this information,
the nurse infers that which should be removed from a client's room?
shaving razors
A client with cirrhosis is due to have a liver biopsy performed. What will the monitor
this client for at the bedside
following the procedure?
bleeding
The nurse understands that which vitamin is essential in the process of coagulation?
vitamin k
After an acute myocardial infarction of the left ventricle, a client has irreversible
cellular necrosis of the
myocardium. The nurse planning care determines that which nursing diagnosis would
be the highest priority at
this time?
Cardiac Output, Decreased
At a community health fair, a nurse stresses the importance of a cardiac-prudent diet
and exercise routine in order
