COMPREHENSIVE
PREDICTOR
RETAKE
REVISED
2023
,COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR RETAKE
A nurse is providing care for a patient who has depression and is to have
electroconvulsive therapy.Which of the following conditions should the
nurse identify as increasing the client’s risk for complications?
A. Hyperthyroidism
B. Renal calculi
C. Diabetes mellitus
D. Cardiac dysrhythmias
A nurse is assessing a client who has received an antibiotic. The nurse
should identify which of thefollowing findings as an indication of a possible
allergic reaction to the medication?
A. Bradycardia
B. Headache
C. Joint pain
D. Hypotension
A nurse on a mental health unit is caring for a client who has
schizophrenia and is experiencingauditory hallucinations telling them to
hurt others. The client is refusing to take anti-psychoticmedication.
Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
A. “You should plan to take this medication for a few weeks.”
B. “You will regret it if you do not take this medication.”
C. “This medication will help you respond to the voices.
D. “This medication will help you stop the voices you are hearing.”
, A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of a client who has rheumatoid
arthritis. Which of thefollowing findings should the nurse report to the
provider?
A. WBC count 8,000/mm
B. Platelets 150,000/mm
C. Aspartate aminotransferase
10 units/LD. Erythrocyte
sedimentation 75 mm/hr
A nurse is caring for a client who has a tension pneumothorax. Which of
the followingmanifestations should the nurse expect?
A. Paradoxical chest movement
B. Bilateral crackles
C. Asymmetry of the chest
D. Blood-tinged sputum
A nurse is caring for a client who is at 11 weeks of gestation. Which of
the followingimmunizations should the nurse recommend?
A. Human
papillomavirusB.
Influenza
C. Measles, mumps and rubella
D. Varicella
A nurse in a pediatric clinic is reviewing the laboratory test results of a
school-age child.Which of the following findings should the nurse report to
the provider?
A. Hct 40%
, B. Hgb 12.5 g/dL
C. Platelets
250,000/mmD. WBC
14,000/mm
A nurse is assessing a client who is receiving packed RBCs. Which of
the followingindicates fluid overload?
A. Low-back pain
B. Thready pulse
C. Hypotensi
onD.
Dyspnea
A nurse is preparing to administer betamethasone to a client who is 25
weeks of gestation and has preterm labor. Which of the following findings
should the nurse identify as an adverse effect of thismedication?
A. Hyperglycemia
B. Uterine contractions
C. Proteinuria
D. Hypotension
A nurse is preparing to obtain a blood sample from a client who has a central
venous catheter. Whichof the following actions should the nurse take? (SATA)
A. Apply a tourniquet above the catheter insertion site.
B. Access the catheter using a large bore needle.
C. Aspirate for blood return to access catheter patency.
D. Flush the catheter with 0.9% sodium chloride.