VATI Comprehensive Predictor Latest 2023 questions and answers

VATI Comprehensive Predictor Latest 2023 questions and answers 51. a nurse is caring for a client who is 2hr postoperative following an ideal conduit procedures for bladder cancer. for which of the following findings should the nurse notify the provider?: a dusky-colored stoma 52. a nurse is teaching a client who has a low-literacy level about home management of diabetes mellitus. which of the following actions is appropri- ate?: show the client an educational video 53. a nurse is caring for a group of clients. the nurse should request a referral for a speech language pathologist for which of the following clients?: a client who has difficulty swallowing 54. a nurse is caring for a client who is in preterm labor and is receiving magnesium sulfate by continuous IV infusion. which of the following client findings medication toxicity?: urine output 20 ml/hr 55. a nurse is assessing a client who has pneumonia. which of the following findings is priority for the nurse to report to the provider?: a change in vocal tone after drinking liquids 56. a nurse is providing teaching about preventing mastitis to a client who is postpartum and breastfeeding her newborn. which of the following instruc- tions should the nurse include?: try to have your baby empty your breasts with each feeding 57. a nurse is caring for a client who will be receiving a transfusion of platelets. the nurse recognizes that the expected outcome of this treatment will be which of the following?: decreases in bleeding from puncture sites 58. a nurse is caring for a client who has just given birth to a stillborn newborn. which of the following is the priority task for the nurse to facilitate in the clients grief process?: acknowledging the reality of the newborns death 59. a nurse is planning care for a newborn who has hyperbilirubinemia and is to receive phototherapy. which of the following interventions should the nurse include?: place the newborn 45cm (18in) from the light source 60. a nurse is precasting a nursing student who brings the following client observations to the nurses attention. which of the following clients should the nurse assess first?: a client who is coughing up pink tinged sputum following a bronchoscopy and lung biopsy 1 hr ago 61. a nurse in a pediatric unit is caring for a group of clients. for which of the following disease should the nurse implement droplet precautions?: pertussis 62. a nurse is planning to delegate a client assignments to an assist personnel. which of the following tasks is appropriate for the nurses to delegate?: collect- ing a urine specimen 63. a nurse is caring for a toddler who has respiratory syncytial virus. which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?: use a designated stethoscope when Caring for the toddler 64. a nurse is assessing a client who has 2, para 1. the client is at 41 weeks of gestations and is receiving oxytocin for the augmentation of labor. the nurse should decrease the infusion rate for which of the following findings?: con- tractions occur every 90 seconds 65. a nurse is caring for a client who has fractures ribs, has developed thrombophlebitis, and is being treated with a heparin drip. the client develops hematuria and has an activated partial thromboplastin time of 100 seconds. which of the following actions should the nurse take first?: turn off the heparin drip 66. a nurse is providing teaching to the parent of a 6-month old infant who is teething and having difficulty sleeping. which of the following instructions should the nurse include?: "administer acetaminophen drops to your child before bedtime" 67. a nurse is admitting a client who has antisocial personality disorder. which of the following clients behaviors should the nurse identify as consistent with this disorder?: uses other for personal gain 68. a nurse is teaching a prenatal class about evidence of effective breast- feeding to a group of parents. which of the following information should be included?: -newborn swallowing sounds are audible while breastfeeding -newborns stools are yellow and seedy after 7 days of breastfeeding -maternal breasts become soft following feedings 69. a nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has schizophrenia and is starting therapy with clozapine. which of the following is the highest priority for the client to report to the provider?: fever 70. a nurse is providing postoperative teaching to a client who has a newly-in- serted pacemaker. which of the following statements by the client indicates that the teaching has been effective?: "I will use my cell phone on the ear opposite of my pacemaker" 71. The nurse is caring for a client who is receiving lactated ringers to treat fluid volume deficit. the nurse should identify that which of the following find- ings indicates a therapeutic response to the treatment?: increased hemoglobin and hematocrit levels 72. a nurse is caring for a client who is receiving systematic desensitization therapy to treat agoraphobia. which of the following client statements should indicate to the nurse that the treatment has been effective?: "I was able to sit on a park bench for 30 minutes" 73. a nurse is assessing a client who has pericarditis. which of the following findings is the priority?: paradoxical pulse 74. a nurse is caring for a preschool-age child who has a short-leg, plaster cast applied 1hr ago. which of the following is an appropriate intervention?: support the affected leg on a pillow 75. a nurse is caring for a client who is taking allopurinol. the nurse should monitor which of the following laboratory findings to determine the effective- ness of the medication?: uric acid level