RELIAS MEDICAL SURGICAL TELEMETRY EXAM 2024 TEST BANK COMPLETE 180 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

RELIAS MEDICAL SURGICAL TELEMETRY EXAM 2024 TEST BANK COMPLETE 180 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ Which of the following food items would you question in the menu of your patient who is diagnosed with celiac disease? - ANSWER - Wheat bread A postoperative laparoscopic appendectomy patient is receiving morphine PCA for pain findings with alert you to the potential of a narcotic overdose? - ANSWER - A respiratory rate of 8 breaths per minute Your patient was admitted with severe dehydration. Which of the following orders would you question - ANSWER - KCI 40 mEq IV push STAT What is the first sign of increased intracranial pressure? - ANSWER - Change in LOC A patient suddenly complains of new onset of chest pain. The doctor is suspecting a possible?... What is most likely to be ordered? - ANSWER - Morphine Duramorph, oxygen, nitrates, Aceticsalicylic acid, bayer buffered aspirin The Glasgow, scale ranges from: - ANSWER - 3 to 15 You deserve the nurse aid removing her gloves and immediately using alcohol hand sanitizer in a room with a patient who has C -Diff. What education should you provide to the nurse aide - ANSWER - And washing with soap and water is mandatory because alcohol based hand sanitizers do not kill C -diff Which of the following assessment findings should you report immediately to the physician for a patient who just had a bronchoscopy and biopsy? - ANSWER - Sputum with streaks of blood NOT: increased salivation Your patient was just returned from surgery with a Jackson -Pratt JP drain in place which of the following is the best nursing action? - ANSWER - Compress the drain, then plug the bulb to establish suction Patient is admitted for shortness of breath. Do you notice the spouse adjusting the oxygen on the wall and she states "she always takes care of my husband" what would be an appropriate response? - ANSWER - Educate the spouse on oxygen use as a medical device in the hospital Deposition has ordered for your patience to begin a 24 hour urine collection. Your patient voids for the first time two hours after the orders received. What should be done with this urine sample? - ANSWER - Discarded, then begin the 24 hour collection Which of the following lab values would you expect to see in a patient diagnosed with?.... - ANSWER - Lipase - 196 You were caring for a patient admitted with abdominal pain. Your patient has a bowel movement and you know dark tarry stool what would be the diagnosis? - ANSWER - Upper G.I. bleed Your COPD patient is complaining of wheezing and increased shortness of breath - ANSWER - Assess your patient for a change in condition What information is vital for you to know prior to administering an ordered dose of digoxin - ANSWER - Heart rate Your patient has been diagnosed with a hemorrhagic CVA - ANSWER - Heparin infusion per pharmacy protocol A 56 -year-old man has an acute onset of shortness of breath, chest pain, apprehension, rapid pulse, cough with bloody sputum, diaphoresis, and syncope. The symptoms are indicative of: - ANSWER - Pulmonary embolism? NOT: tuberculosis