Saunders Chapter 13 Practice Questions
100. The nurse is preparing to initiate an IV line containing a high dose of potassium
chloride and using an IV infusion pump. While preparing to plug the pump cord into
the wall, the nurse finds that no receptacle is available in the wall socket. The nurse
should take which action?
1. Initiate the IV line without the use of a pump
2. Contact the electrical maintenance dept for assistance
3. Plug in the pump cord in the available plug above the room sink
4. Use an extension cord from the nurses' lounge for the pump plug - ANS-Contact
the electrical maintenance dept for assistance
Electrical equipment must be maintained in good working order and should be
grounded
\101. The nurse obtains a prescription from a primary health care provider to restrain
a client and instructs an unlicensed assistive personnel to apply the safety device to
the client. Which observation of unsafe application of the safety device would
indicate that further instruction is required for the AP?
1. Placing a safety knot in the safety device straps
2. Safely securing the safety device straps to the side rails
3. Applying safety device straps that do not tighten when force is applied against
them
4. Securing so that 2 fingers can slide easily between the safety device and the
client's skin - ANS-Safely securing the safety device straps to the side rails
The safety device straps are secured to the bed frame and never to the side rails to
avoid accidental injury in the event that the side rails are released.
\102. The community health nurse is providing a teaching session about anthrax to
members of the community and asks the participants about the methods of
transmission. Which answers by the participants would indicate that teaching was
effective? Select all that apply.
1. Bites from ticks or deer flies
2. Inhalation of bacterial spores
3. Through a cut or abrasion in the skin
4. Direct contact with an infected individual
5. Sexual contact with an infected individual
6. Ingestion of contaminated undercooked meat - ANS-Inhalation of bacterial spores
Through a cut or abrasion in the skin
Ingestion of contaminated undercooked meat
Anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis and can be contracted through the digestive
system or abrasions in the skin, or inhaled through the lungs
\103. The nurse is giving report to an assistive personnel who will be caring for a
client in hand restraints. The nurse instructs the AP to check the tightness of the
restrained hands?
100. The nurse is preparing to initiate an IV line containing a high dose of potassium
chloride and using an IV infusion pump. While preparing to plug the pump cord into
the wall, the nurse finds that no receptacle is available in the wall socket. The nurse
should take which action?
1. Initiate the IV line without the use of a pump
2. Contact the electrical maintenance dept for assistance
3. Plug in the pump cord in the available plug above the room sink
4. Use an extension cord from the nurses' lounge for the pump plug - ANS-Contact
the electrical maintenance dept for assistance
Electrical equipment must be maintained in good working order and should be
grounded
\101. The nurse obtains a prescription from a primary health care provider to restrain
a client and instructs an unlicensed assistive personnel to apply the safety device to
the client. Which observation of unsafe application of the safety device would
indicate that further instruction is required for the AP?
1. Placing a safety knot in the safety device straps
2. Safely securing the safety device straps to the side rails
3. Applying safety device straps that do not tighten when force is applied against
them
4. Securing so that 2 fingers can slide easily between the safety device and the
client's skin - ANS-Safely securing the safety device straps to the side rails
The safety device straps are secured to the bed frame and never to the side rails to
avoid accidental injury in the event that the side rails are released.
\102. The community health nurse is providing a teaching session about anthrax to
members of the community and asks the participants about the methods of
transmission. Which answers by the participants would indicate that teaching was
effective? Select all that apply.
1. Bites from ticks or deer flies
2. Inhalation of bacterial spores
3. Through a cut or abrasion in the skin
4. Direct contact with an infected individual
5. Sexual contact with an infected individual
6. Ingestion of contaminated undercooked meat - ANS-Inhalation of bacterial spores
Through a cut or abrasion in the skin
Ingestion of contaminated undercooked meat
Anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis and can be contracted through the digestive
system or abrasions in the skin, or inhaled through the lungs
\103. The nurse is giving report to an assistive personnel who will be caring for a
client in hand restraints. The nurse instructs the AP to check the tightness of the
restrained hands?
