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MED SURG EXAM FINAL STUDY GUIDE ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT VERIFIED BEST EXAM SOLUTION 2025 GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS

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MED SURG EXAM FINAL STUDY GUIDE ALL ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT VERIFIED BEST EXAM SOLUTION THAT COVERS
2024/2025 GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS




The nurse is creating a nursing care plan for a client with a primary diagnosis of
cellulitis and a secondary diagnosis of chronic pain. What common trait of
clients who live with chronic pain should be integrated into care planning?
Select one:
a.They often have an increased tolerance of pain.
b.They can experience acute pain in addition to chronic pain.
c.They are typically more comfortable with underlying pain than clients without
chronic pain.
d.They often have a lower pain threshold than clients without chronic pain. -
CORRECT ANSWERS B


A hospice nurse is caring for a client who is dying of lymphoma. According to
Maslow hierarchy of needs, what dimension of care should the nurse consider
primary in importance when caring for a dying client?
Select one:
a.Physiologic
b.Emotional
c.Social
d.Spiritual - CORRECT ANSWERS A


A client has a newly diagnosed heart murmur. During the nurse's subsequent
health education, he asks if he can listen to it. What would be the nurse's best
response?

,MED SURG EXAM FINAL STUDY GUIDE ALL ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT VERIFIED BEST EXAM SOLUTION THAT COVERS
2024/2025 GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
Select one:
a."If you would like to listen to your murmur, I'd be glad to help you and to
show you how to use a stethoscope."
b."Listening to the body is called auscultation. It is done with the diaphragm,
and it requires a trained ear to hear a murmur."
c."Heart murmurs are pathologic and may require surgery. If you would like to
listen to your murmur, I can provide you with instruction."
d."Listening is called palpation, and I would be glad to help you to palpate your
murmur." - CORRECT ANSWERS A


The nurse is performing a dietary assessment with a client who has been
admitted to the medical unit with community-acquired pneumonia. The client
wants to know why the hospital needs all this information about the way he
eats, asking you, "Are you asking me all these questions because I am Middle
Eastern?" What is the nurse's best response to this client?
Select one:
a."We always try to abide by foreign-born clients' dietary preferences in order
to make them comfortable."
b."We wouldn't want to feed you anything you only eat on certain holidays."
c."We know that some cultural and religious practices include dietary
guidelines, and we do not want to violate these."
d."We know that clients who grew up in other countries often have unusual
diets, and we want to accommodate this." - CORRECT ANSWERS C


The future of transcultural nursing care lies in finding ways to promote cultural
competence in nursing students. How can this goal be best accomplished?
Select one:
a.By requiring students to care primarily for clients from other ethnic groups

,MED SURG EXAM FINAL STUDY GUIDE ALL ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT VERIFIED BEST EXAM SOLUTION THAT COVERS
2024/2025 GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
b.By offering multicultural health studies in nursing curricula
c.By screening applicants according to their cultural competence
d.By enhancing the content of community nursing classes - CORRECT
ANSWERS B


The nurse is beginning a shift on a medical unit and is performing assessments
appropriate to each client's diagnosis and history. When assessing a client who
has an acute staphylococcal infection, what is the most effective technique for
assessing the lymph nodes of the client's neck?
Select one:
a.Inspection
b.Palpation
c.Percussion
d.Auscultation - CORRECT ANSWERS B


A client was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis one year ago, but has
achieved adequate symptom control with Ibuprofen-NSAID. The nurse should
recognize that this drug, like other NSAIDs, influences what aspect of the
pathophysiology of nociceptive pain?
Select one:
a.Diverting noxious information from passing through the dorsal root ganglia
and synapses in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord
b.Inhibiting transduction by blocking the formation of prostaglandins in the
periphery
c.Blocking modulation by limiting the reuptake of serotonin and
norepinephrine

, MED SURG EXAM FINAL STUDY GUIDE ALL ANSWERS 100%
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d.Distorting the action potential that is transmitted along the A-delta (δ) and C
fibers - CORRECT ANSWERS B


The nurse is caring for a postsurgical client who speaks very little English. How
should the nurse most accurately assess this client's pain?
Select one:
a.Use a chart with English on one side of the page and the client's native
language on the other so he can rate his pain.
b.Use the services of a translator each time you assess the client so you can
document the client's pain rating.
c.Ask the client to write down a number according to the 0-to-10 point pain
scale.
d.Use the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). - CORRECT ANSWERS A


An emergency department nurse is preparing to inspect and palpate the head
and scalp of an older adult who experienced a fall. A member of which group
would most likely consider this examination as a violation of norms?
Select one:
a.Jewish
b.Asian
c.African
d.Islamic - CORRECT ANSWERS B


A group of disaster survivors is working with the critical incident stress
management (CISM) team. Members of this team should be guided by what
goal?
Select one:

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