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STUDY GUIDE. GRADED A+.
QUESTIONS AND 100%
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A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide to a client who has heart failure.
Which of the following findings should the nurse report before administering
the medication? - Ans✔✔-Decreased potassium
A nurse is reviewing the chart of a client who is experiencing an adrenal crisis,
which was precipitated by the client not taking their medication for several
days. The nurse should identify that withdrawal from which of the following
medications potentiated the adrenal crisis? - Ans✔✔-Prednisone
A nurse is assisting with the care for a client who has a prescription for digoxin
0.25 mg PO daily. While taking the client's apical pulse, the nurse notes a rate
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of 58/min. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - Ans✔✔-
Withhold the dose.
A nurse is reinforcing teaching about glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) testing
with a client who has diabetes mellitus. Which of the following statements
indicates that the client understands the teaching? - Ans✔✔-"I will have my
HbA1c checked twice per year."
A nurse is providing information regarding transmission-based precautions for
a client who has Clostridium difficile to an assistive personnel (AP). Which of
the following instructions should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.) -
Ans✔✔-"Provide the client with disposable utensils and dishes for meals."
"Leave blood pressure equipment in the client's room."
"Clean contaminated surfaces with a bleach solution."
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has coronary artery disease.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? -
Ans✔✔-"Add oily fish to your diet twice weekly."
A nurse in an oncology clinic is reinforcing teaching about Mohs surgery with a
client who has skin cancer. Which of the following information should the nurse
include in the teaching? - Ans✔✔-Mohs surgery is a horizontal shaving of thin
layers of the tumor.
A nurse is collecting data from an older adult client who has several concerns.
Which of the following concerns should the nurse recognize as an expected
change associated with aging? - Ans✔✔-"My food tastes bland even after I add
seasoning."
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A nurse is reinforcing dietary teaching with a client about increasing the intake
of foods containing vitamin C to enhance absorption of oral iron supplements.
Which of the following food choices should the nurse include in the teaching? -
Ans✔✔-1 cup of boiled broccoli
A nurse is assisting with the care for a client who is 2 hr postoperative following
the amputation of a foot. Which of the following actions should the nurse take
first? - Ans✔✔-Check the incisional dressing.
A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who is postoperative following
abdominal surgery.
Exhibit 1
Nurses' Notes
1100:
Client received from PACU; initial vital signs recorded. Client is drowsy but
arouses to verbal stimuli. Oriented to person, place, and time. Client is able to
move all extremities. Normal sinus rhythm noted. Breath sounds are clear upon
auscultation. Dressing to abdomen is intact with a small amount of
serosanguinous drainage noted and marked. No bowel sounds in all four
quadrants. Indwelling urinary catheter is in place and draining clear, yellow
urine. Lactated Ringer's is infusing at 100 mL/hr via IV catheter in the right
forearm.1200:
Client reports nausea and pain as an 8 on a scale of 0 to 10. Abdominal
dressing is intact with no further drainage noted. Urine output of 15 mL noted
since arrival from PACU. Analgesic and antiemetic were administered as
prescribed.1230:
Client reports rel - Ans✔✔-Which of the following actions should the nurse
take?
PRACTICE EXAM STUDY GUIDE.
PN ADULT MEDICAL SURGICAL
ONLINE PRACTICE EXAM
STUDY GUIDE. GRADED A+.
QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS. LATEST
UPDATE
A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide to a client who has heart failure.
Which of the following findings should the nurse report before administering
the medication? - Ans✔✔-Decreased potassium
A nurse is reviewing the chart of a client who is experiencing an adrenal crisis,
which was precipitated by the client not taking their medication for several
days. The nurse should identify that withdrawal from which of the following
medications potentiated the adrenal crisis? - Ans✔✔-Prednisone
A nurse is assisting with the care for a client who has a prescription for digoxin
0.25 mg PO daily. While taking the client's apical pulse, the nurse notes a rate
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of 58/min. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - Ans✔✔-
Withhold the dose.
A nurse is reinforcing teaching about glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) testing
with a client who has diabetes mellitus. Which of the following statements
indicates that the client understands the teaching? - Ans✔✔-"I will have my
HbA1c checked twice per year."
A nurse is providing information regarding transmission-based precautions for
a client who has Clostridium difficile to an assistive personnel (AP). Which of
the following instructions should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.) -
Ans✔✔-"Provide the client with disposable utensils and dishes for meals."
"Leave blood pressure equipment in the client's room."
"Clean contaminated surfaces with a bleach solution."
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has coronary artery disease.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? -
Ans✔✔-"Add oily fish to your diet twice weekly."
A nurse in an oncology clinic is reinforcing teaching about Mohs surgery with a
client who has skin cancer. Which of the following information should the nurse
include in the teaching? - Ans✔✔-Mohs surgery is a horizontal shaving of thin
layers of the tumor.
A nurse is collecting data from an older adult client who has several concerns.
Which of the following concerns should the nurse recognize as an expected
change associated with aging? - Ans✔✔-"My food tastes bland even after I add
seasoning."
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A nurse is reinforcing dietary teaching with a client about increasing the intake
of foods containing vitamin C to enhance absorption of oral iron supplements.
Which of the following food choices should the nurse include in the teaching? -
Ans✔✔-1 cup of boiled broccoli
A nurse is assisting with the care for a client who is 2 hr postoperative following
the amputation of a foot. Which of the following actions should the nurse take
first? - Ans✔✔-Check the incisional dressing.
A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who is postoperative following
abdominal surgery.
Exhibit 1
Nurses' Notes
1100:
Client received from PACU; initial vital signs recorded. Client is drowsy but
arouses to verbal stimuli. Oriented to person, place, and time. Client is able to
move all extremities. Normal sinus rhythm noted. Breath sounds are clear upon
auscultation. Dressing to abdomen is intact with a small amount of
serosanguinous drainage noted and marked. No bowel sounds in all four
quadrants. Indwelling urinary catheter is in place and draining clear, yellow
urine. Lactated Ringer's is infusing at 100 mL/hr via IV catheter in the right
forearm.1200:
Client reports nausea and pain as an 8 on a scale of 0 to 10. Abdominal
dressing is intact with no further drainage noted. Urine output of 15 mL noted
since arrival from PACU. Analgesic and antiemetic were administered as
prescribed.1230:
Client reports rel - Ans✔✔-Which of the following actions should the nurse
take?
