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term carej facilityjbeforej givingj thej patient‘sj prescribed j drugs.j Whichjactionjshould j thej LPNj con
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siderj toj bej thej highestj priority?
a. Obtainjanyjspecial equipment jjthatj willj bej needed j toj givej thej patient‘sjdrug.
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b. Monitorjthej patientj forj aj responsej tojthej drugjgiven.
c. Collectj data j about jthejpatient jjj and j thejpatient‘sjhealthjcondition.
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d. Reviewjthej nursing j carejplanjtoj verifyjthat jjit jjisj a
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ccurate.j ANS:j C
Collectingj andj documentingj dataj aboutj thej patientj andj thej patient‘sj healthj conditionj isj aj criticalj
stepj beforej anyj drugsj arej given.j Information jjregardingj thej present jjillness,j anyj signsj andj sympt
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oms,j reviewj ofj medical jjrecords,j drug jj history,j andj vital jjsignsj arej neededj beforej drugsj arej give
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n.j Decidingj onj specialj equipmentj thatj willj bej neededj toj givej thej patient‘sj drugj isj partj ofjthej plan
ningj phasej ofj thej nursingj process.j Monitoringj thej patient jjforj hisj responsej toj given jjdrugj isj part j 4 4 4
ofjthej evaluationjstagejofjthej nursingj process.j Reviewingj thej nursingj carej planjtoj verifyjthatj itjjjisj b
eingj followedj accuratelyj isj partj ofjthej implementation j stagej ofjthej nursingj process. 4
DIF: CognitivejLevel:j Applying REF:j p.j 2
2. Thej LPNj isjworkingj withjaj patient jjinjthej planning jjstagejofjthej nursing jjprocessjrelated j toj
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thej patient‘sj prescribedj drugs.j Which jj action jjshouldj thej LPNj takej during jjthisj stage?
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a. Developj a jj nursingj goaljtoj plan jthej proceduresj neededj toj givej drug.
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b. Developja jteachingj planj forj thejpatientj regardingj thejdrug‘sjactions.
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c. Determinejthatj thejpatientj isjexperiencingj thejexpectedjresponsejtoj hisjdrug.
d. Determinejhowj much thejpatientj understandsjaboutj hisj d
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rug.j ANS:j D
Determining j howj muchjthej patient junderstandsjaboutj hisj drugj isjpart jofjthej diagnosisjphasej ofj t
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hej nursingj process.j Developingj aj nursingj goalj toj planj thej proceduresj neededj toj givej drugj an
d jdevelopingj a jteachingj plan jforj thej patientj regardingj thej drug‘sj actionsj arej part j ofj thej plann
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ing jj phasej ofj thej nursingj process.
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DIF: Cognitivej Level:j Applying REF:j p.j 2
3. Youj arej teaching jj aj patientj withj depression jjaboutj thej potentialj adversej effectsj ofj aj pres
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cribedjdrug.j What jjpart jofjthej nursing j processj relatedj toj drugjtherapyjarej youj engagingj inj atj thisj
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point jjofj thej teaching jjplan?
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a. Assessment
b. Implementation
c. Evaluation
d. Diagnosis
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Inj thej evaluationj phasej ofj thej nursingj process,jjthej LPNj understandsj andj teachesj toj thej patien
tj thej drug‘sj therapeuticj effects,j expected jjsidej effects,j andj potential jjadversej effects.
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DIF: Cognitivej Level:j Remembering REF: p.j 2
4. Whichjofjthej followingj isj an jexamplej ofjsubjectivej data?
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a. Thejpatientj statesjshejhasjpainjinj herj leftj arm.
b. Thej medicaljchart jjj hasjaj recordedj bloodj pressurejofj128/88.
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c. Thejserum potassiumjlevel jj isj3.8j mmol/L.
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d. Thejpatient‘sjECGjshowsjnormaljsinusjrhythm.