Adult Health III- Exam 1 Questions and
Answers.
The nurse manager has taught a new staff nurse about assessing and caring for an
arteriovenous graft. The staff nurse demonstrates understanding of appropriate care when
performing which action?
A) Feel for buzzing sensation.
B) Auscultate carotid pulses.
C) Palpate for a bruit.
D) Access graft for labs. - Answer D) access graft for labs
The nurse should include which information in the discharge teaching plan for a patient who
underwent peritoneal dialysis catheter placement?
Select all that apply.
-Notify the provider if fluid appears cloudy.
-Review numerous dietary restrictions.
-Purulent drainage is expected at insertion site.
-Notify provider if any redness is noted.
-Pain at the insertion site may indicate infection. - Answer -Notify the provider if fluid
appears cloudy.
-Notify provider if any redness is noted.
-Pain at the insertion site may indicate infection.
What is the priority teaching point when the nurse is discussing the treatment regimen with a
patient who has received a kidney transplant for end stage renal disease?
A) To take medications daily at the same time
B) To keep all follow-up appointments as scheduled
C) The need for meticulous immediate and lifelong care
D) To inform patient of scarring at the incision site - Answer C) The need for meticulous
immediate and lifelong care
The nurse should recognize that which assessment findings are consistent with chronic kidney
disease?
Select all that apply.
-Slow manifestation of symptoms
Answers.
The nurse manager has taught a new staff nurse about assessing and caring for an
arteriovenous graft. The staff nurse demonstrates understanding of appropriate care when
performing which action?
A) Feel for buzzing sensation.
B) Auscultate carotid pulses.
C) Palpate for a bruit.
D) Access graft for labs. - Answer D) access graft for labs
The nurse should include which information in the discharge teaching plan for a patient who
underwent peritoneal dialysis catheter placement?
Select all that apply.
-Notify the provider if fluid appears cloudy.
-Review numerous dietary restrictions.
-Purulent drainage is expected at insertion site.
-Notify provider if any redness is noted.
-Pain at the insertion site may indicate infection. - Answer -Notify the provider if fluid
appears cloudy.
-Notify provider if any redness is noted.
-Pain at the insertion site may indicate infection.
What is the priority teaching point when the nurse is discussing the treatment regimen with a
patient who has received a kidney transplant for end stage renal disease?
A) To take medications daily at the same time
B) To keep all follow-up appointments as scheduled
C) The need for meticulous immediate and lifelong care
D) To inform patient of scarring at the incision site - Answer C) The need for meticulous
immediate and lifelong care
The nurse should recognize that which assessment findings are consistent with chronic kidney
disease?
Select all that apply.
-Slow manifestation of symptoms
