,A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who b. I should lie down when I take this medication
has a new prescription for
sublingual nitroglycerin. Which of the following client
statements indicates an
understanding of the teaching?
a. I can keep my medications for 1 year before replacing
it
b. I should lie down when I take this medication
c. I should discontinue this medication if I develop a
headache
d. I can take up to five tablets in 15 minutes before
seeking medical attention
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to an older adult d. Install a raised toilet seat in your bathroom
client following a left total hip
arthroplasty. Which of the following instructions should
the nurse include in the
teaching?
a. Clean the incision daily with hydrogen peroxide
b. You can cross your legs the ankles when sitting down
c. You should use an incentive spirometer every 8 hours
d. Install a raised toilet seat in your bathroom
A nurse is planning care for a client following a cardiac c. maintain the clients affected extremity in extension
catheterization. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take?
a. Keep the client on bed rest for 24 hours
b. Limit the client's fluid intake to 1 l per day
c. Maintain the client's affected extremity in extension
d. Change the client's dressing every 8 hour
A nurse is caring for a client who has a lower extremity a. I will need to have my partner take over shopping for groceries and cooking
fracture and a prescription for the meals for us
crutches. Which of the following client statements
indicates that the client is adapting to
their role change?
a. I will need to have my partner take over shopping for
groceries and cooking the
meals for us
b. These crutches will make it impossible to care for my
child
c. I feel bad that I have to ask my partner to keep the
house clean
d. Its going to be difficult to tell my parents I cant take
them to their appointments
anymore
, A nurse is caring for a client who has gastroenteritis. d. Decreased BP
Which of the following assessment
findings should the nurse recognize as an indication that
the client is experiencing
dehydration?
a. Pitting, dependent edema
b. Distended jugular veins
c. Increased BP
d. Decreased BP
A nurse is caring for a client who has a contusion of the a. Desmopressin
brainstem and reports thirst.
The client's urinary output was 4,000 ml over the past 24
hour. The nurse should
anticipate a prescription for which of the following IV
medication?
a. Desmopressin
b. Epinephrine
c. Furosemide
d. Nitroprusside
A nurse in a clinic receives a phone call from a client who a. your cough may require that you stop or change your medication
recently started therapy with
an ACE inhibitor and reports a nagging dry cough. Which
of the following responses by
the nurse is appropriate?
a. "your cough may require that you stop or change your
medication"
b. "Increasing your daily fluid intake may eliminate your
cough"
c. "sucking on lozenge may reduce the frequency of your
cough"
d. You cough should go away in time"
A nurse is taking an admission history from a client who d. Using a nicotine transdermal patch
reports Raynaud's disease.
Which of the following assessment findings should the
nurse identify as a potential
trigger for exacerbations
of Raynaud's?
a. Eating a strict vegetarian diet
b. A history of herpes zoster
c. Taking amiodipine for hypertension
d. Using a nicotine transdermal patch
has a new prescription for
sublingual nitroglycerin. Which of the following client
statements indicates an
understanding of the teaching?
a. I can keep my medications for 1 year before replacing
it
b. I should lie down when I take this medication
c. I should discontinue this medication if I develop a
headache
d. I can take up to five tablets in 15 minutes before
seeking medical attention
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to an older adult d. Install a raised toilet seat in your bathroom
client following a left total hip
arthroplasty. Which of the following instructions should
the nurse include in the
teaching?
a. Clean the incision daily with hydrogen peroxide
b. You can cross your legs the ankles when sitting down
c. You should use an incentive spirometer every 8 hours
d. Install a raised toilet seat in your bathroom
A nurse is planning care for a client following a cardiac c. maintain the clients affected extremity in extension
catheterization. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take?
a. Keep the client on bed rest for 24 hours
b. Limit the client's fluid intake to 1 l per day
c. Maintain the client's affected extremity in extension
d. Change the client's dressing every 8 hour
A nurse is caring for a client who has a lower extremity a. I will need to have my partner take over shopping for groceries and cooking
fracture and a prescription for the meals for us
crutches. Which of the following client statements
indicates that the client is adapting to
their role change?
a. I will need to have my partner take over shopping for
groceries and cooking the
meals for us
b. These crutches will make it impossible to care for my
child
c. I feel bad that I have to ask my partner to keep the
house clean
d. Its going to be difficult to tell my parents I cant take
them to their appointments
anymore
, A nurse is caring for a client who has gastroenteritis. d. Decreased BP
Which of the following assessment
findings should the nurse recognize as an indication that
the client is experiencing
dehydration?
a. Pitting, dependent edema
b. Distended jugular veins
c. Increased BP
d. Decreased BP
A nurse is caring for a client who has a contusion of the a. Desmopressin
brainstem and reports thirst.
The client's urinary output was 4,000 ml over the past 24
hour. The nurse should
anticipate a prescription for which of the following IV
medication?
a. Desmopressin
b. Epinephrine
c. Furosemide
d. Nitroprusside
A nurse in a clinic receives a phone call from a client who a. your cough may require that you stop or change your medication
recently started therapy with
an ACE inhibitor and reports a nagging dry cough. Which
of the following responses by
the nurse is appropriate?
a. "your cough may require that you stop or change your
medication"
b. "Increasing your daily fluid intake may eliminate your
cough"
c. "sucking on lozenge may reduce the frequency of your
cough"
d. You cough should go away in time"
A nurse is taking an admission history from a client who d. Using a nicotine transdermal patch
reports Raynaud's disease.
Which of the following assessment findings should the
nurse identify as a potential
trigger for exacerbations
of Raynaud's?
a. Eating a strict vegetarian diet
b. A history of herpes zoster
c. Taking amiodipine for hypertension
d. Using a nicotine transdermal patch
