The nurse is caring for a patient with a diagnosis of vulvar cancer who has returned
from the PACU after undergoing a wide excision of the vulva. How should this
patients analgesic regimen be best managed?
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Scheduled analgesia should be administered around-the-clock to prevent
pain
A patient with a fractured femur is in balanced suspension traction. The patient needs
to be repositioned toward the head of the bed. During repositioning, what should the
nurse do?
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, Maintain consistent traction tension while repositioning.
A nurse is assessing a patient who reports a throbbing, burning sensation in the right
foot. The patient states that the pain is worst during the day but notes that the pain is
relieved with rest. The nurse should recognize the signs and symptoms of what health
problem?
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Mortons neuroma
A patient has just been told she needs to have an incisional biopsy of a right breast
mass. During preoperative teaching, how could the nurse best assess this patient for
specific educational, physical, or psychosocial needs she might have?
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By encouraging her to verbalize her questions and concerns
A patient has just begun been receiving skeletal traction and the nurse is aware that
muscles in the patients affected limb are spastic. How does this change in muscle
tone affect the patients traction prescription?
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Extra weight is needed initially to keep the limb in proper alignment.
,A patient has just returned to the floor following a transurethral resection of the
prostate. A triple-lumen indwelling urinary catheter has been inserted for continuous
bladder irrigation. What, in addition to balloon inflation, are the functions of the three
lumens?
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Continuous inflow and outflow of irrigation solution
A 45-year-old woman comes into the health clinic for her annual check-up. She
mentions to the nurse that she has noticed dimpling of the right breast that has
occurred in a few months. What assessment would be most appropriate for the nurse
to make?
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Palpate the area for a breast mass.
A nurse providing prenatal care to a pregnant woman is addressing measures to
reduce her postpartum risk of cystocele, rectocele, and uterine prolapse. What action
should the nurse recommend?
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Performance of pelvic muscle exercises
, A nursing educator is reviewing the risk factors for osteoporosis with a group of
recent graduates. What risk factor of the following should the educator describe?
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Small frame, female gender, and Caucasian ethnicity
A student nurse is doing clinical hours at an OB/GYN clinic. The student is helping to
develop a plan of care for a patient with gonorrhea who has presented at the clinic.
The student should include which of the following in the care plan for this patient?
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The patient should also be treated for chlamydia.
A nurse is planning the postoperative care of a patient who is scheduled for radical
prostatectomy. What intraoperative position will place the patient at particular risk for
the development of deep vein thrombosis postoperatively?
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Lithotomy position
A nurse is explaining that each breast contains 12 to 20 cone-shaped lobes. The nurse
should explain that each lobe consists of what elements?
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from the PACU after undergoing a wide excision of the vulva. How should this
patients analgesic regimen be best managed?
Give this one a try later!
Scheduled analgesia should be administered around-the-clock to prevent
pain
A patient with a fractured femur is in balanced suspension traction. The patient needs
to be repositioned toward the head of the bed. During repositioning, what should the
nurse do?
Give this one a try later!
, Maintain consistent traction tension while repositioning.
A nurse is assessing a patient who reports a throbbing, burning sensation in the right
foot. The patient states that the pain is worst during the day but notes that the pain is
relieved with rest. The nurse should recognize the signs and symptoms of what health
problem?
Give this one a try later!
Mortons neuroma
A patient has just been told she needs to have an incisional biopsy of a right breast
mass. During preoperative teaching, how could the nurse best assess this patient for
specific educational, physical, or psychosocial needs she might have?
Give this one a try later!
By encouraging her to verbalize her questions and concerns
A patient has just begun been receiving skeletal traction and the nurse is aware that
muscles in the patients affected limb are spastic. How does this change in muscle
tone affect the patients traction prescription?
Give this one a try later!
Extra weight is needed initially to keep the limb in proper alignment.
,A patient has just returned to the floor following a transurethral resection of the
prostate. A triple-lumen indwelling urinary catheter has been inserted for continuous
bladder irrigation. What, in addition to balloon inflation, are the functions of the three
lumens?
Give this one a try later!
Continuous inflow and outflow of irrigation solution
A 45-year-old woman comes into the health clinic for her annual check-up. She
mentions to the nurse that she has noticed dimpling of the right breast that has
occurred in a few months. What assessment would be most appropriate for the nurse
to make?
Give this one a try later!
Palpate the area for a breast mass.
A nurse providing prenatal care to a pregnant woman is addressing measures to
reduce her postpartum risk of cystocele, rectocele, and uterine prolapse. What action
should the nurse recommend?
Give this one a try later!
Performance of pelvic muscle exercises
, A nursing educator is reviewing the risk factors for osteoporosis with a group of
recent graduates. What risk factor of the following should the educator describe?
Give this one a try later!
Small frame, female gender, and Caucasian ethnicity
A student nurse is doing clinical hours at an OB/GYN clinic. The student is helping to
develop a plan of care for a patient with gonorrhea who has presented at the clinic.
The student should include which of the following in the care plan for this patient?
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The patient should also be treated for chlamydia.
A nurse is planning the postoperative care of a patient who is scheduled for radical
prostatectomy. What intraoperative position will place the patient at particular risk for
the development of deep vein thrombosis postoperatively?
Give this one a try later!
Lithotomy position
A nurse is explaining that each breast contains 12 to 20 cone-shaped lobes. The nurse
should explain that each lobe consists of what elements?
Give this one a try later!
