NRS 3015 Final Review | Nursing Final Exam Study Guide & Exam Prep

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The nurse is preparing a client for surgery scheduled in two hours.
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Which interventions are appropriate in the preoperative period? S
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elect all that apply. - correct answer ✔ ✔
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assist the client to void before transfer to the operating room, re
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view the client's record for a history and physical report and lab re
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ports, check all surgeon's prescriptions to ensure they have been c
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arried out .,




The nurse is creating a plan of care for a client scheduled for surge
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ry. The nurse should include which activity in the nursing care pla
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n for the client on the day of surgery? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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have the client void immediately before going into surgery
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The nurse is conducting preoperative teaching with a client about
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the use of an incentive spirometer. The nurse should include whic
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h piece of information in discussions with the client? -
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correct answer ✔ ✔
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the best results are achieved when sitting up or with the head of
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the bed elevated 45 to 90 degrees
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,In preparation for ambulation, the nurse is planning to assist a pos
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toperative client to progress from a lying position to a sitting posit
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ion. Which nursing action is appropriate to maintain the safety of t
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he client? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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assess the client for signs of dizziness and hypotension
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The PACU nurse caring for a client with a nasogastric (NG) tube
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notes 300 mL of bright red blood has collected. What is the appro
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priate nursing action? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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call the client's surgeon to report the drainage
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The nurse is preparing a preoperative client for transfer to the ope
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rating room. The nurse should take which action in the care of this
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client at this time? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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ensure that the client has not eaten for the past 24 hours
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A client is admitted to the ambulatory surgery center for elective s
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urgery. The nurse asks the client whether any food, fluid, or medi
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cation was taken today. Which medication, if taken by the client, s
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hould indicate to the nurse the need to contact the health care prov
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ider? - correct answer ✔ ✔ an anticoagulatn
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, The nurse is caring for a client who recently returned from the ope
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rating room. On data collection, the nurse notes that the client's vit
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al signs are blood pressure (BP), 118/70 mm Hg; pulse, 91 beats/
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minute; and respirations, 16 breaths/minute. Preoperative vital sig
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ns were BP, 132/88 mm Hg; pulse, 74 beats/minute; and respirati
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ons, 20 breaths/minute. Which action should the nurse plan to tak
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e first? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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recheck the vital signs in 15 mins ., ., ., ., ., .,




A client is scheduled for surgery at noon. The surgeon is delayed
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and the surgery is now scheduled for 3:00 PM. How will the nurse
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plan to administer the preoperative prophylactic antibiotic? -
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correct answer ✔ ✔
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adjust the administration time to be given within one hour prior
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to surgery.,




Which assessment data finding for a client scheduled for total kne
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e replacement surgery is most important for the nurse to communi
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cate to the surgeon and the anesthesia provider before the procedu
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re? Select all that apply. - correct answer ✔ ✔
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the client took a total of 1300 mg of aspirin yesterday, after rece
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iving the preoperative medications the client tells the nurse that he
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lied on the assessment form and that he really is a current smoker,
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serum potassium level is 3.0
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