ATI - Adult Medical Surgical NGN B questions and answers 100% guaranteed success.

ATI - Adult Medical Surgical NGN B questions and answers 100% guaranteed success. A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is perimenopausal and has a prescription for hormone replacement therapy. For which of the following adverse effects should the nurse instruct the client to notify the provider? - correct answers.Calf pain Numbness in the arms Intense headache A nurse is planning care for a client who is postoperative following a laparotomy and has a closed-suction drain. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to manage the drain? - correct answers.Compress the drain reservoir after emptying. A nurse is caring for a client who has DKA. Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the client's condition is improving? - correct answers.Glucose 272 mg/dL A nurse is reviewing the laboratory findings of a client who developed chest pain 6 hr ago. The nurse should identify which of the following findings as an indication of a myocardial infarction (MI)? - correct answers.Troponin I 8 ng/mL A nurse is planning a health promotional presentation for a group of African American clients at a community center. Which of the following disorders presents the greatest risk to this group of clients? - correct tension A nurse is providing education to a client who is at risk for osteoporosis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? - correct answers.Walk for 30 min four times per week. A nurse is caring for a client who has an arterial line. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - correct answers.Place a pressure bag around the flush solution. A nurse is reviewing the ABG results of a client who has advanced COPD. Which of the following results should the nurse expect? - correct answers.PaCO2 56 A nurse is providing postoperative teaching for a client who had a total knee arthroplasty. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? - correct answers.Flex the foot every hour when awake. A nurse is planning care for a client who is postoperative following a parathyroidectomy. Which of the following actions should the nurse identify as the priority? - correct answers.Place a tracheostomy tray at the bedside. A nurse is evaluating the plan of care for four clients after 2 days of hospitalization. The nurse should identify the need to revise the plan for which of the following clients? - correct answers.A client who is postoperative following abdominal surgery and reports feeling that something "popped" when they coughed A nurse is checking the ECG rhythm strip for a client who has a temporary pacemaker. The nurse notes a pacemaker artifact followed by a QRS complex. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - correct answers.Document that depolarization has occurred. A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client who has active tuberculosis (TB). Which of the following information should the nurse include in the instructions? - correct answers.Sputum specimens are necessary every 2 to 4 weeks until there are three negative cultures. A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving a blood transfusion. The client becomes restless, dyspneic, and has crackles noted to the lung bases. Which of the following actions should the nurse anticipate taking? - correct answers.Slow the infusion rate A nurse is assessing a client who is postoperative following a thyroidectomy. Which of the following findings is the nurse's priority? - correct answers.Temperature 38.9° C (102° F) A nurse is caring for a client who has homonymous hemianopsia as a result of a stroke. To reduce the risk of falls when ambulating, the nurse should provide which of the following instructions to the client? - correct answers.Scan the environment by turning your head from side to side. A PACU nurse is assessing a client who is postoperative following a right nephrectomy. The client's initial vital signs were heart rate 80/min, blood pressure 130/70 mm Hg, respiratory rate 16/min, and temperature 36° C (96.80 F). Which of the following vital sign changes should alert the nurse that the client might be hemorrhaging? - correct answers.Heart rate 110/min A nurse is caring for a client who is 8 hr postoperative following a total hip arthroplasty. The client is unable to void on the bedpan. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? - correct answers.Scan the bladder with a portable ultrasound. A nurse is assessing a client who has advanced lung cancer and is receiving palliative care. The client has just undergone thoracentesis. The nurse should expect a reduction in which of the following common manifestations of advanced cancer? - correct answers.Dyspnea A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative. - correct answers.Nurses' Notes Client admitted to medical-surgical unit from PACU. Client reports incisional pain as 2 on a scale of 0 to 10. Client appears restless and frequently asks for water. Bilateral lower extremities cool with +1 pedal pulses. Urine output is 40 mL for the past 2 hr. Moderate amount of bright red drainage noted on surgical incision dressing.