PN1 Exam 2 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

An 8-month-old infant is hospitalized with severe diarrhea. The nurse knows that the major problem associated with severe diarrhea is Correct Answer Electrolyte and Fluid Loss A 28-year-old female client presents at the emergency department with a rapid onset of fever and chills, with flank pain, pyuria, nausea, vomiting, and headache. Laboratory results indicate bacteriuria, WBCs, and casts. What condition should the nurse suspect? Correct Answer Acute pyelonephritis A 37-year-old male client presents at the emergency department with excruciating pain that comes in waves, nausea, vomiting, and chills. The nurse suspects the client has kidney stones. What test would be ordered to confirm or rule out this condition? Correct Answer KUB flat place of the abdomen After being diagnosed, a client asks the nurse "What is pyelonephritis?" The nurse should respond Correct Answer "Pyelonephritis is a common infection that needs to be treated to prevent complications" Although a nurse may not agree, the nurse recognizes that a terminally ill client has the legal right to:(SATA) Correct Answer -Competent clients have the right to refuse treatment. -This includes life-saving hydration and nutrition. -Physician-assisted suicide is legal in the state of Oregon, and it is legally a client's decision to declare a DNR status or to sign an organ donor card. A patient has asked the nurse to explain her laboratory results. The nurse informs the patient that he must first assist another patient to the bathroom and then he will explain the results. The nurse assists the other patient to the bathroom and then returns to explain the results to the patient. What moral principle has the nurse displayed? Correct Answer Fidelity Before the nurse brings the client to the operating room (OR) for knee surgery, the client reports to the nurse that he did not mark the operative knee with the surgeon. What is the priority action of the nurse? Correct Answer Call the surgeon to mark the site with client before transfer to the OR The cardiac nurse wants to know about the best practices to prevent pneumonia after open-heart surgery. What does the nurse do first? Correct Answer Search for evidence to answer the question