NGN RN ADULT MED SURG 2019/ NEWEST RN ADULT
MEDICAL SURGICAL LATEST UPDATED 2024 | 100
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ \
NEW!!! UPDATE
A nurse is caring for a client who has anemia. Which of the
following assessment findings should the nurse anticipate with the
client's condition?
a) Bradycardia
b) Headache
c) heat intolerance
d) flushed skin color - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) headache
A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for
Warfarin about foods that affect the INR. The nurse should
include in the teaching that which of the following Foods interact
with this medication?
a) Kale
b) beef stew
c) Yogurt
d) orange juice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a) Kale - due to
vitamin K
A nurse is monitoring an older adult client who has an
extrapolation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The nurse notes
petechiae on the client's skin which of the following actions should
the nurse take?
a) Determine the client's blood type
b) avoid administering IV pain medication
c) Implement airborne precautions
,d) Institute bleeding precautions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d)
Institute bleeding precautions
A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who is
receiving treatment for genital herpes. Which of the following
statements by the client indicates effectiveness of the teaching?
a) I should expect to take my medication for three weeks
b) I should apply antibiotic ointment to the lesions
c) I should expect my lesions to resolve in 6 weeks
d) I should use natural skin condoms during sexual intercourse -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d) I should use natural skin condoms
during sexual intercourse
A nurse in an emergency department is preparing a client for
emergency surgery. The client's blood alcohol level is 180 mg /
DL which of the following action is the nurses priority?
a) Insert an NG Tube
b) obtain consent for surgery
c) apply anti embolic stockings
d) insert an indwelling urinary catheter - CORRECT ANSWER✔
✔a) Insert an NG Tube - prevent aspiration due to vomiting
A nurse suspects that a client who has diabetes mellitus is
experiencing hypoglycemia. Which of the following assessment
findings supports this suspicion?
a) Cool, clammy skin
b) kussmaul respirations
c) acetone breath
d) increased urine output - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a) Cool,
clammy skin
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving radiation. The client
reports nausea since the therapy was initiated. Which of the
,following considerations should the nurse include when finding
the clients meals?
a) Offer hot beverages with meals
b) offer a snack prior to radiation therapy
c) offer highly seasoned Foods
d) offer frequent High carbohydrate meals - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔d) offer frequent High carbohydrate meals
A charge nurse receives a call from the house supervisor
requesting room assignments for four new clients. Based on the
information diagnosis which of the following clients requires a
private room?
a) A client service port reports having fever, night sweats, and
cough for 2 days
b) an older adult client who was admitted with aspiration
pneumonia
c) a client who has diabetes mellitus and is presenting with acute
ketoacidosis
d) a client who has a compound fracture of the right femur -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a) A client service port reports having
fever, night sweats, and cough for 2 days
A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who
has diabetic ketoacidosis. Which of the following findings should
the nurse expect? (select all the apply)
a) Tremors
b) reports of nausea and vomiting
c) Serum glucose 380 mg / DL
d) serum pH 7.6
e) fruity smelling breath - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) reports of
nausea and vomiting
c) Serum glucose 380 mg / DL
e) fruity smelling breath
, A nurse is planning a staff education session about hepatitis A.
Which of the following information should the nurse include?
a) Immunization for Hepatitis A is recommended prior to travel to
high-risk areas
b) the incubation of hepatitis A is 5 to 10 days
c) hepatitis A is transmitted is Through Blood to blood exposure
d) clients who have Hepatitis A require a broad-spectrum
antibiotic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a) Immunization for Hepatitis
A is recommended prior to travel to high-risk areas
A nurse is caring for a client who has advanced liver disease.
Which of the following laboratory results should the nurse monitor
when assessing this client?
a) Phosphate level
b) glucose level
c) serum troponin
d) Serum ammonia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d) Serum
ammonia - worried about hepatic encephalopathy
A nurse is planning care for a client who has status epilepticus.
Which of the following interventions is the nurses priority to
include?
a) Administer phenytoin IV bolus to the client
b) provide the client oxygen at 6 L / min using a nasal cannula
c) turn the client to the lateral position during seizure activity
d) administer diazepam intravenously to the client - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔c) turn the client to the lateral position during
seizure activity
A nurse is caring for a client who had a total hip arthroplasty.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take to prevent
hip dislocation?
a) Elevate the knees higher than the hips when sitting
b) remove the wedge device when turning
MEDICAL SURGICAL LATEST UPDATED 2024 | 100
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ \
NEW!!! UPDATE
A nurse is caring for a client who has anemia. Which of the
following assessment findings should the nurse anticipate with the
client's condition?
a) Bradycardia
b) Headache
c) heat intolerance
d) flushed skin color - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) headache
A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for
Warfarin about foods that affect the INR. The nurse should
include in the teaching that which of the following Foods interact
with this medication?
a) Kale
b) beef stew
c) Yogurt
d) orange juice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a) Kale - due to
vitamin K
A nurse is monitoring an older adult client who has an
extrapolation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The nurse notes
petechiae on the client's skin which of the following actions should
the nurse take?
a) Determine the client's blood type
b) avoid administering IV pain medication
c) Implement airborne precautions
,d) Institute bleeding precautions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d)
Institute bleeding precautions
A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who is
receiving treatment for genital herpes. Which of the following
statements by the client indicates effectiveness of the teaching?
a) I should expect to take my medication for three weeks
b) I should apply antibiotic ointment to the lesions
c) I should expect my lesions to resolve in 6 weeks
d) I should use natural skin condoms during sexual intercourse -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d) I should use natural skin condoms
during sexual intercourse
A nurse in an emergency department is preparing a client for
emergency surgery. The client's blood alcohol level is 180 mg /
DL which of the following action is the nurses priority?
a) Insert an NG Tube
b) obtain consent for surgery
c) apply anti embolic stockings
d) insert an indwelling urinary catheter - CORRECT ANSWER✔
✔a) Insert an NG Tube - prevent aspiration due to vomiting
A nurse suspects that a client who has diabetes mellitus is
experiencing hypoglycemia. Which of the following assessment
findings supports this suspicion?
a) Cool, clammy skin
b) kussmaul respirations
c) acetone breath
d) increased urine output - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a) Cool,
clammy skin
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving radiation. The client
reports nausea since the therapy was initiated. Which of the
,following considerations should the nurse include when finding
the clients meals?
a) Offer hot beverages with meals
b) offer a snack prior to radiation therapy
c) offer highly seasoned Foods
d) offer frequent High carbohydrate meals - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔d) offer frequent High carbohydrate meals
A charge nurse receives a call from the house supervisor
requesting room assignments for four new clients. Based on the
information diagnosis which of the following clients requires a
private room?
a) A client service port reports having fever, night sweats, and
cough for 2 days
b) an older adult client who was admitted with aspiration
pneumonia
c) a client who has diabetes mellitus and is presenting with acute
ketoacidosis
d) a client who has a compound fracture of the right femur -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a) A client service port reports having
fever, night sweats, and cough for 2 days
A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who
has diabetic ketoacidosis. Which of the following findings should
the nurse expect? (select all the apply)
a) Tremors
b) reports of nausea and vomiting
c) Serum glucose 380 mg / DL
d) serum pH 7.6
e) fruity smelling breath - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔b) reports of
nausea and vomiting
c) Serum glucose 380 mg / DL
e) fruity smelling breath
, A nurse is planning a staff education session about hepatitis A.
Which of the following information should the nurse include?
a) Immunization for Hepatitis A is recommended prior to travel to
high-risk areas
b) the incubation of hepatitis A is 5 to 10 days
c) hepatitis A is transmitted is Through Blood to blood exposure
d) clients who have Hepatitis A require a broad-spectrum
antibiotic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔a) Immunization for Hepatitis
A is recommended prior to travel to high-risk areas
A nurse is caring for a client who has advanced liver disease.
Which of the following laboratory results should the nurse monitor
when assessing this client?
a) Phosphate level
b) glucose level
c) serum troponin
d) Serum ammonia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔d) Serum
ammonia - worried about hepatic encephalopathy
A nurse is planning care for a client who has status epilepticus.
Which of the following interventions is the nurses priority to
include?
a) Administer phenytoin IV bolus to the client
b) provide the client oxygen at 6 L / min using a nasal cannula
c) turn the client to the lateral position during seizure activity
d) administer diazepam intravenously to the client - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔c) turn the client to the lateral position during
seizure activity
A nurse is caring for a client who had a total hip arthroplasty.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take to prevent
hip dislocation?
a) Elevate the knees higher than the hips when sitting
b) remove the wedge device when turning
