MEDICAL SURGICAL RN A PROPHECY RELIAS NEWEST VERSION EXAM WITH SOLUTIONS

MEDICAL SURGICAL RN A PROPHECY RELIAS NEWEST VERSION EXAM WITH SOLUTIONS Your 18-year-old female patient was admitted with dehydration secondary to anorexia nervosa. During your assessment you note she has a flat affect and says, "I just want to die. I'm tired of my life." What should be your FIRST intervention? - ANSWER-Stay with the patient and ask fi she has a plan to carry out this wish. Your male patient complains of discomfort while inflating the balloon during insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter. What would be the MOST appropriate action? - ANSWER-Deflate the balloon, advance the catheter further, then reinflate the balloon Your new patient was admitted with blunt force trauma to the abdomen following a motor vehicle accident (MVA). A NG tube is in place for decompression; however, you note during the assessment that the stomach is rigid and hard during palpation. What condition do you suspect? - ANSWER-Hemorrhage Your patient is admitted with diverticulitis. What type of diet do you expect to be ordered for the patient? - ANSWER-broth, jello, soft fruit no skin, Your patient has a non-productive cough and presence of secretions in his tracheostomy. Prior to suctioning the patient, what should you do FIRST? - ANSWERHyperoxygenate patient. Your patient takes 5 mg of warfarn (Coumadin/Jantoven) daily and reports having black colored stool today. What do you most likely suspect? - ANSWER-Gastrointestinal bleeding