Prophecy medical surgical-
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1. The hospitals language interpreter: You are to obtain informed consent
for a Spanish-speaking patient scheduled for surgery. You do not speak
Spanish and are having difficulty communicating with your patient.
Which of the following resources would be most appropriate to utilize in
order to obtain consent?
2. Acetylsalicylic acid ( Bauer buffered aspirin): You're reviewing the
discharge medication list of a patient diagnosed with gastric ulcer.
Which of the following medication should you question?
3. Lipase and amylase: When taking care of a patient with pancreatitis,
which of the following lab should be reviewed?
4. Laryngeal strider: You're caring for a 12 hour postoperative
parathyroidectomy patient. Which assessment finding would indicate
an emergency?
5. Looking through the chart of a coworker admitted to your unit: Which of
the following actions would be considered a violation of Hyppa?
6. Sinus tachycardia:
7. Due to the size of the kidney stone it is an appropriate treatment?
NOT:Print reading materials about the subject and give it to the patient:
You are taking care of a patient who is admitted for left flank pain with
a kidney stone of 1.5 cm. He asks you about the procedure what
would be the most therapeutic response?
8. Honor the patient's wishes: The nurse is taking care of a patient who is
termi- nally ill and has a DNR on file. Their patient has a sudden cardiac
arrest and family wants CPR initiated. How should you respond?
9. Not normal sinus rhythm into a flutter
Correct answer is ventricular fibrillation:
10.: Your patient began deteriorating rapidly after complaining of
shortness of breath. And ABG was drawn and the results are pH?
HCO3 - 23. These values indicate the patient is experiencing:
11. Aspirate the fluid, advance the catheter farther, then re-inflate the
balloon-
: Your inserting a urinary catheter into a male patient. As you inflate a
balloon, the patient complains of discomfort what is the best action?
12.Subcutaneous emphysema: When assessing a patient, you notice
crepitus on the right upper shoulder. You notify the physician and
anticipate which diagnosis?
13.Protonix is given as G.I. prophylaxis to prevent stress ulcers: You are
1/
, Prophecy medical surgical-
telemetry
providing patient education to a patient prior to administering IV
Protonix.
When
there is no history of GERD
14. Normal sinus with VTach:
2/
telemetry
1. The hospitals language interpreter: You are to obtain informed consent
for a Spanish-speaking patient scheduled for surgery. You do not speak
Spanish and are having difficulty communicating with your patient.
Which of the following resources would be most appropriate to utilize in
order to obtain consent?
2. Acetylsalicylic acid ( Bauer buffered aspirin): You're reviewing the
discharge medication list of a patient diagnosed with gastric ulcer.
Which of the following medication should you question?
3. Lipase and amylase: When taking care of a patient with pancreatitis,
which of the following lab should be reviewed?
4. Laryngeal strider: You're caring for a 12 hour postoperative
parathyroidectomy patient. Which assessment finding would indicate
an emergency?
5. Looking through the chart of a coworker admitted to your unit: Which of
the following actions would be considered a violation of Hyppa?
6. Sinus tachycardia:
7. Due to the size of the kidney stone it is an appropriate treatment?
NOT:Print reading materials about the subject and give it to the patient:
You are taking care of a patient who is admitted for left flank pain with
a kidney stone of 1.5 cm. He asks you about the procedure what
would be the most therapeutic response?
8. Honor the patient's wishes: The nurse is taking care of a patient who is
termi- nally ill and has a DNR on file. Their patient has a sudden cardiac
arrest and family wants CPR initiated. How should you respond?
9. Not normal sinus rhythm into a flutter
Correct answer is ventricular fibrillation:
10.: Your patient began deteriorating rapidly after complaining of
shortness of breath. And ABG was drawn and the results are pH?
HCO3 - 23. These values indicate the patient is experiencing:
11. Aspirate the fluid, advance the catheter farther, then re-inflate the
balloon-
: Your inserting a urinary catheter into a male patient. As you inflate a
balloon, the patient complains of discomfort what is the best action?
12.Subcutaneous emphysema: When assessing a patient, you notice
crepitus on the right upper shoulder. You notify the physician and
anticipate which diagnosis?
13.Protonix is given as G.I. prophylaxis to prevent stress ulcers: You are
1/
, Prophecy medical surgical-
telemetry
providing patient education to a patient prior to administering IV
Protonix.
When
there is no history of GERD
14. Normal sinus with VTach:
2/
