QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Theshealthcaresprovidersprescribessmorphinessulfates4mgsIMsSTAT.sMorphinescomessins8s
mgspersml.sHowsmanysmlsshouldsthesnursesadminister?s-sans--0.5sml.
Ashospitalizedsmalesclientsissreceivingsnasogastricstubesfeedingssviasassmall-
borestubesandsascontinuousspumpsinfusion.sHesreportssthatsheshadsasbadsboutsofsseveresco
ughingsasfewsminutessago,sbutsfeelssfinesnow.sWhatsactionsissbestsforsthesnursestostake?s-
sans--
Aftersclearingsthestubeswiths30smlsofsair,schecksthespHsofsfluidswithdrawnsfromsthestube.
(Coughing,svomiting,sandssuctioningscansprecipitatesdisplacementsofsthessmallsboresupwar
dsintosthesesophagus.sThisswillshelpscheckstubesplacement.)
Asclientsissinsthesradiologysdepartmentsats0900swhensthesprescriptionslevofloxacins(Levaqui
n)s500smgsIVsq24hsissscheduledstosbesadministered.sThesclientsreturnsstosthesunitsats1300.s
Whatsissthesbestsinterventionsforsthesnursestosimplement?s-sans--
Givesthesmissedsdosesats1300sandschangesthesschedulestosadministersdailysats1300.
Asclientswhosissinshospicescarescomplainssofsincreasingsamountssofspain.sTheshealthcarespr
ovidersprescribessansanalgesicseverysfourshourssassneeded.sWhichsactionsshouldsthesnurs
esimplement?s-sans--Givesansaround-the-clocksschedulesforsadministrationsofsanalgesics.
Afterscompletingsansassessmentsandsdeterminingsthatsasclientshassasproblem,swhichsaction
sshouldsthesnursesperformsnext?s-sans--determinesthesetiologysofsthesproblem
Whatsissthesmostsimportantsreasonsforsstartingsintravenoussinfusionssinsthesuppersextremiti
essrathersthanstheslowersextremitiessofsadults?s-sans--
Asdecreasedsflowsratescouldsresultsinsthesformationsofsasthrombosis.
Thesnursesnoticessthatsthesmothersofsas9-year-
oldsVietnameseschildsalwaysslookssatsthesfloorswhensshestalksstosthesnurse.sWhatsactionssh
ouldsthesnursestake?s-sans--Continuesaskingsthesmothersquestionssaboutstheschild.
Whichsinterventionsissmostsimportantsforsthesnursestosimplementsforsasmalesclientswhosissex
periencingsurinarysretention?s-sans--Assesssforsbladdersdistention.
AsclientswhosissasJehovah'ssWitnesssissadmittedstosthesnursingsunit.sWhichsconcernsshouldst
hesnurseshavesforsplanningscaresinstermssofsthesclient'ssbeliefs?s-sans--
Bloodstransfusionssaresforbidden.
, Whilesinstructingsasmalesclient'sswifesinsthesperformancesofspassivesrange-of-
motionsexercisesstoshisscontractedsshoulder,sthesnursesobservessthatsshesissholdingshissar
msabovesandsbelowstheselbow.sWhatsnursingsactionsshouldsthesnursesimplement?s-sans--
Acknowledgesthatsshesisssupportingsthesarmscorrectly.
Anselderlysmalesclientswhosissunresponsivesfollowingsascerebralsvascularsaccidents(CVA)sis
sreceivingsbolussenteralsfeedingssthoughsasgastrostomystube.sWhatsissthesbestsclientspositio
nsforsadministrationsofsthesbolusstubesfeedings?s-sans--Fowler's.
Ansadultsmalesclientswithsashistorysofshypertensionstellssthesnursesthatshesisstiredsofstakingsa
ntihypertensivesmedicationssandsissgoingstostrysspiritualsmeditationsinstead.sWhatsshouldsb
esthesnurse'ssfirstsresponse?s-sans--
Itsissimportantsthatsyouscontinuesyoursmedicationswhileslearningstosmeditate.
Asclientsisstosreceivescimetidines(Tagamet)s300smgsq6hsIVPB.sThespreparationsarrivessfrom
sthespharmacysdilutedsins50smlsofs0.9%sNaCl.sThesnursesplansstosadministersthesIVPBsdoses
overs20sminutes.sForshowsmanysml/hrsshouldsthesinfusionspumpsbessetstosdeliversthessecon
darysinfusion?s-sans--150
Thesnursesisscompletingsasmentalsassessmentsforsasclientswhosissdemonstratingsslowsthou
ghtsprocesses,spersonalityschanges,sandsemotionalslability.sWhichsareasofsthesbrainscontrol
ssthesesneuro-cognitivesfunctions?s-sans--Frontalslobe
AsclientsissreceivingsascephalosporinsantibioticsIVsandscomplainssofspainsandsirritationsatsthe
sinfusionssite.sThesnursesobservesserythema,sswelling,sandsa sredsstreaksalongsthesvesselsa
bovesthesIVsaccessssite.sWhichsactionsshouldsthesnursestakesatsthisstime?s-sans--
InitiatesansalternatessitesforsthesIVsinfusionsofsthesmedication.
Asfemalesclientsaskssthesnursestosfindssomeoneswhoscanstranslatesintoshersnativeslanguages
hersconcernssaboutsastreatment.sWhichsactionsshouldsthesnursestake?s-sans--
Requestsandsdocumentsthesnamesofsthescertifiedstranslator.
As73-year-
oldsfemalesclientshadsashemiarthroplastysofsthesleftshipsyesterdaysduestosasfracturesresulting
sfromsasfall.sInsreviewingshipsprecautionsswith sthesclient,swhichsinstructionsshouldsthesnursesi
ncludesinsthissclient'ssteachingsplan?s-sans--
Placesaspillowsbetweensyourskneesswhileslyingsinsbedstospreventshipsdislocation.
Anselderlysresidentsofsaslong-termscaresfacilitysissnoslongersablestosperformsself-
caresandsissbecomingsprogressivelysweaker.sThesresidentspreviouslysrequestedsthatsnosres
uscitativeseffortssbesperformed,sandsthesfamilysrequestsshospicescare.sWhatsactionsshoulds
thesnursesimplementsfirst?s-sans--Notifystheshealthcaresprovidersofsthesfamily'ssrequest.
Asyoungsmothersofsthreeschildrenscomplainssofsincreasedsanxietysduringshersannualsphysic
alsexam.sWhatsinformationsshouldsthesnursesobtainsfirst?s-sans--Nutritionalshistory.