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1. 1. The nurse is has just admitted a client with severe depression. From which focus
should the nurse identify a priority nursing diagnosis?
A) Nutrition
B) Elimination
C) Activity
D) Safety: Safety
2. While explaining an illness to a 10 year-old, what should the nurse keep in mind
about the cognitive development at this age?
A) They are able to make simple association of ideas
B) They are able to think logically in organizing facts
C) Interpretation of events originate from their own perspective
D) Conclusions are based on previous experiences: They are able to think logically
in organizing facts
Rationale: Think logically in organizing facts
3. The nurse enters the room as a 3 year-old is having a generalized seizure. Which
intervention should the nurse do first?
A) Clear the area of any hazards
B) Place the child on the side
,C) Restrain the child
D) Give the prescribed anticonvulsant: Place the child on the side
4. The nurse is reviewing a depressed client's history from an earlier admis- sion.
Documentation of anhedonia is noted. The nurse understands that this finding refers
to
A) Reports of difficulty falling and staying asleep
B) Expression of persistent suicidal thoughts
C) Lack of enjoyment in usual pleasures
D) Reduced senses of taste and smell: Lack of enjoyment in usual pleasures
5. . A client has just returned to the medical-surgical unit following a segmental lung
resection. After assessing the client, the first nursing action would be to
A) Administer pain medication
B) Suction excessive tracheobronchial secretions
C) Assist client to turn, deep breathe and cough
D) Monitor oxygen saturation: Suction excessive tracheobronchial secretions
6. While assessing a client in an outpatient facility with a panic disorder, the nurse
completes a thorough health history and physical exam. Which finding is most
significant for this client?
A) Compulsive behavior
B) Sense of impending doom
,C) Fear of flying
D) Predictable episodes: Sense of impending doom
7. A 16 month-old child has just been admitted to the hospital. As the nurse assigned
to this child enters the hospital room for the first time, the toddler runs to the mother,
clings to her and begins to cry. What would be the initial action by the nurse?
A) Arrange to change client care assignments
B) Explain that this behavior is expected
C) Discuss the appropriate use of "time-out"
D) Explain that the child needs extra attention: Explain that this behavior is
expected
8. A 15 year-old client with a lengthy confining illness is at risk for altered growth
and development of which task?
A) Loss of control
B) Insecurity
C) Dependence
D) Lack of trust: Dependence
9. Which playroom activities should the nurse organize for a small group of 7 year-old
hospitalized children?
A) Sports and games with rules
B) Finger paints and water play C) "Dress-up" clothes and props
D) Chess and television programs: Sports and games with rules
10. The nurse is discussing dietary intake with an adolescent who has acne. The most
appropriate statement for the nurse is
A) "Eat a balanced diet for your age."
, B) "Increase your intake of protein and Vitamin A."
C) "Decrease fatty foods from your diet."
D) "Do not use caffeine in any form, including chocolate.": Eat a balanced diet for your
age
11. The nurse is assigned to a newly delivered woman with HIV/AIDS. The student
asks the nurse about how it is determined that a person has AIDS other than a
positive HIV test. The nurse responds
A) "The complaints of at least 3 common findings."
B) "The absence of any opportunistic infection."
C) "CD4 lymphocyte count is less than 200."
D) "Developmental delays in children.": CD4 lymphocyte count is less than 200
12. The nurse is caring for a child who has just returned from surgery following a
tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.Which action by the nurse is appropriate?
A) Offer ice cream every 2 hours