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1. What instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of a client
who had a cataract extraction today?
a. Sexual activities may be resumed upon return home
b. Light housekeeping is permitted but avoid heavy lifting
c. Use a metal eye shield on operative eye during the day
d. Administer eye ointment before applying eye drops
2. A male adult comes to the urgent care clinic 5 days after being diagnose with
influenza. He is short of breath, febrile, and coughing green colored sputum.
Which intervention should the nurse implement first?
a. Obtain a sputum sample for culture
b. Check his oxygen saturation level
c. Administer an oral antipyretic
d. Auscultate bilateral lung sound
3. An elder male client tells the nurse that he is loosing sleep because he has to get
up several times at night to go to the bathroom that he has trouble starting his
urinary stream and that he does not feel like his bladder is ever completely empty.
Which intervention should the nurse implement?
a. collect a urine specimen for culture analysis
b. obtain a fingerstick blood glucose level
c.palpate the bladder above the symphysis pubis
d. review the client fluid intake
4. An adult client is admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and a urinary tract
infection (UTI) Prescriptions for intravenous antibiotics and insulin infusion are
initiated. Which serum laboratory value warrants the most immediate intervention
by the nurse?
a. blood ph of 7.30
b. glucose of 350 mg /dl
c. white blood cell count of 15000mm
d. potassium of 2.5 meq/l
5. A client with sickle cell anemia develops a fever during the last hour of
administration of a unit of packed red blood cell. When notifying the healthcare
provider what information should the nurse provide first using the SBAR
communication process?
a. explain specific reason for urgent notification
b. preface the report by stating the clients name and admitting diagnosis
c. communicate the pre-transfusion temperatures
d. optain prn prescription for acetaminophen for fever 101f
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6. An adult male client is admitted for pneumocystis carinil pneumonia (PCP)
secondary to aids. While hospitalize he receives IV pentamidine isethionate
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therapy. In preparing this client for discharge what important aspect regarding his
medication therapy should the nurse explain?
a. AZT therapy must be stopped when IV aerosol pentamine is being used.
b. IV pentamine will be given until oral pentamine can be tolerated
c. It will be necessary to continue prophylactic doses of IV or aerosol
pentamine every month
d. Iv pentamine may offer protection to others aids related conditions such as
kaposis sarcoma
7. A client subjective data includes dysuria, urgency, and urinary frequency. What
action should the nurse implement next?
a. collect a clean catch specimen
b. palpate the suprapubic region
c. instruct to wipe from front to back
d. inquire about recent sexual activity
8. A client tells the nurse that her biopsy results indicate that the cancer cells are well
differentiated How should the nurse respond?
a. offer the client reassurance that this information indicates that the clients
cancer cells are benign
b. explain that these tissue cells often respond more effectively to radiation
than to chemotherapy
c. ask the client in the healthcare provider has giving her any information
about the classification of her cancer
d. help the client make plans to begin inmediate treatment since her cancer is
likely to spread quickly
9. A client with a chronic kidney disease is treated on hemodialysis. During the 1
treatment clients blood pressure drops from 150/90 to 80/30 Which action should
the nurse take first?
a. monitor bp q45 minutes
b. lower the head of the chair and elevate feet
c. stop dialysis treatment
d. administer 5%albumin IV
10. A client with deep vain thrombosis (DVT) is receiving a continues infusion of
heparin sodium 25,000 unit in 5% dextrose injection 250ml. The prescription
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indicates the dosage should be increase 900 units/hr. The nurse should program
the infusion pump to deliver how many ml/hr? =9
11. The nurse is obtaining the admission history for a client with suspected peptic ulcer
disease (PUD). Which subjective data reported by the client supports this
diagnosis?
a. upper mid abdominal gnawing and burning pain
b. severe abdominal cramps and diarrhea after eating spicy foods
c. marked loss of weight and appetite over the last few months
d. use of chewable and liquid antacids for indigestion
12. The nurse is providing preoperative education for a jewish client schedule to
receive a xenograft graft to promote burn healing. Which information should the
nurse provide this client?
a. the xenograft is taken from nonhuman sources
b. grafting increases the risk for bacterial infection
c. as the burn heals the graft permanently attaches
d. grafts are later removed by debriding procedure
13. A client who took a camping vacation two weeks ago in a country with a tropical
climate comes to the clinic describing vague symptoms and diarrhea for the past
week. Which finding is most important for the nurse to report?
a. jaundice sclera
b. intestinal cramping
c. weakness and fatigue
d. weight loss
14. During a home visit the nurse assesses the skin of a client with eczema who
reports than an exacerbation of symptoms has occurred during the last week.
Which information is most useful in determining the possible cause of the
symptoms?
a. an old friend with eczema came for visit
b. recently received an influenza immunization
c. corticosteroid cream was applied to eczema
d. a grandson and his new dog recently visited
15. When explaining dietary guidelines to a client with acute glomerulonephritis (AGN)
which instruction should the nurse include in the dietary teaching?
a. select a protein rich food daily
b. restrict sodium intake
c. eat high potassium foods
d. Avoid foods high in carbohydrate
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1. What instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of a client
who had a cataract extraction today?
a. Sexual activities may be resumed upon return home
b. Light housekeeping is permitted but avoid heavy lifting
c. Use a metal eye shield on operative eye during the day
d. Administer eye ointment before applying eye drops
2. A male adult comes to the urgent care clinic 5 days after being diagnose with
influenza. He is short of breath, febrile, and coughing green colored sputum.
Which intervention should the nurse implement first?
a. Obtain a sputum sample for culture
b. Check his oxygen saturation level
c. Administer an oral antipyretic
d. Auscultate bilateral lung sound
3. An elder male client tells the nurse that he is loosing sleep because he has to get
up several times at night to go to the bathroom that he has trouble starting his
urinary stream and that he does not feel like his bladder is ever completely empty.
Which intervention should the nurse implement?
a. collect a urine specimen for culture analysis
b. obtain a fingerstick blood glucose level
c.palpate the bladder above the symphysis pubis
d. review the client fluid intake
4. An adult client is admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and a urinary tract
infection (UTI) Prescriptions for intravenous antibiotics and insulin infusion are
initiated. Which serum laboratory value warrants the most immediate intervention
by the nurse?
a. blood ph of 7.30
b. glucose of 350 mg /dl
c. white blood cell count of 15000mm
d. potassium of 2.5 meq/l
5. A client with sickle cell anemia develops a fever during the last hour of
administration of a unit of packed red blood cell. When notifying the healthcare
provider what information should the nurse provide first using the SBAR
communication process?
a. explain specific reason for urgent notification
b. preface the report by stating the clients name and admitting diagnosis
c. communicate the pre-transfusion temperatures
d. optain prn prescription for acetaminophen for fever 101f
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6. An adult male client is admitted for pneumocystis carinil pneumonia (PCP)
secondary to aids. While hospitalize he receives IV pentamidine isethionate
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therapy. In preparing this client for discharge what important aspect regarding his
medication therapy should the nurse explain?
a. AZT therapy must be stopped when IV aerosol pentamine is being used.
b. IV pentamine will be given until oral pentamine can be tolerated
c. It will be necessary to continue prophylactic doses of IV or aerosol
pentamine every month
d. Iv pentamine may offer protection to others aids related conditions such as
kaposis sarcoma
7. A client subjective data includes dysuria, urgency, and urinary frequency. What
action should the nurse implement next?
a. collect a clean catch specimen
b. palpate the suprapubic region
c. instruct to wipe from front to back
d. inquire about recent sexual activity
8. A client tells the nurse that her biopsy results indicate that the cancer cells are well
differentiated How should the nurse respond?
a. offer the client reassurance that this information indicates that the clients
cancer cells are benign
b. explain that these tissue cells often respond more effectively to radiation
than to chemotherapy
c. ask the client in the healthcare provider has giving her any information
about the classification of her cancer
d. help the client make plans to begin inmediate treatment since her cancer is
likely to spread quickly
9. A client with a chronic kidney disease is treated on hemodialysis. During the 1
treatment clients blood pressure drops from 150/90 to 80/30 Which action should
the nurse take first?
a. monitor bp q45 minutes
b. lower the head of the chair and elevate feet
c. stop dialysis treatment
d. administer 5%albumin IV
10. A client with deep vain thrombosis (DVT) is receiving a continues infusion of
heparin sodium 25,000 unit in 5% dextrose injection 250ml. The prescription
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indicates the dosage should be increase 900 units/hr. The nurse should program
the infusion pump to deliver how many ml/hr? =9
11. The nurse is obtaining the admission history for a client with suspected peptic ulcer
disease (PUD). Which subjective data reported by the client supports this
diagnosis?
a. upper mid abdominal gnawing and burning pain
b. severe abdominal cramps and diarrhea after eating spicy foods
c. marked loss of weight and appetite over the last few months
d. use of chewable and liquid antacids for indigestion
12. The nurse is providing preoperative education for a jewish client schedule to
receive a xenograft graft to promote burn healing. Which information should the
nurse provide this client?
a. the xenograft is taken from nonhuman sources
b. grafting increases the risk for bacterial infection
c. as the burn heals the graft permanently attaches
d. grafts are later removed by debriding procedure
13. A client who took a camping vacation two weeks ago in a country with a tropical
climate comes to the clinic describing vague symptoms and diarrhea for the past
week. Which finding is most important for the nurse to report?
a. jaundice sclera
b. intestinal cramping
c. weakness and fatigue
d. weight loss
14. During a home visit the nurse assesses the skin of a client with eczema who
reports than an exacerbation of symptoms has occurred during the last week.
Which information is most useful in determining the possible cause of the
symptoms?
a. an old friend with eczema came for visit
b. recently received an influenza immunization
c. corticosteroid cream was applied to eczema
d. a grandson and his new dog recently visited
15. When explaining dietary guidelines to a client with acute glomerulonephritis (AGN)
which instruction should the nurse include in the dietary teaching?
a. select a protein rich food daily
b. restrict sodium intake
c. eat high potassium foods
d. Avoid foods high in carbohydrate
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