RN Adult Medical Surgical Online Practice 2025 questions and solutions

RN Adult Medical Surgical Online Practice
2025 questions and solutions

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving dialysis treatment.
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Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) to right forearm. - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Indicated: Notify the nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt nt




provider immediately, Administer 0.9% sodium chloride 200 mL IV bolus, Apply oxygen at 2
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L/min via nasal cannula, Position the client's legs elevated
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Not indicated: Perform a 12-lead ECG, Obtain blood glucose level is not indicated
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A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following abdominal surgery.
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1100: Client received from PACU; initial vital signs recorded. - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Instruct
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the client to splint the abdomen with a pillow for coughing.
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Plan to ambulate the client as soon as possible
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Report urinary output to the provider nt nt nt nt nt nt




Ask the client to rate their pain 0 to 10 pain scale
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A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). a new bag is not
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available when the current infusion is nearly completed. - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Administer
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dextrose 10% in water until the new bag arrives.
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A nurse is caring for a client who had a nephrostomy tube inserted 12 hr ago. - Correct Answer
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✔✔ - The client reports back pain.
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A nurse is caring for a client who is having a seizure. - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Turn the client to
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the side.
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A nurse in a provider's office is assessing a client who has hypertension and takes
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propranolol. - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Reports of a night cough.
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A nurse is planning to irrigate and dress a clean, granulating wound for a client who has a
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pressure injury. - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Use a 30 mL syringe.
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, A nurse is assessing a client who has graves disease. W hich of the following images should
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indicate to the nurse that the client has exophthalmos - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Choose the one
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that's not a guy. It should be one with big bulging eyes staring at you.
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A nurse is caring for a client who has DKA. Which of the following findings indicate improving?
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- Correct Answer ✔✔ - Glucose 272 mg/dL
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A nurse is caring for a client who has hypothyroidism. W hich of the following manifestations
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should the nurse expect? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Constipation
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A nurse is preparing to administer a blood transfusion to a client who has anemia. - Correct
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Answer ✔✔ - check for the type and number of units of blood to administer.
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a nurse is caring for a client who has a leg cast and is returning to demonstrate on the proper
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use of crutches while climbing stairs. - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Place body weight on the
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crutches
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Advances the unaffected leg onto the stair nt nt nt nt nt nt nt




Shifts weight from the crutches to the unaffected leg
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Brings the crutches and the affected leg up to the stair.
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A nurse is teaching a group of newly licensed nurses about pain management for older adult
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clients. - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Ibuprofen can cause gastrointestinal bleeding in older adult
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A nurse is teaching a client who has a family history of colorectal cancer. to help mitigate this
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risk, - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Add cabbage to the diet
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a nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who has full-thickness burns over
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20% of their total body surface area. After ensuring a patent airway and adminstering oxygen,
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- Correct Answer ✔✔ - IV Fluids
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a nurse is caring for a client who has terminal cancer. the client tells the nurse, "I wish I could
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stop these treatments" - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Discontinuing with the treatments is your
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choice if it is your wish to do so.
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a nurse is providing teaching to a client who has cancer and a new prescription for an opioid
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analgesic for pain management. - Correct Answer ✔✔ - you should void every 4 hours to
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decrease the risk of urinary retention
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A nurse is teaching a class about clients rights. - Correct Answer ✔✔ - a client should sign an
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informed consent before receiving a placebo during a research trial.
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