RELIAS MEDICAL SURGICAL-TELEMETRY EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWER(PROFESSOR VERIFIED ANSWERS)|GRADED A+//
NEW BRAND
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? -
CORRECT ANSWERThe hospitals language interpreter
You're reviewing the discharge medication list of a patient diagnosed with gastric ulcer. Which
of the following medication should you question? -CORRECT ANSWERAcetylsalicylic acid (
Bauer buffered aspirin)
When taking care of a patient with pancreatitis, which of the following lab should be reviewed?
-CORRECT ANSWERLipase and amylase
You're caring for a 12 hour postoperative parathyroidectomy patient. Which assessment finding
would indicate an emergency? -CORRECT ANSWERLaryngeal strider
Which of the following actions would be considered a violation of Hyppa? -CORRECT
ANSWERLooking through the chart of a coworker admitted to your unit
-CORRECT ANSWERSinus tachycardia
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? -CORRECT
ANSWERDue 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
, The nurse is taking care of a patient who is terminally ill and has a DNR on file. Their patient has
a sudden cardiac arrest and family wants CPR initiated. How should you respond? -CORRECT
ANSWERHonor the patient's wishes
-CORRECT ANSWERNot normal sinus rhythm into a flutter
Correct CORRECT ANSWER is ventricular fibrillation
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: -
CORRECT ANSWER
Your inserting a urinary catheter into a male patient. As you inflate a balloon, the patient
complains of discomfort what is the best action? -CORRECT ANSWERAspirate the fluid,
advance the catheter farther, then re-inflate the balloon
When assessing a patient, you notice crepitus on the right upper shoulder. You notify the
physician and anticipate which diagnosis? -CORRECT ANSWERSubcutaneous emphysema
You are providing patient education to a patient prior to administering IV Protonix.... When
there is no history of GERD -CORRECT ANSWERProtonix is given as G.I. prophylaxis to
prevent stress ulcers
-CORRECT ANSWERNormal sinus with VTach
The patient has a morphine PCA post operatively. On rounding you notice respirations at eight
per minute O2 saturation of 82%. What medication would be given in the situation? -
CORRECT ANSWERNarcan
CORRECT ANSWER(PROFESSOR VERIFIED ANSWERS)|GRADED A+//
NEW BRAND
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? -
CORRECT ANSWERThe hospitals language interpreter
You're reviewing the discharge medication list of a patient diagnosed with gastric ulcer. Which
of the following medication should you question? -CORRECT ANSWERAcetylsalicylic acid (
Bauer buffered aspirin)
When taking care of a patient with pancreatitis, which of the following lab should be reviewed?
-CORRECT ANSWERLipase and amylase
You're caring for a 12 hour postoperative parathyroidectomy patient. Which assessment finding
would indicate an emergency? -CORRECT ANSWERLaryngeal strider
Which of the following actions would be considered a violation of Hyppa? -CORRECT
ANSWERLooking through the chart of a coworker admitted to your unit
-CORRECT ANSWERSinus tachycardia
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? -CORRECT
ANSWERDue 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
, The nurse is taking care of a patient who is terminally ill and has a DNR on file. Their patient has
a sudden cardiac arrest and family wants CPR initiated. How should you respond? -CORRECT
ANSWERHonor the patient's wishes
-CORRECT ANSWERNot normal sinus rhythm into a flutter
Correct CORRECT ANSWER is ventricular fibrillation
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: -
CORRECT ANSWER
Your inserting a urinary catheter into a male patient. As you inflate a balloon, the patient
complains of discomfort what is the best action? -CORRECT ANSWERAspirate the fluid,
advance the catheter farther, then re-inflate the balloon
When assessing a patient, you notice crepitus on the right upper shoulder. You notify the
physician and anticipate which diagnosis? -CORRECT ANSWERSubcutaneous emphysema
You are providing patient education to a patient prior to administering IV Protonix.... When
there is no history of GERD -CORRECT ANSWERProtonix is given as G.I. prophylaxis to
prevent stress ulcers
-CORRECT ANSWERNormal sinus with VTach
The patient has a morphine PCA post operatively. On rounding you notice respirations at eight
per minute O2 saturation of 82%. What medication would be given in the situation? -
CORRECT ANSWERNarcan
