NUR 172 Hondros Final Questions and Correct Answers

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NUR 172 Hondros Final Questions and
Correct Answers

Question: Can an LPN start an IV on a 4 year old child?
Answer: No - must be 18 or older


Question: Can an LPN initiate chemotherapy treatment to a 65 year old
patient?
Answer: No - LPN cannot initiate chemotherapy or antineoplastic agents


Question: Can an LPN initiate IVPB of antibiotic on a 16 year old patient
who has been diagnosed with a staph infection?
Answer: No - must be 18 or older


Question: Can an LPN initiate NS on a 21 year old patient?
Answer: Yes


Question: When can an LPN administer solutions that contain vitamins
or electrolytes?
Answer: After an RN initiates first solution


Question: Can an LPN administer D2W per a central line?
Answer: No - not in specified list of solutions allowed to give


Question: Can an LPN inject heparin or NS to flush an intermittent
infusion device or hep lock?
Answer: Yes - in scope of practice


Question: Can an LPN place a venous catheter that is 4.5 inches long in
hand, forearm, or antecubital space?
Answer: No - catheter cannot be longer than 3 inches

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Question: Can an LPN change tubing on a central line if solution is TPN?
Answer: No - TPN not in scope of practice, may change tubing if solution
in scope of practice


Question: Can an LPN stop a PCA pump or an infusion of blood
component when complication arises?
Answer: Yes


Question: What is beneficience?
Answer: doing good for patients


Question: What is veracity?
Answer: truthfulness


Question: What is justice?
Answer: obligation to be fair to all people


Question: What is nonmaleficence?
Answer: doing no harm to patients


Question: What is fidelity?
Answer: obligation to be faithful


Question: What is autonomy?
Answer: right to self-determination; independence


Question: What is a peripheral nerve catheter?
Answer: A form a pain relief at surgery site; small plastic catheter placed
under the skin where nerves provide feeling to the area where surgery
will be performed




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Question: What would you teach your patient about the peripheral
nerve catheter?
Answer: Can remove bandages and catheter after return of sensation (12
hours), must keep dressing over catheter clean and dry, avoid hot/cold
objects and keep extremity close to body, s/s of infection


Question: If the patient notices the dressing of the peripheral nerve
catheter coming off before sensation returns, what should you instruct
them to do?
Answer: Reinforce with tape, DO NOT remove the dressing


Question: True or False: the patient should not take a shower or tub
bath while the catheter is in place.
Answer: True - patient should do a sponge bath instead


Question: What are the goals of IV therapy?
Answer: Maintenance, replacement, restoration of homeostasis


Question: Maintenance therapy
Answer: provides nutrients that meet the daily needs of a patient for
water, electrolytes, and dextrose


Question: Replacement therapy
Answer: necessary to take care of fluid, electrolyte, or blood product
deficits of patients in acute distress


Question: Restoration
Answer: when maintenance and replacement therapy don't meet the
needs of the patient, fluid and electrolyte management is accomplished
through this


Question: What is the preferred antiseptic agent recommended by INS?
Answer: Chlorhexidine




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