NURSING LAB VALUES – TEST BANKS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
An adult client with a history of seizure disorder is having a routine serum phenytoin level
drawn. Which serum phenytoin result indicates that the client is having a therapeutic effect
of the medication?
,1.
6 mcg/mL (23.8 mcmol/L)
2.
16 mcg/mL (63.4 mcmol/L)
3.
28 mcg/mL (110.9 mcmol/L)
4.
36 mcg/mL (142.6 mcmol/L)
1a
,2
1b
An adult female client has a hemoglobin level of 10.8 g/dL (108 mmol/L). The nurse
interprets that this result is most likely caused by which condition noted in the client's
history?
, 1.
Dehydration
2.
Heart failure
3.
Iron deficiency anemia
4. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2a
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
An adult client with a history of seizure disorder is having a routine serum phenytoin level
drawn. Which serum phenytoin result indicates that the client is having a therapeutic effect
of the medication?
,1.
6 mcg/mL (23.8 mcmol/L)
2.
16 mcg/mL (63.4 mcmol/L)
3.
28 mcg/mL (110.9 mcmol/L)
4.
36 mcg/mL (142.6 mcmol/L)
1a
,2
1b
An adult female client has a hemoglobin level of 10.8 g/dL (108 mmol/L). The nurse
interprets that this result is most likely caused by which condition noted in the client's
history?
, 1.
Dehydration
2.
Heart failure
3.
Iron deficiency anemia
4. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2a
