Medical Surgical-telemetry RN A
1. You are to obtain informed consent for The hospitals language interpreter
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 or-
der to obtain consent?
2. You're reviewing the discharge medication Acetylsalicylic acid ( Bauer buffered aspirin)
list of a patient diagnosed with gastric
ulcer. Which of the following medication
should you question?
3. When taking care of a patient with pancre- Lipase and amylase
atitis, which of the following lab should be
reviewed?
4. You're caring for a 12 hour postopera- Laryngeal strider
tive parathyroidectomy patient. Which as-
sessment finding would indicate an emer-
gency?
5. Which of the following actions would be Looking through the chart of a coworker ad-
considered a violation of Hyppa? mitted to your unit
6. Sinus tachycardia
7. You are taking care of a patient who is Due to the size of the kidney stone it is an
admitted for left flank pain with a kidney appropriate treatment?
stone of 1.5 cm. He asks you about the NOT:Print reading materials about the sub-
procedure what would be the most thera- ject and give it to the patient
peutic response?
, Medical Surgical-telemetry RN A
8. The nurse is taking care of a patient who is Honor the patient's wishes
terminally ill and has a DNR on file. Their
patient has a sudden cardiac arrest and
family wants CPR initiated. How should you
respond?
9. Not normal sinus rhythm into a flutter
Correct answer is ventricular fibrillation
10. 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:
11. Your inserting a urinary catheter into a Aspirate the fluid, advance the catheter far-
male patient. As you inflate a balloon, the ther, then re-inflate the balloon
patient complains of discomfort what is
the best action?
12. When assessing a patient, you notice crepi- Subcutaneous emphysema
tus on the right upper shoulder. You notify
the physician and anticipate which diagno-
sis?
13. You are providing patient education to Protonix is given as G.I. prophylaxis to pre-
a patient prior to administering IV Pro- vent stress ulcers
tonix.... When there is no history of GERD
14. Normal sinus with VTach
15. The patient has a morphine PCA post op- Narcan
eratively. On rounding you notice respira-
1. You are to obtain informed consent for The hospitals language interpreter
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 or-
der to obtain consent?
2. You're reviewing the discharge medication Acetylsalicylic acid ( Bauer buffered aspirin)
list of a patient diagnosed with gastric
ulcer. Which of the following medication
should you question?
3. When taking care of a patient with pancre- Lipase and amylase
atitis, which of the following lab should be
reviewed?
4. You're caring for a 12 hour postopera- Laryngeal strider
tive parathyroidectomy patient. Which as-
sessment finding would indicate an emer-
gency?
5. Which of the following actions would be Looking through the chart of a coworker ad-
considered a violation of Hyppa? mitted to your unit
6. Sinus tachycardia
7. You are taking care of a patient who is Due to the size of the kidney stone it is an
admitted for left flank pain with a kidney appropriate treatment?
stone of 1.5 cm. He asks you about the NOT:Print reading materials about the sub-
procedure what would be the most thera- ject and give it to the patient
peutic response?
, Medical Surgical-telemetry RN A
8. The nurse is taking care of a patient who is Honor the patient's wishes
terminally ill and has a DNR on file. Their
patient has a sudden cardiac arrest and
family wants CPR initiated. How should you
respond?
9. Not normal sinus rhythm into a flutter
Correct answer is ventricular fibrillation
10. 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:
11. Your inserting a urinary catheter into a Aspirate the fluid, advance the catheter far-
male patient. As you inflate a balloon, the ther, then re-inflate the balloon
patient complains of discomfort what is
the best action?
12. When assessing a patient, you notice crepi- Subcutaneous emphysema
tus on the right upper shoulder. You notify
the physician and anticipate which diagno-
sis?
13. You are providing patient education to Protonix is given as G.I. prophylaxis to pre-
a patient prior to administering IV Pro- vent stress ulcers
tonix.... When there is no history of GERD
14. Normal sinus with VTach
15. The patient has a morphine PCA post op- Narcan
eratively. On rounding you notice respira-
