Relias Prophecy Medical Surgical Exam 2025: Practice Test & Study Guide

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Relias Prophecy Medical Surgical - Telemetry

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? .....ANSWER.....The 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? .....ANSWER.....Acetylsalicylic acid ( Bauer

buffered aspirin)

When taking care of a patient with pancreatitis, which of the

following lab should be reviewed? .....ANSWER.....Lipase and

amylase

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You're caring for a 12 hour postoperative parathyroidectomy

patient. Which assessment finding would indicate an emergency?

.....ANSWER.....Laryngeal strider

Which of the following actions would be considered a violation

of Hyppa? .....ANSWER.....Looking through the chart of a

coworker admitted to your unit

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?

.....ANSWER.....Due 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