Nursing 3000 Exam test questions
and answers graded A+
Monitor postpartum client closely for puerperal infection. Which factor alerted the nurse to the
client's risk for this complication? - ANS✅✅C-section increases the risk as much as 20 times
for heparin, monitor which values throughout the therapy? - ANS✅✅PTT 1.5-2 times control,
platelet count for thrombocytopenia
Hypoglycemia (an insulin rxn) signs and symptoms - ANS✅✅headache, sweating, tremor, pallor,
and nervousness. Hypoglycaemia may occur 4-18 hours after administration of isophane insulin
suspension or insulin nc suspension (lente), which are intermediate-acting insulins. It usually
procedes meals.
Hyperglycemia - ANS✅✅causes early manifestations as fatigue malaise, drowsiness, polyuria, and
polydipsia.
Hypochondria - ANS✅✅an abnormal anxiety about one's health, a false belief that one has a
disease
Depression - ANS✅✅bouts of anger
periods of irritability
worthlessness
what key psychosocial tasks must a woman accomplish during the third trimester? -
ANS✅✅overcoming fears she may have about the unknown, labor pain, loss of self-esteem, loss of
control, and death
when irrigating an wound - ANS✅✅the solution should flow from the top inside of the wound,
through the wound, and then out
vesicular rash (elevated, round, blisterlike lesions that are filled with clear fluid) - ANS✅✅contact
dermatitis, herpes zoster, and the late stages of small pox
, papular rash - ANS✅✅cutaneous anthrax and kaposi's sarcoma
when preparing a draining vertical incision for ambulation - ANS✅✅reinforced dressing should be
applied at the base of the wound
Rationale for drawing a small amount of air into the syringe - ANS✅✅adding air prevents the drug
from flowing back into the needle track. the added air flushes the drug from the syringe, ensuring
that the drug goes into the muscle tissue, and preventing it from flowing back
after how many weeks of antitubercular therapy the client is no longer considered contagious? -
ANS✅✅2wks
alzheimer's stage 2 - ANS✅✅difficulty of recent and remote memory, irritability, depression,
restlessness, difficulty swallowing, and occasional incontinenece=motor disturbances, forgetfulness,
and psychosis. stage 2 lasts 2-10 years.
alzheimer's stage 1 - ANS✅✅lasts 1-3 years
memory loss, poor judgment and problem solving, difficulty adapting to a new environments and
challenges, and agitation or apathy.
alzheimer's stage 3 - ANS✅✅loss of all mental abilities and the ability to care for self.
no stage 4
when caring for a toddler with epiglottitis, the nurse should first - ANS✅✅prepare him for
tracheotomy.
it is an emergency bc inflammation and swelling of epiglottis can lead to airway obstruction.
common adverse effect of phototherapy - ANS✅✅watery stools result from excretion of bilirubin.
phototherapy involves exposing an infant's care skin to intense fluorescent light in the tx of
hyperbilirubinemia and jaundice
kernicterus - ANS✅✅complication of jaundice
coomb's test - ANS✅✅to determine the cause of jaundice
and answers graded A+
Monitor postpartum client closely for puerperal infection. Which factor alerted the nurse to the
client's risk for this complication? - ANS✅✅C-section increases the risk as much as 20 times
for heparin, monitor which values throughout the therapy? - ANS✅✅PTT 1.5-2 times control,
platelet count for thrombocytopenia
Hypoglycemia (an insulin rxn) signs and symptoms - ANS✅✅headache, sweating, tremor, pallor,
and nervousness. Hypoglycaemia may occur 4-18 hours after administration of isophane insulin
suspension or insulin nc suspension (lente), which are intermediate-acting insulins. It usually
procedes meals.
Hyperglycemia - ANS✅✅causes early manifestations as fatigue malaise, drowsiness, polyuria, and
polydipsia.
Hypochondria - ANS✅✅an abnormal anxiety about one's health, a false belief that one has a
disease
Depression - ANS✅✅bouts of anger
periods of irritability
worthlessness
what key psychosocial tasks must a woman accomplish during the third trimester? -
ANS✅✅overcoming fears she may have about the unknown, labor pain, loss of self-esteem, loss of
control, and death
when irrigating an wound - ANS✅✅the solution should flow from the top inside of the wound,
through the wound, and then out
vesicular rash (elevated, round, blisterlike lesions that are filled with clear fluid) - ANS✅✅contact
dermatitis, herpes zoster, and the late stages of small pox
, papular rash - ANS✅✅cutaneous anthrax and kaposi's sarcoma
when preparing a draining vertical incision for ambulation - ANS✅✅reinforced dressing should be
applied at the base of the wound
Rationale for drawing a small amount of air into the syringe - ANS✅✅adding air prevents the drug
from flowing back into the needle track. the added air flushes the drug from the syringe, ensuring
that the drug goes into the muscle tissue, and preventing it from flowing back
after how many weeks of antitubercular therapy the client is no longer considered contagious? -
ANS✅✅2wks
alzheimer's stage 2 - ANS✅✅difficulty of recent and remote memory, irritability, depression,
restlessness, difficulty swallowing, and occasional incontinenece=motor disturbances, forgetfulness,
and psychosis. stage 2 lasts 2-10 years.
alzheimer's stage 1 - ANS✅✅lasts 1-3 years
memory loss, poor judgment and problem solving, difficulty adapting to a new environments and
challenges, and agitation or apathy.
alzheimer's stage 3 - ANS✅✅loss of all mental abilities and the ability to care for self.
no stage 4
when caring for a toddler with epiglottitis, the nurse should first - ANS✅✅prepare him for
tracheotomy.
it is an emergency bc inflammation and swelling of epiglottis can lead to airway obstruction.
common adverse effect of phototherapy - ANS✅✅watery stools result from excretion of bilirubin.
phototherapy involves exposing an infant's care skin to intense fluorescent light in the tx of
hyperbilirubinemia and jaundice
kernicterus - ANS✅✅complication of jaundice
coomb's test - ANS✅✅to determine the cause of jaundice
