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1. The nurse is assessing a 48-year-old client with a history of smoking during a routine clinic visit. The client, who exercises regularly, reports hav- ing pain in the calf 4 An Ankle-Brachial Index of 0.65 sug- gests moderate arterial vascular dis- ease in a client who is experiencing intermittent claudication. A Doppler ultrasound is during exercise that disappears at indicated for further evaluation. The rest. Which of the following find- ings requires further evaluation? 1. Heart rat...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), questions and answers When assessing the client with COPD, which health promotion information would be most important for the nurse to obtain? 1. Number of years the client has smoked. 2. Risk factors for complications. 3. Ability to administer inhaled medication. 4. Possibility for lifestyle changes. 1. This would be information needed to treat the cause but not the most important in health promotion. 2. The risk factors for complications w...

Chapter 23: Legal Implications in Nursing Practice Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A newly hired experienced nurse is preparing to change a patient’s abdominal dressing and hasn’t done it before at this hospital. Which action by the nurse is best? a. Ask another nurse to do it so the correct method can be viewed. b. Check the policy and procedure manual for the agency’s method. c. Change the dressing using the method taught in nursing school. d. Ask the patient how the dressing ...

Test Bank Chapter 25:patient Education Questions and Answers MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A nurse is asked about the goal of patient education. What is the nurse’s best response? The goal of educating others is to help people a. Meet standards of the Nurse Practice Act. b. Achieve optimal levels of health. c. Become dependent on the health care team. d. Provide self-care only in the hospital. ANS: B The goal of educating others about their health is to help individuals, families, or communitie...

  1. The nurse is working in the emergency department (ED) of a children's medical center. Which client should the nurse assess first? 1. The 1-month-old infant who has developed colic and is crying. 2. The 2-year-old toddler who was bitten by another child at the day-care center. 3. The 6-year-old school-age child who was hit by a car while riding a bicycle. 4. The 14-year-old adolescent whose mother suspects her child is sexually active. Rationale Correct - 3-The child hit by a c...

MAT 150 TOPIC 1 DQ 2 Identify at least five different problem-solving strategies. Discuss when and how you would use each of these strategies to solve a problem. Create a problem, then select an appropriate strategy and describe how you would teach a student to use this strategy to solve the problem.

Hesi Critical Thinking A+ 1. The nurse is working in the emergency department (ED) of a children's medical center. Which client should the nurse assess first? Correct - 3-The child hit by a car should be assessed first because he or she may have life- threatening injuries that must be assessed and treated promptly. 2. The 8-year-old client diagnosed with a vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis is complaining of a severe headache. Which intervention should the nurse implement first? Correct - ...

The nurse is working in the emergency department (ED) of a children's medical center. Which client should the nurse assess first? Correct - 3-The child hit by a car should be assessed first because he or she may have life- threatening injuries that must be assessed and treated promptly. 2. The 8-year-old client diagnosed with a vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis is complaining of a severe headache. Which intervention should the nurse implement first? Correct - 2-Because the client is complain...

1. The nurse is working in the emergency department (ED) of a children's medical center. Which client should the nurse assess first? 2. The 8-year-old client diagnosed with a vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis is complaining of a severe headache. Which intervention should the nurse implement first? 3. The 6-year-old client who has undergone abdominal surgery is attempting to make a pinwheel spin by blowing on it with the nurse's assistance. The child starts crying because the pinwheel won...

Hesi Critical Thinking 1. The nurse is working in the emergency department (ED) of a children's medical center. Which client should the nurse assess first? Correct - 3-The child hit by a car should be assessed first because he or she may have life- threatening injuries that must be assessed and treated promptly. 2. The 8-year-old client diagnosed with a vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis is complaining of a severe headache. Which intervention should the nurse implement first? Correct - 2-Bec...