A 26 year old woman is admitted for vomiting and abdominal
pain. Which question from the nurse will determine the cause
from the women's symptoms? Correct Answers Can you tell me
more about your pain
A 56 year old client who has ____. Which response from he
nurse would be more inappropriate? Correct Answers Having
this new diagnosis must be hard for you
A client preparing to undergo a colon hysterectomy for cancer of
the colon asks about the results. What should the nurse explain
as the reason for this test? Correct Answers ___ or cancer status
after surgery
A client reports gas pains and abdominal distention two days
after___. Which nursing action should the nurse take? Correct
Answers Encourage the client to ambulate
A lobectomy is scheduled for a patient with stage 1 non small
cell lung cancer. The patient tells the nurse. I would rather have
chemotherapy than surgery. Which response by the nurse is
most appropriate? Correct Answers Tell me what you know
about the treatments available
A nurse cares for a patient who is orally intubated, to decrease
the risk of ventilator associated pneumonia. What action will the
nurse provide for the patient? Correct Answers Elevate the head
of the bed to 30-45 degrees
, A nurse cares for a patient with right lower lobe pneumonia who
is obese. Which position would the nurse place the client in?
Correct Answers -On the left side
A patient had an abdominal perineum resection for ___ cancer.
Which action should the nurse perform? Correct Answers
Assess the perineum drainage and incision
A patient with respiratory failure has a respiratory rate of 6
breaths/min and an oxygen saturation (Sp02) of 78%. The
patient is becoming increasingly lethargic. Which action would
the nurse anticipate? Correct Answers Endotracheal intubation
and positive pressure ventilation
A patina returned from a laparoscopic for ____. Which
assessment finding is most important fro this nurse to address
immediately Correct Answers The patient has no breath sounds
in the left anterior chest
A young adult contracts hepatitis from contaminated food. What
should the nurse expect sure logic testing to remove ____ the
acute (icteric) phase of the patients illness. Correct Answers
Anti- hepatits A. virus immunoglobin M (anti-HAV IgM)
After an unimmunized person is exposed to hepatitis B through
a needle-stick injury, what
actions will the nurse plan to take? (Select all that apply.)
a. Administer hepatitis B vaccine.
b. Test for antibodies to hepatitis B.
c. Teach about -interferon therapy.
d. Give hepatitis B immune globulin.