MDC 3 FINAL EXAM WITH REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
How do you assess improvement in right-sided heart failure?
Decreased peripheral edema and improved JVD
Where is the apical pulse located?
5th intercostal space at the midclavicular line (left)
What meals are appropriate for a leukemia patient?
Small, frequent, soft-textured meals
Clothing advice for polycythemia vera?
Avoid tight clothing to prevent blood clots
What should be done if a metastatic cancer patient develops DIC?
Notify the healthcare provider and assess for organ failure
What does SVT look like on ECG?
Rapid, regular rhythm with narrow QRS complexes and no visible P waves
,What is important during cardioversion for SVT?
Synchronize the shock with the QRS complex
How is testicular cancer prevented?
Regular testicular self-examinations
Priority assessment for facial fracture in the ED?
Assess airway first
Initial treatment for heart failure patient with dyspnea?
Administer diuretics and monitor intake and output
Patient took captopril and now needs to urinate — what should be done?
Assess the patient due to risk of hypotension and falls
Dosage calculation answer?
18
Other dosage calculation answer?
54
, ECG strip showing tombstones — intervention?
Start CPR immediately and defibrillate
ECG strip showing regular SVT — intervention?
Administer adenosine and perform vagal maneuvers
What should be done if oxygen saturation drops to 85%?
Place patient in high-Fowler's position and administer oxygen via nasal cannula
A client with an abdominal aortic aneurysm arrives at the emergency department. Which
finding is consistent with rupture into the abdominal cavity?
Abdominal distension
A nurse is caring for four clients with leukemia. After receiving report, which client should the
nurse see first?
Client who had two bloody diarrhea stools this morning
A nurse is caring for a client recently diagnosed with hypertension. Which statement by the
client indicates the need for further teaching?
I will reduce my smoking to half a pack a day.
ANSWERS
How do you assess improvement in right-sided heart failure?
Decreased peripheral edema and improved JVD
Where is the apical pulse located?
5th intercostal space at the midclavicular line (left)
What meals are appropriate for a leukemia patient?
Small, frequent, soft-textured meals
Clothing advice for polycythemia vera?
Avoid tight clothing to prevent blood clots
What should be done if a metastatic cancer patient develops DIC?
Notify the healthcare provider and assess for organ failure
What does SVT look like on ECG?
Rapid, regular rhythm with narrow QRS complexes and no visible P waves
,What is important during cardioversion for SVT?
Synchronize the shock with the QRS complex
How is testicular cancer prevented?
Regular testicular self-examinations
Priority assessment for facial fracture in the ED?
Assess airway first
Initial treatment for heart failure patient with dyspnea?
Administer diuretics and monitor intake and output
Patient took captopril and now needs to urinate — what should be done?
Assess the patient due to risk of hypotension and falls
Dosage calculation answer?
18
Other dosage calculation answer?
54
, ECG strip showing tombstones — intervention?
Start CPR immediately and defibrillate
ECG strip showing regular SVT — intervention?
Administer adenosine and perform vagal maneuvers
What should be done if oxygen saturation drops to 85%?
Place patient in high-Fowler's position and administer oxygen via nasal cannula
A client with an abdominal aortic aneurysm arrives at the emergency department. Which
finding is consistent with rupture into the abdominal cavity?
Abdominal distension
A nurse is caring for four clients with leukemia. After receiving report, which client should the
nurse see first?
Client who had two bloody diarrhea stools this morning
A nurse is caring for a client recently diagnosed with hypertension. Which statement by the
client indicates the need for further teaching?
I will reduce my smoking to half a pack a day.
