While the nurse (RN) is preparing to take the vital signs of a newly admitted client with
heart failure, a practical nurse (PN) enters the client's room and reports to the RN that
another client just pulled out his central venous catheter and the unlicensed assistive
personnel (UAP) is in the room with the client. The RN knows that the newly admitted
client is to receive a STAT dose of an oral antianxiety medication. How should the RN
assign the needed care?
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Rn provide care Pn give meds uap get vitals
An adult male is participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program following an acute
myocardial infarction. He complains to the nurse about the drastic lifestyle changes
that have been prescribed. He smells of cigarettes and there is no evidence that he
has modified his diet. Which intervention is most important for the nurse to include in
the client's plan of care?
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Smoking cessation
Several experienced registered nurses are serving on a screening committee to
interview prospective candidates for a nurse-manager position on an acute care
inpatient unit. The candidate with which characteristics is probably best for this
position?
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Oldest child in family; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing; played on the college
volleyball team
The nurse supervising a UAP enters the room of a client with renal failure who is
scheduled for dialysis in one hour. The UAP has just taken the client's blood pressure
in the right arm, above the dialysis access site, and reports that it is 160/90 mmHg.
What action should the nurse implement?
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Get Bp from other arm
The clinic medical receptionist is responsible for taking client calls relaying messages
to the office nurse. Which client call should the nurse return first?
A. Anginal pain relieved after taking 3 SL tablets of nitroglycerin
B. Spinal osteomyelitis feeling nauseated for past 6 hours
, C. Hepatits A with complaint of arms and legs itching
D. Casted right leg has a funny feeling tingling sensation
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Casted right leg has funny feeling
(Numbness, tingling, sensation of the limb "falling asleep," coldness of the
casted/splinted extremity and discoloration of the fingers or toes are due
to the cast/splint being too tight)
The wound care nurse is applying sterile fly larvae to the dead tissue of a client's
large wound when a code blue is called for another client on the unit who is not
spontaneously breathing. Which action should the nurse take?
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Finish the procedure
An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is preparing to assist a client who has
influenza and pneumonia with a bath. The nurse observes the UAP wearing a gown
and gloves to enter the client's room. Which action should the nurse take?
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Review the need for the UAP to wear a face mask while in close contact
with the client
The charge nurse observes that a client with a nasogastric tube applied to low
intermittent suction is drinking a glass of water immediately after the unlicensed
heart failure, a practical nurse (PN) enters the client's room and reports to the RN that
another client just pulled out his central venous catheter and the unlicensed assistive
personnel (UAP) is in the room with the client. The RN knows that the newly admitted
client is to receive a STAT dose of an oral antianxiety medication. How should the RN
assign the needed care?
Give this one a try later!
Rn provide care Pn give meds uap get vitals
An adult male is participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program following an acute
myocardial infarction. He complains to the nurse about the drastic lifestyle changes
that have been prescribed. He smells of cigarettes and there is no evidence that he
has modified his diet. Which intervention is most important for the nurse to include in
the client's plan of care?
,Give this one a try later!
Smoking cessation
Several experienced registered nurses are serving on a screening committee to
interview prospective candidates for a nurse-manager position on an acute care
inpatient unit. The candidate with which characteristics is probably best for this
position?
Give this one a try later!
Oldest child in family; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing; played on the college
volleyball team
The nurse supervising a UAP enters the room of a client with renal failure who is
scheduled for dialysis in one hour. The UAP has just taken the client's blood pressure
in the right arm, above the dialysis access site, and reports that it is 160/90 mmHg.
What action should the nurse implement?
Give this one a try later!
Get Bp from other arm
The clinic medical receptionist is responsible for taking client calls relaying messages
to the office nurse. Which client call should the nurse return first?
A. Anginal pain relieved after taking 3 SL tablets of nitroglycerin
B. Spinal osteomyelitis feeling nauseated for past 6 hours
, C. Hepatits A with complaint of arms and legs itching
D. Casted right leg has a funny feeling tingling sensation
Give this one a try later!
Casted right leg has funny feeling
(Numbness, tingling, sensation of the limb "falling asleep," coldness of the
casted/splinted extremity and discoloration of the fingers or toes are due
to the cast/splint being too tight)
The wound care nurse is applying sterile fly larvae to the dead tissue of a client's
large wound when a code blue is called for another client on the unit who is not
spontaneously breathing. Which action should the nurse take?
Give this one a try later!
Finish the procedure
An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is preparing to assist a client who has
influenza and pneumonia with a bath. The nurse observes the UAP wearing a gown
and gloves to enter the client's room. Which action should the nurse take?
Give this one a try later!
Review the need for the UAP to wear a face mask while in close contact
with the client
The charge nurse observes that a client with a nasogastric tube applied to low
intermittent suction is drinking a glass of water immediately after the unlicensed