NUR 204 Exam
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1. Which of the following signs or symptoms are most representative of a
sodium imbalance?
a. muscle weakness
b. hyperreflexia
c. mental confusion
d. irregular pulse - Correct Answer: c. mental confusion
2. Which adaptation would indicate a K deficiency?
a. dry hair
b. muscle weakness
c. increased BP
d. chest pain - Correct Answer: b. muscle weakness
3. A reduction in fluid intake will contribute to:
a. frequent urination
b. decreased urine output
c. incontinence of urine
d. retention of urine - Correct Answer: b. decreased urine output
,4. The physician should be notified when the pts hourly urinary output falls
below what amt?
a. 20 mL
b. 120 mL
c. 30 mL
d. 60 mL - Correct Answer: c. 30 mL
5. Patients who are taking diuretics must be encouraged to ingest nutrients
rich in what?
a. sodium
b. magnesium
c. calcium
d. potassium - Correct Answer: d. potassium
6. Which if the following signs is indicative of phlebitits at the IV site?
a. warmth
b. cool
c. pallor
d. bleeding - Correct Answer: a. warmth
7. Pt c/o tingling in her fingers and toes, muscle cramps, and numbness of
extremeties. issue?
a. calcium deficit
b. chloride deficit
c. sodium excess
d. magnesium excess - Correct Answer: a. calcium deficit
8. 10 min after start of blood transfusion pt c/o CP and chills, T 102. priority
action?
, a. call the physician
b. stop the transfusion
c. slaw the transfusion down
d. administer prn tylenol for the fever - Correct Answer: b. stop the
transfusion
9. Which pt is at most risk for fluid imbalance?
a. middle aged woman who is vommiting
b. healthy 70 yr old w/ fractured wrist
c. infant w/ diarrhea
d. adolescent mowing the grass in the hot sun - Correct Answer: c.
infant w/ diarrhea
10.When individuals are in a healthy state their fluid output should be:
a. lower than their fluid intake
b. correlated very little with their fluid intake
c. approx the same as their fluid intake
d. higher than their fluid intake - Correct Answer: c. approx the
same as their fluid intake
11.Admin med at times to maintain a specific amount of the med in the blood
at all time:
a. drug half-life
b. peak plasma volume
c. onset of action
d. plateau - Correct Answer: d. plateau
12.Order for a med that does not have a termination date:
a. STAT
, b. PRN
c. standing
d. single - Correct Answer: c. standing
13.15 ml of an oral med three times a dat. how much med should pt take at
home?
a. 2 tbls
b. 1 tsp
c. 1 tbsp
d. 2 tsp - Correct Answer: c. 1 tbsp
14.How should the RN administer a bitter-tasting oral med to a 4 yr old client?
a. tell the child the medication tastes good
b. give the med in orange juice of milk to mask the taste
c. ask the parents how they give meds at home
d. get another nurse to assist by holding the client down - Correct
Answer: c. ask the parents how they give meds at home
15.RN finds med patch in the clients bed linens. how can RN avoid new patch
from falling off?
a. place a heating pad over the patch for 10 minutes
b. press palm firmly over patch for about 10 seconds
c. shave the area where the patch is being applies
d. run finger around adhesive edges before placing it on skin -
Correct Answer: b. press palm firmly over patch for about 10 seconds
16.RN squeezes sm amt of eye med out of tube when preparing dose. priority
action?
a. continue to squeeze a line of med from time to discard
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1. Which of the following signs or symptoms are most representative of a
sodium imbalance?
a. muscle weakness
b. hyperreflexia
c. mental confusion
d. irregular pulse - Correct Answer: c. mental confusion
2. Which adaptation would indicate a K deficiency?
a. dry hair
b. muscle weakness
c. increased BP
d. chest pain - Correct Answer: b. muscle weakness
3. A reduction in fluid intake will contribute to:
a. frequent urination
b. decreased urine output
c. incontinence of urine
d. retention of urine - Correct Answer: b. decreased urine output
,4. The physician should be notified when the pts hourly urinary output falls
below what amt?
a. 20 mL
b. 120 mL
c. 30 mL
d. 60 mL - Correct Answer: c. 30 mL
5. Patients who are taking diuretics must be encouraged to ingest nutrients
rich in what?
a. sodium
b. magnesium
c. calcium
d. potassium - Correct Answer: d. potassium
6. Which if the following signs is indicative of phlebitits at the IV site?
a. warmth
b. cool
c. pallor
d. bleeding - Correct Answer: a. warmth
7. Pt c/o tingling in her fingers and toes, muscle cramps, and numbness of
extremeties. issue?
a. calcium deficit
b. chloride deficit
c. sodium excess
d. magnesium excess - Correct Answer: a. calcium deficit
8. 10 min after start of blood transfusion pt c/o CP and chills, T 102. priority
action?
, a. call the physician
b. stop the transfusion
c. slaw the transfusion down
d. administer prn tylenol for the fever - Correct Answer: b. stop the
transfusion
9. Which pt is at most risk for fluid imbalance?
a. middle aged woman who is vommiting
b. healthy 70 yr old w/ fractured wrist
c. infant w/ diarrhea
d. adolescent mowing the grass in the hot sun - Correct Answer: c.
infant w/ diarrhea
10.When individuals are in a healthy state their fluid output should be:
a. lower than their fluid intake
b. correlated very little with their fluid intake
c. approx the same as their fluid intake
d. higher than their fluid intake - Correct Answer: c. approx the
same as their fluid intake
11.Admin med at times to maintain a specific amount of the med in the blood
at all time:
a. drug half-life
b. peak plasma volume
c. onset of action
d. plateau - Correct Answer: d. plateau
12.Order for a med that does not have a termination date:
a. STAT
, b. PRN
c. standing
d. single - Correct Answer: c. standing
13.15 ml of an oral med three times a dat. how much med should pt take at
home?
a. 2 tbls
b. 1 tsp
c. 1 tbsp
d. 2 tsp - Correct Answer: c. 1 tbsp
14.How should the RN administer a bitter-tasting oral med to a 4 yr old client?
a. tell the child the medication tastes good
b. give the med in orange juice of milk to mask the taste
c. ask the parents how they give meds at home
d. get another nurse to assist by holding the client down - Correct
Answer: c. ask the parents how they give meds at home
15.RN finds med patch in the clients bed linens. how can RN avoid new patch
from falling off?
a. place a heating pad over the patch for 10 minutes
b. press palm firmly over patch for about 10 seconds
c. shave the area where the patch is being applies
d. run finger around adhesive edges before placing it on skin -
Correct Answer: b. press palm firmly over patch for about 10 seconds
16.RN squeezes sm amt of eye med out of tube when preparing dose. priority
action?
a. continue to squeeze a line of med from time to discard
