PN1 Exam 1 with Answers Latest UPDATE

PN1 Exam 1 with Answers Latest UPDATE 1. what would the nurse expect to NOT find in a person with osteoarthritis - symmetrical joint involvement 2. What do you give for a person experiencing an acute attack of gout - Colchicine 3. Forward curvature of the thoracic spine - kyphosis 4. What nursing intervention has the greatest likelihood of minimizing the risk of injury for a client who frequently gets out of bed at night to go to the bathroom? - illuminating the pathway to the bathroom 5. A person tells the nurse that he has been having increased difficulty walking and has reduced ROM in both him, what is the nurse suspecting of this person? - Loss of elasticity of the ligaments and tendons 6. What statement said by a newly hired nurse indicates she needs further teaching? - My line of gravity should fall outside by base of support 7. A person is angry, yelling, cursing, and waving his arms when the nurse comes to the treatment cubicle. What action should the nurse take - stay between the patient and the door, keep the door open 8. A patient is being discharged and the patient is week and the nurse says he is weak because – of your immobility in the hospital, this is known as deconditioning 9. The goal of the joint commissions national Speak Up campaign is to - prevent health care errors 10. The best way to prevent skin breakdown on a person who is frail, malnourished, immobile is - repo every 2 hours