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Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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The //community //health //nurse //is //performing //a //home //visit //to //an //84-year-
old /
/woman /
/recovering /
/from /
/hip /
/surgery. /
/The /
/nurse /
/notes /
/that /
/the //woman //seems //uncharacteristically //confused //and //has //dry //mucous //membranes. //When
//asked /
/about /
/her /
/fluid /
/intake, //the //patient //states, //"I //stop //drinking //water //early //in //the //day //because //it //is //just //too
//difficult /
/to /
/get /
/up /
/during /
/the /
/night /
/to /
/go /
/to /
/the /
/bathroom." /
,/What /
/would //be //the //nurse's //best //response? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔limiting //your //fluids //can
//create /
/imbalances /
/in /
/your /
/body //that //can //result //in //confusion. //Maybe //we //need //to //adjust //the //timing //of //your //fluids
A/
/nurse //educator //is //reviewing //peripheral //IV //insertion //with //a //group //of //novice //nurses. //How
//should /
/these /
/nurses /
/be /
/encouraged /
/to /
/deal /
/with /
/excess //hair //at //the //intended //site? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔clip //the //hair //in //the //area
The /
/nurse /
/in /
/the /
/medical /
/ICU /
/is /
/caring /
/for //
a/
/patient /
/who /
/is /
/in /
/respiratory /
/acidosis /
,/due /
/to /
/inadequate /
/ventilation. /
/What /
/diagnosis /
/could /
/the /
/patient /
/have /
/that /
/could //cause //inadequate //ventilation? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Guillian //barre //syndrome
The /
/nurse /
/is /
/assessing /
/the /
/patient /
/for /
/the /
/presence /
/of //
a/
/Chvostek's //sign. //What //electrolyte //imbalance //would //a //positive //Chvostek's //sign //indicate? //-
//CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔hypocalcemia
An /
/OR /
/nurse /
/will /
/be /
/participating /
/in //the //intraoperative //phase //of //a //patient's //kidney //transplant. //What //action //will //the //nurse
//prioritize /
/in /
, /this /
/aspect /
/of //nursing //care? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔monitoring //the //patient's //physiologic //status
A/
/clinic /
/nurse /
/is /
/conducting //
a/
/preoperative /
/interview /
/with /
/an /
/adult /
/patient /
/who /
/will /
/soon /
/be /
/scheduled /
/to /
/undergo /
/cardiac /
/surgery. /
/What /
/interview /
/question /
/most /
/directly /
/addresses /
/the /
/patient's //safety? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔what //prescription //and //nonprescription //meds
//do //you //currently //take?
270
/ /
Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
The //community //health //nurse //is //performing //a //home //visit //to //an //84-year-
old /
/woman /
/recovering /
/from /
/hip /
/surgery. /
/The /
/nurse /
/notes /
/that /
/the //woman //seems //uncharacteristically //confused //and //has //dry //mucous //membranes. //When
//asked /
/about /
/her /
/fluid /
/intake, //the //patient //states, //"I //stop //drinking //water //early //in //the //day //because //it //is //just //too
//difficult /
/to /
/get /
/up /
/during /
/the /
/night /
/to /
/go /
/to /
/the /
/bathroom." /
,/What /
/would //be //the //nurse's //best //response? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔limiting //your //fluids //can
//create /
/imbalances /
/in /
/your /
/body //that //can //result //in //confusion. //Maybe //we //need //to //adjust //the //timing //of //your //fluids
A/
/nurse //educator //is //reviewing //peripheral //IV //insertion //with //a //group //of //novice //nurses. //How
//should /
/these /
/nurses /
/be /
/encouraged /
/to /
/deal /
/with /
/excess //hair //at //the //intended //site? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔clip //the //hair //in //the //area
The /
/nurse /
/in /
/the /
/medical /
/ICU /
/is /
/caring /
/for //
a/
/patient /
/who /
/is /
/in /
/respiratory /
/acidosis /
,/due /
/to /
/inadequate /
/ventilation. /
/What /
/diagnosis /
/could /
/the /
/patient /
/have /
/that /
/could //cause //inadequate //ventilation? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Guillian //barre //syndrome
The /
/nurse /
/is /
/assessing /
/the /
/patient /
/for /
/the /
/presence /
/of //
a/
/Chvostek's //sign. //What //electrolyte //imbalance //would //a //positive //Chvostek's //sign //indicate? //-
//CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔hypocalcemia
An /
/OR /
/nurse /
/will /
/be /
/participating /
/in //the //intraoperative //phase //of //a //patient's //kidney //transplant. //What //action //will //the //nurse
//prioritize /
/in /
, /this /
/aspect /
/of //nursing //care? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔monitoring //the //patient's //physiologic //status
A/
/clinic /
/nurse /
/is /
/conducting //
a/
/preoperative /
/interview /
/with /
/an /
/adult /
/patient /
/who /
/will /
/soon /
/be /
/scheduled /
/to /
/undergo /
/cardiac /
/surgery. /
/What /
/interview /
/question /
/most /
/directly /
/addresses /
/the /
/patient's //safety? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔what //prescription //and //nonprescription //meds
//do //you //currently //take?
