ATI MED SURG PROCTORED FINAL EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS

ATI MED SURG PROCTORED FINAL EXAM TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who has a femur fracture and is in skeletal traction. Which of the following actions should the nurse take - Ans Ensure the client's weights are hanging freely from the bed. A nurse in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a client who has anemia and has been taking ferrous gluconate for several weeks. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? - Ans Take this medication between meals A nurse in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a client who has anemia and has been taking ferrous gluconate for several weeks. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? - Ans Take this medication between meals. A nurse is reviewing the plan of care for a client who has cellulitis of the leg. Which of the following interventions should the nurse recommend? - Ans Wash daily with an antibacterial soap. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is postoperative after having an ileostomy established. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? - Ans Avoid medications in capsule or enteric form. A nurse is caring for a client with severe burns to both lower extremities. The client is scheduled for an escharotomy and wants to know what the procedure involves. Which of the following statements is appropriate for the nurse to make? - Ans "Large incisions will be made in the burned tissue to improve circulation." A nurse is collecting data from a client who has a possible cataract. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect the client to report? - Ans Decreased color perception A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has an intestinal obstruction and is receiving continuous gastrointestinal decompression using a nasogastric tube. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care? - Ans Maintain the client in Fowler's position. A nurse is caring for a client who has Cushing's syndrome. Which of the following clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to observe? (Select all that apply.) - Ans 1) Buffalo hump 2) Purple striations 3) Moon face A nurse is caring for a client who is in the oliguric phase of acute kidney injury. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - Ans Monitor intake and output hourly A nurse is reinforcing teaching about an esophagogastroduodenoscopy with a client who has upper gastric pain. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching? - Ans "You will remain NPO for 8 hours before the procedure." A nurse is caring for a client who is difficult to arouse and very sleepy for several hours following a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. Which of the following descriptions should the nurse use when documenting this finding in the medical record? - Ans Postictal phase