Comprehensive Exam Nursing
Questions With 100% Correct Answers
\Q\.A client with multiple sclerosis has been started on baclofen (Lioresal) for muscle spasms.
The client calls the physician's office 1 week after beginning the medication and tells the nurse
that she feels extremely drowsy. The nurse most appropriately tells the client? what kind of
muscle relaxant is this? - ANSWER-✔-this drowsiness will diminish with continued -therapy
-this is a centrally acting muscle relaxant
\Q\.A school nurse observing a child with Down syndrome is participating in a physical
education class and notes that the child is experiencing a diminution in motor abilities. The
nurse asks to see the child and conducts an assessment, during which the child complains of
neck pain and loss of bladder control. What is the appropriate action by the nurse in this
situation?
and why? - ANSWER-✔contacting the physicain because children with down syndrome who
participate in sports should be evaluated for atlantoaxial instability
\Q\.atlantoaxial instability - ANSWER-✔excessive movement at the neck
-cause neck pain weakness and torticollis. these children are at risk for spinal cord compression
\Q\.torticollis - ANSWER-✔twisted neck
\Q\.Silicosis - ANSWER-✔chronic fibrotic disease of the lungs caused by inhaling of free
cristilline siclila
--caused by exposure to dust. asl about working in a mine
, \Q\.what is an early sign of compartment syndrome?
- in compartment syndrome is pain relived by medication? - ANSWER-✔paresthesia
-no
\Q\.medications that end in stone? - ANSWER-✔are corticosteriods.
\Q\.a client has been perscribed albuterol and advir . which order should the client take the
medications first? - ANSWER-✔first is albuterol (broncodilator) and than advidr (cortiosteriod)
\Q\.what are the three classic signs of preeclampsia? - ANSWER-✔edema, protein in urine, and
hypertension
\Q\.A nurse transcribing the prescriptions of a client admitted to the nursing unit notes that
metformin (Glucophage) 850 mg/day has been prescribed. The nurse makes a note in the
client's medication record that the medication should be administered: - ANSWER-✔the
medication would be givein in the morning with the morning meal because it is given to
manage type 2 diabetes. givien at any other time iwll not maintain a constant controoled blood
glcose level
\Q\.Salicylism - ANSWER-✔is a syndrome that develops when the therapeutic level of an aspirin
has just gotten too high the client will experience riningin in the ears. the doctor will most likely
stop the therapy and thatn continue at a lower dose
\Q\.Systemic lupus erythematosus
- what is it?
- what are the symptoms? - ANSWER-✔chronic , progressive, inflammatory disorder of the
connective tissue. this can cause failure of major organs and body systems
- the symptoms that go along with this disorder are abdominal pain, fever, and vasculitis
-butterfly rash
Questions With 100% Correct Answers
\Q\.A client with multiple sclerosis has been started on baclofen (Lioresal) for muscle spasms.
The client calls the physician's office 1 week after beginning the medication and tells the nurse
that she feels extremely drowsy. The nurse most appropriately tells the client? what kind of
muscle relaxant is this? - ANSWER-✔-this drowsiness will diminish with continued -therapy
-this is a centrally acting muscle relaxant
\Q\.A school nurse observing a child with Down syndrome is participating in a physical
education class and notes that the child is experiencing a diminution in motor abilities. The
nurse asks to see the child and conducts an assessment, during which the child complains of
neck pain and loss of bladder control. What is the appropriate action by the nurse in this
situation?
and why? - ANSWER-✔contacting the physicain because children with down syndrome who
participate in sports should be evaluated for atlantoaxial instability
\Q\.atlantoaxial instability - ANSWER-✔excessive movement at the neck
-cause neck pain weakness and torticollis. these children are at risk for spinal cord compression
\Q\.torticollis - ANSWER-✔twisted neck
\Q\.Silicosis - ANSWER-✔chronic fibrotic disease of the lungs caused by inhaling of free
cristilline siclila
--caused by exposure to dust. asl about working in a mine
, \Q\.what is an early sign of compartment syndrome?
- in compartment syndrome is pain relived by medication? - ANSWER-✔paresthesia
-no
\Q\.medications that end in stone? - ANSWER-✔are corticosteriods.
\Q\.a client has been perscribed albuterol and advir . which order should the client take the
medications first? - ANSWER-✔first is albuterol (broncodilator) and than advidr (cortiosteriod)
\Q\.what are the three classic signs of preeclampsia? - ANSWER-✔edema, protein in urine, and
hypertension
\Q\.A nurse transcribing the prescriptions of a client admitted to the nursing unit notes that
metformin (Glucophage) 850 mg/day has been prescribed. The nurse makes a note in the
client's medication record that the medication should be administered: - ANSWER-✔the
medication would be givein in the morning with the morning meal because it is given to
manage type 2 diabetes. givien at any other time iwll not maintain a constant controoled blood
glcose level
\Q\.Salicylism - ANSWER-✔is a syndrome that develops when the therapeutic level of an aspirin
has just gotten too high the client will experience riningin in the ears. the doctor will most likely
stop the therapy and thatn continue at a lower dose
\Q\.Systemic lupus erythematosus
- what is it?
- what are the symptoms? - ANSWER-✔chronic , progressive, inflammatory disorder of the
connective tissue. this can cause failure of major organs and body systems
- the symptoms that go along with this disorder are abdominal pain, fever, and vasculitis
-butterfly rash
