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Exam 3/ Final Exam: PRN 1409/ PRN1409 Client-Centered Care III Exam Review| Complete Guide with Verified Answers| Updated 2023/ 2024| Rasmussen what are indications for a foley catheter? - ANSWER urinary retention, sudden complete inability to void what is NOT an indication for a foley catheter? - ANSWER incontinence What procedures can not be performed on the same arm with an AV fistula? - ANSWER blood pressure...

Final Exam: NR 509 / NR509 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Advanced Physical Assessment ACTUAL Exam Review | 100% Correct| Questions and Verified Answers QUESTION In situs inversus, in which the organs are reversed, the stomach and gastric air bubble are on the ______ and liver dullness is on the _____. Answer: right, left QUESTION What chronic condition leads to fibrosis of the pancreas? Answer: chronic pancreatitis QUESTION Where can pain from the abdomen be ref...

Which of the following statements made by a patient would lead the nurse to conclude that the patient understands risk factors for pulmonary embolism? While on a long flight, I should get up and walk to stretch my legs every hour. Resuming my birth control pills will lower my risk of cancer and my risk of another clot. If I drink plenty of water while driving on a long trip, this shouldn't happen again. Switching from my regular cigarettes to the electronic ones can reduce my risk. While o...

Regarding the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, all the following are true EXCEPT: A. Vital signs are usually abnormal, even early in the course of acute appendicitis. B. Rebound is usually elicited only after the appendix has ruptured or infarcted. C. Rovsing's sign is pain in the right lower quadrant upon palpation of the left lower quadrant. D. The obturator sign is pain upon flexion and internal rotation of the hip. E. The psoas sign is pain upon extension of the hip. - A. Vital signs ...

PN Learning System Medical-Surgical: Gastrointestinal Practice Quiz, Answered-A nurse is caring for a client who has a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube and is receiving intermittent feedings. Prior to initiating the feeding, which of the following actions should the nurse take first? - Place the client in semi Fowler's position. A client who is receiving a PEG tube feedings should be positioned with the head of the bed elevated at least 30° during and after feedings to decr...

A 30-year-old male experienced a generalized (tonic-clonic) seizure, which stopped before you arrived at the scene. The patient is conscious, is answering your questions appropriately, and refuses EMS transport. Which of the following would be the MOST compelling reason to disagree with his refusal of transport? Select one: A. His Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is 15 B. His wife states that this was his "usual" seizure C. He has experienced seizures since he was 20 D. He is currently not ...

UTI: Defintion - Includes bladder, (cystitis) urethera (urethritis) and kidney (pyelonephritis) Signs and symptoms of UTI - -Fever may be only sign infants a & young child -Older children=urinary symptoms ( new onset incontinence, dysuria, frequency, abdominal pain Risk factors of UTI - FEMALE, Uncircumcised male, GENETICS, (Anatomy), BOWEL/BLADDER Dysfunction, Obstruction, Catheterization, SEX, Reflux Exam for UTI - Temp, BP, abd exam for mass, tenderness. suprapubic or costovertebral t...

Urine culture with UTI Correct answer- 100.000 colonies in asymptomatic: bacteruria 10 - 10.000 colonies in symptomatic patients but also pyuria pyuria: more than 10 leukocytes elevated erythrocytes with pyelonephritis WBC in urine false positive with tumor, urethritis and poor collection technique Repeat in pregnant women Lower urinary tract UTI and upper urinary tract UTI Correct answer- bladder and urethra: cystitis/ urethritis/ prostatitis kidney and ureters: pyelonephritis/ re...

ATI RN Adult Med Surg Proctored Exam 2024 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (LATEST UPDATED) GRADED. A nurse is preparing to administer thrombolytic therapy to a client who had an ischemic stroke. Which of the following is an appropriate nursing action? a. Start the therapy within 8 hr b. Insert an indwelling urinary catheter after therapy begins c. Monitor blood pressure every 30 min during the infusion d. Elevate the head of bed between 25 and 30 2. A nurse is teaching a client about the use of an inc...

Final Exam: Midterm Exam: NR576 / NR 576 Differential Diagnosis in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Exam Review| Guide with Verified Answers (2023/ 2024 Newly Updated) Q: What is sensorineural hearing loss Answer: Results from deterioration of cochlea -Loss of hair cells form the organ of Corti -Gradual and progressive -Not correctable but preventable Q: What is conductive hearing loss Answer: Obstruction between middle and outer ear -Most types are reversible Q: Triad...