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RN Adult Medical Surgical Online Practice 2023 1.A home health nurse is assigned to a client who was recently discharged from a rehabilitation center after experiencing a right-hemispheric stroke. Which of the following neurologic deficits should the nurse expect to find when assessing the client? ( select all that apply) Visual spatial deficits Left hemianopsia ( blindness in the left half of the visual field) One-sided neglect 2.A nurse is reviewing the health record of a client who is ...

The patient with CKD is receiving dialysis, and the nurse observes excoriations on the patient's skin. What pathophysiologic changes in CKD can contribute to this finding (select all that apply)? a. Dry skin b. Sensory neuropathy c. Vascular calcifications d. Calcium-phosphate skin deposits e. Uremic crystallization from high BUN Answer - a, b, d. Pruritus is common in patients receiving dialysis. It causes scratching from dry skin, sensory neuropathy, and calcium-phosphate depositio...

CCHT Dialysis Exam Questions and Answers

What is Starling's Law of Capillary forces? How does this explain why a nutritionally deficient child would have edema? - ANSWER Starling's Law describes how fluids move across the capillary membrane. There are two major opposing forces that act to balance each other, hydrostatic pressure (pushing water out of the capillaries) and osmotic pressure (including oncontic pressure, which pushes fluid into the capillaries). Both electrolytes and proteins (oncontic pressure) in the blood affe...

CERTIFIED DIALYSIS NURSE EXAM 2024 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS The nurse caring for a dialysis patient with known aluminum overload should be prepared to administer which medication during the latter part of the dialysis treatment to help correct this abnormality? - correct answer Deferoxamine (Desferal) What are the likely reasons that a patient would be prescribed hemoperfusion? - correct answer Overdose of diuretics, Toxic exposure to pesticides. Hemoperfusion is more effective th...

CERTIFIED DIALYSIS NURSE EXAM 2024 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS which is considered to be the renal corpuscle? - correct answer Bowman's capsule and glomerulus Most selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) do not need to be adjusted with declining renal function, with the exception of which two medications? - correct answer Venlafaxine and Mirtazapine (Effexor & Remeron) The nurse is caring for a patient for which lab results come back with the"classic triad" indicated. Wh...

1. A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has renal failure and an elevated phosphorous level. The provider instructed the client to take aluminum hydroxide 300 mg PO three times daily. For which of the following adverse effects should the nurse inform the client? A. Constipation B. Metallic taste C. Headache D. Muscle spasms 2. A nurse is caring for a client who has chronic renal disease and is receiving therapy with epoetin alfa. Which of the following laboratory results shou...

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MED-SURGE HESI RN 1. A client on telemetry has a pattern of uncontrolled atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response. Based on this finding, the nurse anticipates assisting the physician with which treatment? A. Administer lidocaine, 75 mg intravenous push. B. Perform synchronized cardioversion. C. Defibrillate the client as soon as possible. D. Administer atropine, 0.4 mg intravenous push. Rationale: With uncontrolled atrial fibrillation, the treatment of choice is synchronized...