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A nurse is reinforcing information with a client who wishes to complete their advance directives. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? a) “You must have advance directives in place in order to refuse recommended treatment.” b) “An attorney is needed in order for you to name a designee in your health care proxy.” c) “You can decline to have certain medical procedures performed in your living will.” d) “A living will can be an oral statement that you agree ...

1. The QT interval is the total time taken for ventricular depolarization and repolarization. Prolongation of the QT interval: a. decreases the risk of lethal dysrhythmias. b. usually occurs when heart rate increases. c. increases the risk of lethal dysrhythmias. d. can only be measured with irregular rhythms. ANS: C 2. The patient has an irregular heart rhythm. To determine an accurate heart rate, the nurse first: a. identifies the markers on the ECG paper that indicate a 6-secon...

Print Awareness is: - answer-Understanding the function of print and how it is organized on a page. An example of print awareness is: - answer-A child points to a McDonald's billboard and yells, "Mommy!I want a Happy Meal!" Which is not an example of print awareness? - answer-A child indicates that he can sing the alphabet song. Print awareness tasks: - answer-Can be given by the classroom teacher, can help students to develop print awareness, and are related to children's later succe...

ATI Leadership Proctored Exam 1. A nurse in a prenatal clinic is caring for a group of clients. Which of the following clients should the nurse recommend for an interdisciplinary care conference? A client who is at 35 weeks of gestation and has a biophysical profile of 6 2. A nurse is preparing to discharge a client who has end stage heart failure. The clients partner tells the nurse she can no longer handle caring for the client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? Cont...

1. A nurse is assessing language development in all the infants presenting at the doctor's office for well-child visits. At which age range would the nurse expect a child to verbalize the words "dada" and "mama"? 9 and 12 months 2. During the toddler stage, ages 2-3 years, a child will gain approximately how many pounds per year? 3-5 3. Development that proceeds from the inside out is called by which of the following terms? proximodistal 4. Routine physical examinations on child...

Nurse plans to administer a dose of metoprolol at 0900 to a client with HTN. At 0800 nurse notestelemetry pattern shows second degree heart block with Ventricular rate of 50. Action Hold scheduled dose and notify HCP of telemetry pattern Nurse is reviewing client ECG and determines PR interval prolonged. Indicates Increased conduction time from the SA node to the AV junction When assessing a restless, intubated client on mechanical ventilation, nurse auscultates breath sounds onright side ...

The nurse is using a forced air warmer for a surgical patient preoperatively. Which goals is the nurse trying to achieve? (Select all that apply.) Induce shivering. b. Reduce blood loss. c. Induce pressure ulcers. d. Reduce cardiac arrests. e. Reduce surgical site infection. ANS: B, D, E Evidence suggests that pre-warming for a minimum of 30 minutes may reduce the occurrence of hypothermia. Prevention of hypothermia (core temperature < 36° C) helps to reduce complications such as s...

Which infection continues to increase in the United States? a. Measles b. Pertussis c. Hepatitis A, B, and C d. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) ANS: D Treatable STDs, such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis, are still occurring at significant rates. Gonorrhea had plateaued or declined until 2009 but increased steadily since that time. Chlamydia, the most commonly reported bacterial disease in the United States, reached 1,441,789 cases in 2014, although some of this increase is t...

The nurse is preparing the discontinue long term TPN therapy for a client. The nurse should plan to discontinue the TPN gradually to reduce the risk of which of the following adverse effects? a. Hyperglycemia b. Diarrhea c. Constipation d. Hypoglycemia- You taper it off to avoid this!!! Rationale PDF p.298: Never abruptly stop TPN. Speeding up/slowing down the rate is contraindicated. An abrupt rate change can alter blood glucose levels significantly. Rationale PDF nutrition p.58: don’...

10. A nurse in a long term care facility is documenting the care of an older client. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the weekly nursing care summary Hydration status 11. A nurse is caring for a client who has a head injury. Using the gasgow coma scale collection data, the nurse should obtain which of the following information Motor response 12. A home health nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client about the use of elastic stockings to decrease peripheral...