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Critical Care HESI Practice final EXAM / GRADED A+ LATEST UPDATE 2O24 100% VERIFED SOLUTIONS
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Critical Care HESI Practice final EXAM / GRADED A+ LATEST UPDATE 2O24 100% VERIFED SOLUTIONS
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aThe nurse is providing postprocedure care to a client who had a cardiac catheterization.
The client begins to manifest signs and symptoms associated with embolization. Which
action should the nurse take?
Notify the primary healthcare provider immediately
Apply a warm, moist compress to the incision site
Increase the intravenous fluid rate by 20 mL/hr
Monitor vital signs more frequently
b
A nurse observes a window washer falling 25 feet (7.6 m) to the ground. The nurse
rushes to the scene and determines that the person is in cardiopulmonary arrest. What
should the nurse do first?
Feel for a pulse
Begin chest compressions
Leave to call for assistance
Perform the abdominal thrust maneuver
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d
A client reports left-sided chest pain after playing racquetball. The client is hospitalized
and diagnosed with left pneumothorax. When assessing the client's left chest area, the
nurse expects to identify which finding?
a. Dull sound on percussion
b. Vocal fremitus on palpation
c. Rales with rhonchi on auscultation
d. Absence of breath sounds on auscultation
c
A client is admitted to the hospital with partial- and full-thickness burns of the chest and
face sustained while trying to extinguish a brush fire. Which is the nurse's priority
concern?
a. Loss of skin integrity caused by the burns
b. Potential infection as a result of the burn injury
c. Inadequate gas exchange caused by smoke inhalation
d. Decreased fluid volume because of the depth of the burns
,b
During the first 48 hours after a client has sustained a thermal injury, which conditions
should the nurse assess for?
a. Hypokalemia and hyponatremia
b. Hyperkalemia and hyponatremia
c. Hypokalemia and hypernatremia
d. Hyperkalemia and hypernatremia
a
A nurse is assessing a client's ECG reading. The client's atrial and ventricular heart
rates are equal at 88 beats per min. The PR interval is 0.14 seconds, and the QRS
width is 0.10 seconds. Rhythm is regular with normal P waves and QRS complexes.
How will the nurse interpret this rhythm?
a. Normal sinus rhythm
b. Sinus tachycardia
, c. Sinus bradycardia
d. Sinus arrhythmia
b
The nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis. Which is the
priority concern of the nurse when caring for this client?
a. Fluid volume
b. Skin integrity
c. Physical mobility
d. Urinary elimination
c
A client who had extensive pelvic surgery 24 hours ago becomes cyanotic, is gasping
for breath, and reports right-sided chest pain. What should the nurse do first?
a. Obtain vital signs
b. Initiate a cardiac arrest code
c. Administer oxygen using a face mask
d. Encourage the use of an incentive spirometer
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