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Comprehensive OnlinePractice 2020 Review
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Denning Muriithi [Date] [Course title]
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1. A nurse is caring for a client who is in Buck's traction. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take?Answer: Allow the weights to
hang freely.
nurse should ensure the weights hang freely to provide the
appropriate counter- weight to facilitate reduction and alignment of
the client's fracture.
2. A nurse is caring for a client who takes prednisone daily for the
treatment of chronic asthma. The nurse should plan to monitor the client
for which of the following adverse effects?Answer: Gastric ulcer
formation
*The nurse should monitor the client for indications of a gastric ulcer
formation, which is a common adverse effect of prednisone.
3. A nurse is receiving change-of-shift report for a group of clients. The
nurse should plan to implement which of the following time-management
strate- gies?Answer: Prepare a priority list of client needs for the shift.
*The nurse should prepare a client priority to-do list, which could
include adminis- tering time-critical medications. This will allow the
nurse to determine which clients should receive care first.
4. A nurse is reinforcing teaching about home care for conjunctivitis with
the parent of a school-age child. Which of the following information should
the nurse include?Answer: separate the Childs used washcloth form
those of others.
Due to the contagious nature of the infection, it is necessary to
separate the washcloth of a child who has conjunctivitis from those of
others to prevent the spread of infection.
5. A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for famotidine 160 mg
PO every 6 hr. Available is famotidine oral suspension 40 mg/5 mL. How
many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the
nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing
zero.)Answer: 20 mL
6. A nurse is discussing alopecia with a client who is scheduled to begin
chemotherapy. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?
Answer: - your oncologist might prescribe a cold cap to war during
treatment to reduce hair loss
, Comprehensive Online Practice 2020 review questions
The nurse should inform the client that cold caps cause
vasoconstriction, which can help to decrease hair loss by reducing the
ability of the chemotherapy medication to reach the hair follicles.
, Comprehensive Online Practice 2020 review questions
7. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is delegating tasks to an assistive
personnel (AP). Which of the following tasks should the nurse delegate to
the AP?Answer: Obtaining a client's vital signs prior to discharge
Obtaining vital signs does not require use of the nursing process and is
within the range of function for an AP, Therefore, the nurse should
delegate this task to the AP.
8. A nurse is preparing to insert an indwelling urinary catheter for a female
client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?Answer: open
the outer package flap of the catheterization kit away form the body
9. A home health nurse is caring for an older adult client who just
returned home following a total knee arthroplasty. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take first?Answer: Determine the client's
mobility status.
*The first action the nurse should take when using the nursing process
is to determine the client's mobility status. The nurse should begin
collecting data about the client's ability to move freely within their
environment while preventing injury. The nurse should begin by placing
the client in the position providing the most support, then moving in
increments to positions requiring less support and higher levels of
tolerance.
10.A nurse is delegating the collection of a sputum specimen to an
assistive personnel (AP). At which of the following times should the nurse
instruct the AP to collect the specimen?Answer: As soon as the client
awakens in the morning
*Sputum from the base of the lungs provides the best specimen for
collection. The AP should obtain the specimen early in the morning
because overnight fluid accumulates in the base of the lungs while
the client is sleeping.
11. Complete the following sentence by using the lists of options.
A nurse on the medical-surgical unit is assisting with the care of a client
who was admitted from the emergency department (ED).Answer: The client
is at risk for developing confusion due to sodium level
Upon analyzing cues, the nurse should identify that the client is at risk
for confusion due to a sodium level that is greater than the expected
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