HEALTHSTREAM POST TEST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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Healthstream
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Healthstream
The priority intervention for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is: - CORRECT ANSWER fluid replacement.
What is the sign that a pressure ulcer is beginning to develop - CORRECT ANSWER Discoloration
A 72-year-old female patient presents to the Emergency Department reporting substernal chest pain tha...
HEALTHSTREAM POST TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
The priority intervention for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is: - CORRECT ANSWER fluid replacement.
What is the sign that a pressure ulcer is beginning to develop - CORRECT ANSWER Discoloration
A 72-year-old female patient presents to the Emergency Department reporting substernal chest pain
that she describes as "ripping"; it radiates into her back and is associated with cough and shortness of
breath. Her blood pressure is 150/90 and her heart rate is 110. The emergency nurse anticipates
administering: - CORRECT ANSWER
What is the priority when assessing a patient with dysphagia who has experienced a cerebrovascular
accident (CVA)? - CORRECT ANSWER Airway
An oral dose of 0.25 mg of an inotropic antidysrhythmic medication is ordered. This medication is
available as 0.125 mg per tablet. How many tablets should be administered? - CORRECT ANSWER 2
Nurses should tell patients who are receiving ophthalmic medications that they will possibly experience:
- CORRECT ANSWER
Which emergency medication may cause cerebral hemorrhage? - CORRECT ANSWER Epinephrine
A practitioner's order prescribes levothyroxine 0.05 mg po daily. The available medication is
levothyroxine 25 mcg tabs. What will the nurse administer? - CORRECT ANSWER 2
Patients who have advance directives may receive pain medication when it is needed. - CORRECT
ANSWER true
What should be the nurse's first action to aid a near-drowning victim - CORRECT ANSWER
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