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Healthstream Post Test UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers The priority intervention for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is: - CORRECT ANSWER - fluid replacement. What is the sig

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Healthstream Post Test UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
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 -


A patient with COPD requires oxygen therapy via nasal cannula. In order to help reduce anxiety
in this patient, the nurse should tell her: - CORRECT ANSWER - This is oxygen; it will
aid your breathing.


When patient information is unavailable in an emergency, which blood type can be given
immediately? - CORRECT ANSWER - o-


Paramedics transported a 50-year-old female patient from a house fire to the Emergency
Department without any obvious burns. She is covered in soot, coughing, and reporting nausea
and anxiety. The emergency department provider plans to treat the patient for possible cyanide
poisoning. In addition to oxygen, what medication should the nurse anticipate administering? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Hydroxocobalamin



Which of the following is a side effect of atropine? - CORRECT ANSWER -


Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat®) is administered for anginal attacks because it causes - CORRECT
ANSWER - coronary artery dilation and peripheral venous dilation.


When a patient is admitted into the emergency room with a suspected fracture of the cervical
spine, what is the nurse's priority? - CORRECT ANSWER - Immobilize the cervical spine.


The initial treatment for most dermatophyte infections (Tinea corporis, Tinea pedis, and Tinea
cruris) is: - CORRECT ANSWER - ketoconazol



The tympanic membrane is found in the: - CORRECT ANSWER - ear

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