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Basics Of Nursing Practice – Questions & Answers
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Basics Of Nursing Practice – Questions & Answers
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Basics Of Nursing Practice – Questions & AnswersA health care provider prescribes a vitamin tablet that contains vitamin B
complex. What should the nurse teach the client?
1.It may turn the urine bright yellow.
2.The daily fluid intake should be increased.
3.The drug should be taken on an empty stomach.
4.It may accumulate in the body if an excessive amount is taken ✔️Ans -
1.It may turn the urine bright yellow.
A client with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is
admitted with acute bronchopneumonia. The client is in moderate respiratory
distress. The nurse should place the client in what position to enhance
comfort?
1.Side lying position with head elevated 45 degrees
2.Sim's position with head elevated 90 degrees
3.Semi-Fowler's position with legs elevated
4.High-Fowler's position using the bedside table as an arm rest ✔️Ans -
4.High-Fowler's position using the bedside table as an arm rest
The nurse expects a client with an elevated temperature to exhibit what
indicators of pyrexia? (Select all that apply.)
1.Dyspnea
2.Flushed face
3.Chest pain
4.Increased pulse rate
5.Increased blood pressure ✔️Ans - 2.Flushed face
4.Increased pulse rate
To decrease abdominal distention following a client's surgery, what actions
should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.)
1.Encourage ambulation
2.Give sips of ginger ale
3.Auscultate bowel sounds
, 4.Provide a straw for drinking
5.Offer an opioid analgesic ✔️Ans - 1.Encourage ambulation
3.Auscultate bowel sounds
The nurse caring for a client with a systemic infection is aware that the
assessment finding that is most indicative of a systemic infection is:
1.White blood cell (WBC) count of 8200/mm3
2.Bilateral 3+ pitting pedal edema
3.Oral temperature of 101.3º F
4.Pale skin and nail beds ✔️Ans - 3.Oral temperature of 101.3º F
When nurses are conducting health assessment interviews with older clients,
they should:
1.Leave a written questionnaire for clients to complete at their leisure
2.Ask family members rather than the client to supply the necessary
information
3.Spend time in several short sessions to elicit more complete information
from the clients
4.Keep referring to previous questions to ascertain that the information given
by clients is correct ✔️Ans - 3.Spend time in several short sessions to
elicit more complete information from the clients
A client with hypothermia is brought to the emergency department. What
treatment does the nurse anticipate when the patient is in the emergency
department?
1.Core rewarming with warm fluids
2.Ambulation to increase metabolism
3.Frequent oral temperature assessments
4.Gastric tube feedings to increase fluid volume ✔️Ans - 1.Core
rewarming with warm fluids
The nurse creates a plan of care for a client with a risk of infection. Which is
the most desirable expected outcome for the client?
1.All nursing functions will be completed by discharge.
2.All invasive intravenous lines will remain patent.
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