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2019 med surg A
BUN 32 - ✔✔a nurse is caring for a client with DKA. Which of the following laboratory findings should
the nurse expect?

Wear a mask - ✔✔A nurse and an AP are caring for a client with bacterial meningitis. The nurse
should give the AP which of the following instructions?

Wear a mask.
Wear a gown.
Keep the client's room well-lit.
Maintain the head of the bed at a 45° elevation.

I should take this with food. - ✔✔A nurse is providing instruction to a patient with type 2 DM and a
new prescription for metformin. which statement by the client indicates an understanding of the
teaching.
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"I will monitor my blood sugar carefully because the medication increases the secretion of insulin."
"I should take this medication with a meal."
"I can expect to gain weight while taking this medication."
"While taking this medication, I will experience flushing of my skin."

report of a night cough - indication of heart failure. - ✔✔A nurse in a providers office is assessing a
client who has hypertension and takes propanolol. Which finding should indicate an adverse reaction
to this medicine.

Report of a night cough
Report of tinnitus
Report of excessive tearing
Report of increased salivation

The client should first place their body weight on the crutches.
Next, they should advance the unaffected leg onto the stair.
Third, they should shift their weight from the crutches to the unaffected leg.




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Last, they should bring the crutches and the affected leg up to the stair. - ✔✔A nurse is caring for
client with a leg cast and is returning demonstration on the proper use of crutches while climbing
stairs the sequence the cleitn should follow. place in order the steps

shift their weight from the crutches to the unaffected leg.
bring the crutches and the affected leg up to the stair.
place their body weight on the crutches.
advance the unaffected leg onto the stair.

**Fever is correct.
Nonpitting edema is incorrect.
**Hypertension is correct.
**Tachycardia is correct.
Hypoglycemia is incorrect. - ✔✔A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who is
experiencing a thyroid storm. Which manifestations should the nurse expect?(SATA)

Fever
Nonpitting edema
Hypertension
Tachycardia
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Hypoglycemia

initiate airborne precautions - ✔✔a nurse is caring for a client who has anorexia, low grade fever,
night sweats, and a productive cough. Which action should the nurse take first?

Obtain a sputum sample.
Administer antipyretics.
Provide hand hygiene education.
Initiate airborne precautions.

**Sleepiness exhibited by the client is correct.
**Widening pulse pressure is correct.
**Decerebrate posturing is correct - ✔✔A nurse is caring for a client who has a closed head
injuryand an intraventricular catheter placed. which finding indicates the client is experiencing
increased intracranial pressure?

Flat jugular veins
A Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15
Sleepiness exhibited by the client
Widening pulse pressure


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Decerebrate posturing

Turn the patient to the side.

The greatest risk to this client is hypoxia from an impaired airway. Therefore, the priority intervention
the nurse should take is to place the client in a side-lying position to prevent aspiration. - ✔✔A nurse
is caring for a client who is having a seizure. Which intervention is the nurse priority?\

Loosen the clothing around the client's neck.
Check the client's pupillary response.
Turn the client to the side.
Move furniture away from the client.

wrap the fingers individually

to allow for functional use of the hand while healing occurs. The nurse should also instruct the client
to perform range-of-motion exercises to each finger every hour while awake to promote function of
the injured hand. - ✔✔a nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client who has a partial
thickness burn on the hand. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
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**Visual spatial deficits is correct.
**Left hemianopsia is correct.
**One-sided neglect is correct. - ✔✔a home health nurse is assigned to a to a client who was
recently discharged from a rehabilitation center after experiencing a right hemispheric stroke. which
neurologic deficits should the nurse expect to find when assessing the patient.

Expressive aphasia
Visual spatial deficits
Left hemianopsia
Right hemiplegia
One-sided neglect

Urine specific gravity is 1.045 - ✔✔An older adult client is brought to an emergency department by a
family member. Which of the following assessment findings should cause the nurse to suspect that
the client has hypertonic dehydration?

Take tub baths daily.
Drink at least 1 L of fluid daily.
Wear underwear made of nylon.
Void before and after intercourse.


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