MEDICAL SURGERY NURSING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 EDITION
MEDICAL SURGERY NURSING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 EDITION
MEDICAL SURGERY NURSING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 EDITION
MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING Part 1 d. Prevention of electrolyte imbalance
5. What would be the primary goal of therapy
1. Mrs. Chua a 78 year old client is admitted for a client with pulmonary edema and heart
with the diagnosis of mild chronic heart failure?
failure. The nurse expects to hear when a. Enhance comfort
listening to client’s lungs indicative of b. Increase cardiac output
chronic heart failure would be: c. Improve respiratory status
a. Stridor d. Peripheral edema decreased
b. Crackles 6. Nurse Linda is caring for a client with head
c. Wheezes injury and monitoring the client with
d. Friction rubs decerebrate posturing. Which of the
2. Patrick who is hospitalized following a following is a characteristic of this type of
myocardial infarction asks the nurse why he posturing?
is taking morphine. The nurse explains that a. Upper extremity flexion with lower
morphine: extremity flexion
a. Decrease anxiety and restlessness b. Upper extremity flexion with lower
b. Prevents shock and relieves pain extremity extension
c. Dilates coronary blood vessels c. Extension of the extremities after a stimulus
d. Helps prevent fibrillation of the heart d. Flexion of the extremities after stimulus
3. Which of the following should the 7. A female client is taking Cascara Sagrada.
nurse teach the client about the signs of Nurse Betty informs the client that the
digitalis toxicity? following maybe experienced as side effects
a. Increased appetite of this medication:
b. Elevated blood pressure a. GI bleeding
c. Skin rash over the chest and back b. Peptic ulcer disease
d. Visual disturbances such as seeing yellow c. Abdominal cramps
spots d. Partial bowel obstruction
4. Nurse Trisha teaches a client with heart
failure to take oral Furosemide in the
morning. The reason for this is to help…
a. Retard rapid drug absorption
b. Excrete excessive fluids accumulated at
night
c. Prevents sleep disturbances during night
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, 8. Dr. Marquez orders a continuous unit after left nephrectomy.
intravenous nitroglycerin infusion for the Nurse Liza’s highest priority would be…
client suffering from myocardial infarction. a. Hourly urine output
Which of the following is the most essential b. Temperature
nursing action? c. Able to turn side to side
a. Monitoring urine output frequently d. Able to sips clear liquid
b. Monitoring blood pressure every 4 hours 12. A 64 year old male client with a long
c. Obtaining serum potassium levels daily history of cardiovascular problem including
d. Obtaining infusion pump for the hypertension and angina is to be scheduled
medication for cardiac catheterization. During pre
9. During the second day of hospitalization cardiac catheterization teaching, Nurse
of the client after a Myocardial Infarction. Cherry should inform the client that the
Which of the following is an expected primary purpose of the procedure is…..
outcome? a. To determine the existence of CHD
a. Able to perform self-care activities without b. To visualize the disease process in
pain the coronary arteries
b. Severe chest pain c. To obtain the heart chambers pressure
c. Can recognize the risk factors of d. To measure oxygen content of
Myocardial Infarction different heart chambers
d. Can Participate in cardiac 13. During the first several hours after a
rehabilitation walking program cardiac catheterization, it would be most
10. A 68 year old client is diagnosed with a essential for nurse Cherry to…
right-sided brain attack and is admitted to a. Elevate clients bed at 45°
the hospital. In caring for this client, the b. Instruct the client to cough and deep
nurse should plan to: breathe every 2 hours
a. Application of elastic stockings to c. Frequently monitor client’s apical pulse and
prevent flaccid by muscle blood
b. Use hand roll and extend the left upper pressure
extremity on a pillow to prevent
contractions
c. Use a bed cradle to prevent dorsiflexion of
feet
d. Do passive range of motion exercise
11. Nurse Liza is assigned to care for a
client who has returned to the nursing
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