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Adult Health 1 Practice Questions And Answers 2024
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Adult Health 1 Practice QuestionsAnd Answers 2024
D. small losses of fluid are significant because body fluids account for 45% to
50% of body weight in older adults. - -During the postoperative care of a 76-
year-old patient, the nurse monitors the patient's intake and output carefully,
knowing that the patient is at risk for fluid and electrolyte imbalances
primarily because...
A. older adults have impaired thirst mechanism and need reminding to drink
fluids
B. water accounts for a greater percentage of body weight in the older adult
than in younger adults.
C. older adults are more likely than younger adults to lose extracellular fluids
during surgical procedures.
D. small losses of fluid are significant because body fluids account for 45% to
50% of body weight in older adults.
- A. osmosis - -During administration of a hypertonic IV solution, the
mechanism involved in equalizing the fluid concentration between ECF and
the cell is?
A. osmosis
B. diffusion
C. active transport
D. facilitated diffusion
- A. weight loss
B. dry oral mucosa
E. decreased central venous pressure - -An older woman was admitted to
the medical unit with GI bleeding and fluid volume deficit. Clinical
manifestations of this problem are? (Select all that apply)
A. weight loss
B. dry oral mucosa
C. full bounding pulse
D. engorged neck veins
E. decreased central venous pressure
- A. Fluid Restriction - -The nursing care for a patient with hyponatremia and
fluid volume excess includes:
A. Fluid Restriction
B. Administration of hypotonic IV fluids
, C. Administration of a cation-exchange resin
D. Placement of an indwelling urinary catheter
- C. Weak, irregular pulse and poor muscle tone - -The nurse should be alert
for which manifestations in a patient receiving a loop diuretic?
A. Restlessness and agitation
B. Paresthesias and irritability
C. Weak, irregular pulse and poor muscle tone
D. Increased blood pressure and muscle spasms
- A. Confusion
D. Circumoral numbness
E. Positive Chvostek's sign - -It is important for the nurse to asses for which
clinical manifestations in a patient who has just undergone a total
thyroidectomy? (Select all that apply)
A. Confusion
B. Weight gain
C. Depressed reflexes
D. Circumoral numbness
E. Positive Chvostek's sign
- B. Calcium Supplements - -The nurse expects the long term treatment of a
patient with hyperphosphatemia secondary to renal failure will include
A. fluid restriction
B. Calcium Supplements
C. Magnesium supplements
D. increased intake of dairy products
- C. Lactated Ringers - -The typical fluid replacement for the patient with
fluid volume deficit is?
A. dextran
B. 0.45% saline
C. lactated ringer's
D. 5% dextrose in 0.45% saline
- D. Instruct the patient to change positions, raise arms, and cough - -The
nurse is unable to flush a central venous access device and suspects
occlusion. The best nursing intervention would be to...
A. apply warm moist compresses to the insertion site
B. Attempt to force 10 mL of normal saline into the device
C. Place the patient on the left side with head-down position
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