RN Comprehensive Exam Bundle

What can be delegated to Assistive personnel (AP)? - Answer-- ADLs - bathing - grooming - dressing - ambulating - feeding (w/o swallow precautions) - positioning - bed making - specimen collection - I&O - VS (stable clients A nurse on a med surg unit has received change of shift report and will c...

Why was there a decline in the care of the sick from the late 1600s to the mid 1800s? - Answer-decline in religious orders What caused the horrible reputation of nursing in the early times? - Answer-the low social status of women What was the action of the Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601? - Answe...

to avoid a false positive result for fecal occult blood in stool specimen, the nurse should instruct client to avoid ingestion of which substances prior to collecting a sample? - Answer-fish, beef, vit c, ibuprofen The nurse manager is developing a plan to increase the local population's utili...

A nurse is caring for a newborn whose parent asks why her baby is receiving vitamin K. The nurse should explain to the parents that the newborn should receive vitamin K to prevent which of the following? - Answer-Bleeding A charge nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse administer enteral feedi...

A nurse is caring for a client who has borderline personality disorder and is expressing concern about needing prolonged hospitalization. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? - Answer-"Tell me what concerns you the most about being hospitalized." A nurse is reinforcing t...

Five rights of delegation - Answer-Right person Right task Right circumstance Right direction and communication Right supervision and evaluation Non-delegatable tasks - Answer-Nursing process Client education Tasks that require nursing judgement (care of unstable patients) LPN delegation...

1. List 4 nursing interventions for the client with a hiatal hernia. - Answer-Sit up while eating and one hour after eating. Eat small, frequent meals. Eliminate foods that are problematic. 2. List 3 categories of medications used in the tx of PUD. - Answer-Antacids, Histamine-2, receptor-blocker...

1. What are the indications for a hysterectomy in the client who has fibromas? - Answer-1. Severe menorrhagia leading to anemia, severe dysmenorrhea requiring marcotic analgesics sever uterine enlargement causing pressure on other organs, severe low back and pelvic pain. 2. List the symptoms and ...

The nurse is preparing to initiate an intravenous line containing a high dose of potassium chloride and plans to use an intravenous infusion pump. The nurse brings the pump to the beside, prepares to plug the pump cord into the wall, and notes that no receptacle is available in the wall socket. The ...

The nurse looks up the chart of a cousin who is not under the care of the nurse. the manager is notified by the computer tech dept that one of the nurses on the unit accessed a chart of a client not on the unit. what is the manager's next action - Answer-reach out to HR a client is receiving P...

Enalapril maleate is prescribed for a hospitalized client. Which assessment does the nurse perform as a priority before administering the medication? - Answer-Checking the client's blood pressure Enalapril maleate is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used to treat hypertension. O...

Situation Ms. Kismet is the Research Coordinator of the Medical Center who is concerned about the increased incidence of nosocomial infection in the hospital and has convinced the management to allot a budget for the conduct of research on the clinical problem. 1. What type of research is app...

Fundamental values or assumptions about the way individuals should be treated and cared for. These include autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity. - Answer-moral or ethical principles The willingness to do what is right despite the fear of consequences. - Answer-mo...

What is NOT a mechanism that veins use to help propel blood back to the heart? - Answer-cardiac contraction The arterial system is a _________ pressure system. - Answer-high The major artery supplying the arm is the __________________________. - Answer-Brachial artery Sam comes to the clini...

Puerperal fever - Answer-an illness marked by high fever caused by infection of the reproductive tract after the birth of a child. Often fatal Family-centered care - Answer-Women begin to participate in planning type of care during delivery and birth, fathers encouraged to participate in the birt...

Stress response: Clinical Manifestations - Answer-- Increased HR - Narrowed pulse pressure - Altered breathing-- deep and quick - Fever (sepsis) - Decreased output-- hold on to as much water as you can - Altered LOC - Initial decrease in MAP will signal the heart to pump faster - Vasod...

C (Aminoglycosides are added to the dialysate for subsequent exchanges.) - Answer-Peritonitis is a common and dangerous complication of peritoneal dialysis. What is a nursing action that helps these patients fight peritonitis? A. Green's stain is used to identify the invading organism. B. Drain...

DEEP PARTIAL N FULL THICKNESS BURNS, requires topical antimicrobial meds. goal of medication is to reduce? - Answer-bacterial growth new prescription for sertraline. st. johns wort for depression. - Answer-stop taking the herbal supplement while taking the medication ED pain in left leg follo...