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RN VATI COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR NCLEX QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
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VATI COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR NCLEX Q&A.Low-residue diet: Dairy products & eggs, such as custard and yogurt
(Rat) A low-residue diet consists of foods that are low in fiber and are
easy to digest such as eggs, custard, yogurt and ripe bananas - NOTE
Legumes such as lentils and black beans are high in fiber and are not
considered low in residue.
2.A RN is caring for a patient who weighs 80 kg and is 5 ft 3 in tall.
Calculate the BMI and determine if the patients BMI indicates a healthy
weight, under- weight, overweight, or obese.: Use the formula (wt. in
lbs)/(ht in in^2) multiply by 703 to get the BMI.
BMI is 31 (obese)
(Rat) A BMI greater than 30 indicates obesity. A BMI of 25-29.9 indicates over- weight. A BMI of 18.5-24.9 is a normal/healthy BMI. A BMI <18.5 indicates under- weight.
3.A RN admits a female patient who weighs 246 lbs with a height of 5 ft 4
in. Calculate the BMI of the female patient.: Use the formula (lbs)/(in^2)
multiply by 703
BMI 42 indicates the patient is obese
4.A RN is reviewing discharge instructions regarding car seat safety to the parent of a newborn. Which of the following instructions will the nurse include in the discharge teaching (SATA)
A.Position the infant rear-facing in the backseat.
B.Be sure the car seat is at a 90 degree angle
C.Be sure the care seat is at a 45 degree angle
D.Position the car seat behind the passenger or drivers seat
E.Position the care seat in the middle of the back seat
F.Keep infants in rear-facing car seats until age 6 months
G.Keep infants in rear-facing car seat until 2 yr old or until the child reaches the maximum ht and wt for the seat.: (A, C, E, G) VATI COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR NCLEX Q&A
2 / A. Position the infant rear-facing in the backseat - (RAT) the car seat should never be in the front seat of a car due to the increased risk for injury from the air bags during a MVA.
C. Be sure the care seat is at a 45 degree angle - (RAT) the car seat should be at a 45 degree angle.
E. Position the care seat in the middle of the back seat - (RAT) the car seat should be in the middle away from air bags and side impact.
G. Keep infants in rear-facing car seat until 2 yr - (RAT) keep the
child in the rear-facing car seat until the child reaches 2yo or until
the child reaches the maximum ht and wt for the seat.
5.A RN is caring for a patient who fell at a nursing home. The patient is oriented x 3 (person, place & time) and can follow directions. Which of the following actions should the RN take to decrease the risk of another fall? (SATA)
A.Place a belt restraint on the patient when they are sitting on the bedside commode
B.Keep the bed in its lowest position with all side rails up
C.Make sure that the patient's call light is within reach
D.Provide the patient with nonskid footwear
E.Complete a fall-risk assessment: (C,D,E)
C.Make sure that the patient's call light is within reach
D.Provide the patient with nonskid footwear
E.Complete a fall-risk assessment
Note- You do not put all the side rails up in the bed because this is considered a restraint.
6.A RN is caring for a patient who has a Hx of falls. Which of the following actions is the RNs priority? VATI Comprehensive Predictor NCLEX Questions
A.Complete a fall-risk assessment
B.Educate the patient and family about fall risks
C.Eliminate safety hazards from the patients environment
D.Make sure the patient uses assistive aids in their possession: A. Complete a fall-risk assessment
(Rat) this is a priority nursing question therefore the question should
direct you to the nursing process. The first action the nurse should
take using the nursing process is to assess or collect data from the
patient.
7.A RN discovers a small paper fire in a trash in a patients bathroom. The patient has been taken to safety and the alarm has been activated. Which of the following actions should the RN take?
A.Open the windows in the patients room to allow smoke to escape
B.Obtain a class C fire extinguisher to extinguish the fire
C.Remove all electrical equipment from the patient room
D.Place wet towels along the base of the door to the patients room: D. Place wet towels along the base of the door to the patients room - (RAT) to contain the fire and smoke in the room.
Note - do not obtain a class C fire extinguisher but instead obtain a class A fire extinguisher which is used for ordinary combustibles such as cloth and paper.
8.A nurse manager is completing an in-service on a group of new nurses in the transition to practice program. The nurse manager asks one nurse student to define the acronym the RACE. Please indicate what each letter in the acronym means.: R - Rescue and protect the patients who are at or near the fire. Patients who can walk are able to do so on command to a safe location.
A - Activate the alarm VATI Comprehensive Predictor NCLEX Questions
C - Contain/confine the fire by closing doors and windows and turn off
all oxygen sources and any electrical devices. Ventilate the patient
who are on life support by using a bag-valve mask
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