PN Adult Medical Surgical Online Practice
2023 A
A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide to a client who
has heart failure. Which of the following findings should the
nurse report before administering the medication?
PN Adult Medical Surgical Online Practice 2023 A A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide to a client who has heart failure. Which of the following find ings should the nurse report before administering the medication? Correct Answer Decreased potassium A nurse is reviewing the chart of a client who is experiencing an adrenal crisis, which was precipitated by the client not taking their medication for sev eral days. The nurse should identify that withdrawal from which of the following medications potentiated the adrenal crisis? Correct Answer Prednisone A nurse is assisting with the care for a client who has a prescription for digoxin 0.25 mg PO daily. Whi le taking the client's apical pulse, the nurse notes a rate of 58/min. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? Correct Answer Withhold the dose. A nurse is reinforcing teaching about glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) testing with a client who has diabetes mellitus. Which of the following statements indicates that the client understands the teaching? Correct Answer "I will have my HbA1c checked twice per year." A nurse is providing information regarding transmission -based precautions for a clie nt who has Clostridium difficile to an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.) Correct Answer "Provide the client with disposable utensils and dishes for meals." "Leave blood pressure equipment in the client's room." "Clean contaminated surfaces with a bleach solution." A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has coronary artery disease. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? Correct Answer "Add oily fish to your diet twice weekly." A nurse in an oncology clinic is reinfor cing teaching about Mohs surgery with a client who has skin cancer. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching? Correct Answer Mohs surgery is a horizontal shaving of thin layers of the tumor. A nurse is collecting data fr om an older adult client who has several concerns. Which of the following concerns should the nurse recognize as an expected change associated with aging? Correct Answer "My food tastes bland even after I add seasoning." A nurse is reinforcing dietary tea ching with a client about increasing the intake of foods containing vitamin C to enhance absorption of oral iron supplements. Which of the following food choices should the nurse include in the teaching? Correct Answer 1 cup of boiled broccoli A nurse is assisting with the care for a client who is 2 hr postoperative following the amputation of a foot. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? Correct Answer Check the incisional dressing. A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who is postoperative following abdominal surgery. Exhibit 1 Nurses' Notes 1100: Client received from PACU; initial vital signs recorded. Client is drowsy but arouses to verbal stimuli. Oriented to person, place, and time. Client is able to move all extremitie s. Normal sinus rhythm noted. Breath sounds are clear upon auscultation. Dressing to abdomen is intact with a small amount of serosanguinous drainage noted and marked. No bowel sounds in all fou Which of the following actions should the nurs e take? Select all that apply. Correct Answer Instruct the client to splint their abdomen with a pillow when coughing. Report the client's urinary output to the charge nurse. Monitor the client's pain level. A nurse is assisting with monitoring a client who is receiving dialysis treatment. Exhibit 1 Nurses' Notes 0530:Client is awake and alert. Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) to right forearm with thrill palpated and auscultated for bruit. Breath sounds are clear upon auscultation; client denies shortness of breath. No perip heral edema noted; capillary refill is less than 3 seconds; +2 bilateral pedal and radial pulses.AVF access prepared and cannulated twice with no difficulty. Lines are taped and secu Correct Answer For each potential nursing intervention, click to specify if the intervention is indicated or not indicated. Nursing Intervention Request a chest x -ray - not indicated Place the client in reverse Trendelenburg position - indicated Assist with administering a 0.9% sodium chloride 200 mL IV bolus - indicated Apply oxygen at 2 L/min via nasal cannula - indicated Notify the charge nurse immediately - indicated Obtain the client's blood glucose level - not indicated A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has a new prescription for nystatin suspension for oral candidiasis. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in
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