NUR 2790 N3 Exam 2 Final Practice
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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The community health nurse is performing a home visit to an 84-year-old woman
recovering from hip surgery. The nurse notes that the woman seems
uncharacteristically confused and has dry mucous membranes. When asked about
her fluid intake, the patient states, "I stop drinking water early in the day because
it is just too difficult to get up during the night to go to the bathroom." What
would be the nurse's best response?
limiting your fluids can create imbalances in your body that can result in
confusion. Maybe we need to adjust the timing of your fluids
A nurse educator is reviewing peripheral IV insertion with a group of novice
nurses. How should these nurses be encouraged to deal with excess hair at the
intended site?
clip the hair in the area
The nurse in the medical ICU is caring for a patient who is in respiratory acidosis
due to inadequate ventilation. What diagnosis could the patient have that could
cause inadequate ventilation?
Guillian barre syndrome
The nurse is assessing the patient for the presence of a Chvostek's sign. What
electrolyte imbalance would a positive Chvostek's sign indicate?
hypocalcemia
,NUR 2790 N3 Exam 2 Final Practice
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ SURE SUCCESS NEWEST!!!!
An OR nurse will be participating in the intraoperative phase of a patient's kidney
transplant. What action will the nurse prioritize in this aspect of nursing care?
monitoring the patient's physiologic status
A clinic nurse is conducting a preoperative interview with an adult patient who
will soon be scheduled to undergo cardiac surgery. What interview question most
directly addresses the patient's safety?
what prescription and nonprescription meds do you currently take?
The perioperative nurse is constantly assessing the surgical patient for signs and
symptoms of complications of surgery. Which symptom should first signal to the
nurse the possibility that the patient is developing malignant hyperthermia?
tachycardia
As an intraoperative nurse, you know that the patient's emotional state can
influence the outcome of his or her surgical procedure. How would you best
reinforce the patient's ability to influence outcome?
, NUR 2790 N3 Exam 2 Final Practice
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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incorporate cultural and religious considerations as appropiate
The OR nurse acts in the circulating role during a patient's scheduled cesarean
section. For what task is this nurse solely responsible?
performing documentation
The nurse is caring for a patient who is postoperative day 2 following a colon
resection. While turning him, wound dehiscence with evisceration occurs. What
should be the nurse's first response?
place saline soaked sterile dressing on wound
The nursing instructor is discussing postoperative care with a group of nursing
students. A student nurse asks, "Why does the patient go to the PACU instead of
just going straight up to the postsurgical unit?" What is the nursing instructor's
best response?
The PACU allows the patient to recover from the effects of anesthesia, and the
patient stays in the PACU until he or she is oriented, has stable vital signs, and is
without complications."
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