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MDC4 Exam 1
- ✔✔A graduate nurse is performing discharge teaching for a client newly diagnosed with migraine
headaches. Which statement made by the nurse indicates correct understanding of this disorder?
A. Auras are not a symptom present with migrains
B. Antiepileptics are contrindicated in clients with migraines
C. Increasing stimulating activities during an episode will help resolve the migraines
D. Propranolol is not an abortive migraine medication but used to manage and prevent migraines.
- ✔✔The nurse understands that ergotamine medications are beneficial in which of the following
conditions?
A. Multiple sclerosis
B. Migraine headaches
C. Parkinsons disease
D. Alzheimers disease
A. Aged cheese
B. Caffeine
D. Pickled products
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E. Wine - ✔✔During a nutritional therapy class, the nurse educates a group of migraine sufferers on
foods that may worsen headache. The clients are advised to avoid which of the following food
choices?
A. Aged cheese
B. Caffeine
C. Artificial sweetners
D. Pickled products
E. Wine
A. Apraxia - ✔✔A client has been diagnosed with organic brain pathology. He is unable to use words
or object correctly. The nurse identifies the signs and symptoms as which of the following?
A. Apraxia
B. Agnosia
C. Aphasia
D. Dysphagia
A. Aspiration - ✔✔When planning care for a client with myasthenia gravis, the nurse understands
that the client is at highest risk for which of the following?
A. Aspiration
B. Bladder dysfunction
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C. Hypertension
D. Sensory loss
A. Assess that the client is not allergic to seafood or iodine - ✔✔Before undergoing a computed
tomographic (CT) scan with contrast medium, the nurse assesses the patient for which of the
following potential complications?
A. Assess that the client is not allergic to seafood or iodine
B. Determine the clients ability to change positions frequently during the procedure
C. Evaluate the ability to maintain safe distance from the client to reduce exposure to radiation
D. Confirm that the client has no metal objects such as an implant or a pacemaker
A. BP 220/120 - ✔✔A client has been diagnosed with an ischemic stroke. The nurse realized this
client cannot have fibronolytic therapy until which vital sign is addresed?
A. BP 220/120
B. O2 92%
C. HR 86bpm
D. Resp. Rate 24 breaths/min
A. check the clients skin under restraints
B. Administer the clients antipsychotic medication - ✔✔The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed
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with Alzheimer disease. Which nursing tasks should not be delegated to the UP? SATA
A. check the clients skin under restraints
B. Administer the clients antipsychotic medication
C. Perform the clients morning hygiene care
D. Ambulate patient to the bathroom
E. Obtain clients routine vitals
a. Dorsiflex and plantarflex the feet
D. flex the hip and knee and rotate the lower leg laterally
E. Bend the knees and push the ball of the on the bed - ✔✔To promote venous return from the lower
extremities, appropriate exercises that should be taught to the client include which of the following?
a. Dorsiflex and plantarflex the feet
B. Curl and extend the fingers and bend the wrists
C. Tighten the gluteal muscles of the buttocks
D. flex the hip and knee and rotate the lower leg laterally
E. Bend the knees and push the ball of the on the bed
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