Med-Surg HESI Practice; Questions & Answers
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What instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of a
client who had a
cataract extraction today?
a. sexual activities may be resumed upon return home
b. light housekeeping is permitted but avoid ...
Med-Surg HESI Practice; Questions & Answers
2024/25 Update 100% Solved
What instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of a
client who had a
cataract extraction today?
a. sexual activities may be resumed upon return home
b. light housekeeping is permitted but avoid heavy lifting
c. use a metal eye shield on operative eye during the day
d. administer eye ointment before applying eye drops ✔✔b. light housekeeping
is permitted but
avoid heavy lifting
A male adult comes to the urgent care clinic 5 days after being diagnosed with
influenza. He is
short of breath, febrile, and coughing green colored sputum. Which intervention
should the nurse
implement first?
a. Obtain a sputum sample for culture
b. Check his oxygen saturation level
c. Administer an oral antipyretic
d. Auscultate bilateral lung sound ✔✔a. obtain a sputum sample for culture
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An elder male client tells the nurse that he is loosing sleep because he has to get
up several times
at night to go to the bathroom that he has trouble starting his urinary stream
and that he does not
feel like his bladder is ever completely empty. Which intervention should the
nurse implement?
a. collect a urine specimen for culture analysis
b. obtain a fingerstick blood glucose level
c. palpate the bladder above the symphysis pubis
d. review the client fluid intake ✔✔c. palpate the bladder above the symphysis
pubis
An adult client is admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and a urinary tract
infection (UTI)
Prescriptions for intravenous antibiotics and insulin infusion are initiated. Which
serum
laboratory value warrants the most immediate intervention by the nurse?
a. blood ph of 7.30
b. glucose of 350 mg /dl
c. white blood cell count of 15000mm
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d. potassium of 2.5 meq/l ✔✔d. potassium of 2.5 meq/l
A client with sickle cell anemia develops a fever during the last hour of
administration of a unit
of packed red blood cell. When notifying the healthcare provider what
information should the
nurse provide first using the SBAR communication process?
a. explain specific reason for urgent notification
b. preface the report by stating the clients name and admitting diagnosis
c. communicate the pre-transfusion temperatures
d. optain prn prescription for acetaminophen for fever 101f ✔✔a. explain
specific reason for
urgent notification
An adult male client is admitted for pneumocystis carinil pneumonia (PCP)
secondary to aids.
While hospitalized he receives IV pentamidine isethionate therapy. In preparing
this client for
discharge what important aspect regarding his medication therapy should the
nurse explain?
a. AZT therapy must be stopped when IV aerosol pentamine is being used.
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