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NURS 304 FINAL EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED AND GRADED A+

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NURS 304 FINAL EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND
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A nurse assesses an oral temp for an adult patient and records that the patient is
"afebrile." What would be the nurse's best response to this findings?

a. Check the patient record for prescribed antipyretic meds

b. Report the finding to the primary care provider

c. Take the patient temp using a different method

d. No action is necessary; this is a normal reading

d




Which patient would the nurse document as having a vital sign within normal
limits? Select all that apply.

a. A 4-month-old infant whose temp is 38.1^c (100.5^F)

b. A 3-year-old whose BP is 118/80

c. A 9-year-old whose temp is 39^C (102.2^F)

d. An adolescent whose pulse rate is 70 beats/min

e. An adult whose respiratory rate is 20 breaths/min

f. A 72-year-old whose pulse rate is 42 beats/min

a,d,e,f

, Upon assessment of a patient, the nurse determines that a patient is a risk of losing
body heat through the process of convection. What would be the nurse's best
response?

a. Turn off the overhead fan in the patient's room

b. Remove the patient's ice pack

c. Reduce the temp in the room

d. Increase the temp in the room

a




In which cases would taking a rectal temp be contraindicated? Select all that apply.

a. A newborn who has hypothermia

b. A child who has pneumonia

c. An older adult who is post MI (heart attack)

d. A teenager who has leukemia

e. A patient receiving erythoropoietin to replace red blood cells

f. An adult patient who is newly diagnosed with pancreatitis

a,c,d,e

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