2024 MED SURG CAPSTONE PROCTOR EXAM LATEST TEST BANK 150+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
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2024 MED SURG
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2024 MED SURG
2024 MED SURG CAPSTONE PROCTOR EXAM LATEST
TEST BANK 150+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
A patient with myasthenia gravis is admitted to the hospital with respiratory insufficiency
and severe weakness. When is a diagnosis of cholinergic crisis made?
a. The patient's res...
(Topamax) is used to prevent migraines and must be taken for several months to
determine effectiveness. Aspirin or other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory medications can
be taken with the triptans. Alcohol may precipitate migraine headaches.
A patient who is having an acute exacerbation of multiple sclerosis has a prescription
for methylprednisolone (Solu-Medrol) 160 mg IV. The label on the vial reads:
methylprednisolone 125 mg in 2 mL. How many mL will the nurse administer? -
Answer✔️✔️-2.56. With a concentration of 125 mg/2 mL, the nurse will need to
administer 2.56 mL to obtain 160 mg of methylprednisolone.
The nurse will assess a 67-year-old patient who is experiencing a cluster headache for
a. nuchal rigidity.
b. unilateral ptosis.
c. projectile vomiting.
d. throbbing, bilateral facial pain. - Answer✔️✔️-B.
Unilateral eye edema, tearing, and ptosis are characteristic of cluster headaches.
Nuchal rigidity suggests meningeal irritation, such as occurs with meningitis. Although
nausea and vomiting may occur with migraine headaches, projectile vomiting is more
consistent with increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Unilateral sharp, stabbing pain,
rather than throbbing pain, is characteristic of cluster headaches.
While the nurse is transporting a patient on a stretcher to the radiology department, the
patient begins having a tonic-clonic seizure. Which action should the nurse take?
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