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BAH Quiz Exam 2024/2025 fully solved &updated
The nurse is caring for a client with secondary diagnosis of hypermagnesemia.
What assessment finding would be most consistent with this diagnosis? -
ANSWER-Shallow breathing
The nurse is assessing the client for the presence of the Chvostek sign. What
electrolyte imbalance would a positive Chvostek sign indicate? - ANSWER-
Hypocalcemia
The intraoperative nurse is transferring a client from the OR to the PACU after
replacement of the right knee. The client is an 83 year old woman. The nurse
should prioritize which action? - ANSWER-Keeping the patient warm (to avoid
hypothermia)
The nurse is checking the informed consent for an older adult client who requires
surgery and who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. When opening
informed consent, who is legally responsible for signing? - ANSWER-The client
A client with hypertension has been prescribed hydrochlorothiazide. What
nursing action best reduce the client's risk for electrolyte disturbances? -
ANSWER-Sufficient potassium intake (hydrochorothiazide, HCTZ is a diuretic so
patient loses K+)
A client is 2 hours post-op with a foley cath in situ. The last hourly urine output
recorded for this client was 10 mL. The tubing of the foley is confirmed to be
patent. What should the nurse do? - ANSWER-Inform the physician and closely
monitor the pt urine output
, The nurse is working on a burns unit and an acutely ill client is exhibiting s/s of
third spacing. Based on this change in stats, the nurse should expect the client to
exhibit s/s of what imbalance? - ANSWER-Hypovolemia
A nurse is providing pre-op teaching to a client who will soon undergo a cardiac
bypass. The nurse's teaching plan includes exercises of the extremities. What is
the purpose of teaching a client leg exercises prior to surgery? - ANSWER-
Decrease risk of DVT/PE
The nurse is caring for a client who is being treated on the oncology unit with a
diagnosis of lung cancer and bone metastases. The client reports a new onset of
weakness and abdominal pain and further assessment suggest that the client
likely has fluid volume deficit. The nurse should recognize that this client may be
experiencing what electrolyte imbalance? - ANSWER-Hypercalcemia (FVD=
hypercalcemia. Can deal with cancer ; need to r/o that it is not cancer.
A client most recent lab results show a slight decrease in potassium. The
physician has opted to forego drug therapy but has suggested increasing the
clients dietary intake of potassium. What should the nurse recommend? -
ANSWER-Bananas
A client is admitted to the ED complaining of severe abdominal pain, stating that
he has vomiting "coffee ground" like emesis. The client is diagnosed with
perforated gastric ulcer and is informed that he needs surgery. When can the
client most likely anticipate that the surgery will be scheduled? - ANSWER-Right
away d/t emergent bleeding
A clinic nurse is conducting a pre-op interview with an adult client who will soon
be scheduled to undergo cardiac surgery. What interview question most directly
addresses the client's safety? - ANSWER-What current medication and OTC meds
do you take?
The nurse is reforming an admission assessment on an older adult client newly
admitted for liver disease what principle should guide the nurse's assessment of
the clients skin turgor? - ANSWER-Inelastic skin turgor as patient gets older
The recovery room nurse is admitting a client from the OR following the client's
successful splenectomy. What is the first assessment that the nurse should
perform onthis newly admitted client? - ANSWER-Airway patency
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