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ONCOLOGY / AUTOIMMUNE SAUNDERS NCLEX EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Hormone therapy (androgen deprivation) is a mode of treatment for prostatic cancer. The goal is to limit the amount of circulating androgens, because prostate cells depend on androgen for cellular maintenance. Deprivation of androgen often can lead to regression of disease and improvement of symptoms. The remaining options do not identify the goals of this form of treatment. The nurse is caring for a client with cancer of the ...

SAUNDERS - GI EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Chronic pancreatitis is aggravated by continued alcohol intake. Each of the other options is not specifically associated with pancreatitis. Cognitive Ability: Evaluating Client Needs: Physiological Integrity Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Evaluation Content Area: Adult Health: Gastrointestinal Strategy(ies): Comparable or Alike Options, Subject, Strategic Words Priority Concepts: Client Education, Inflammation Test-Taking Stra...

SAUNDER'S COMPREHENSIVE NCLEX REVIEW PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A hospitalized client tells the nurse that an instructional directive is being prepared and that the lawyer will be bringing the document to the hospital for witness signatures. The client asks the nurse for assistance in obtaining a witness to the will. Which is the most appropriate response to the client? 1. "I will sign as a witness to your signature" 2. "you will need to find a witness on your own" 3. "whoev...

SAUNDERS FLUID & ELECTROLYTE FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS A nurse is reading a physician's progress notes in the lcient's record and reads that the physician had documented "insensible fluid loss of approximately 800 mL daily." The nurse interprets that this type of fluid loss can occur through: 1) The skin 2) Urinary output 3) Wound drainage 4) The gastrointestinal tract - Answer-Answer: 1 Rational: Sensible losses are those of which the person is aware, such as t...

SAUNDERS MENTAL HEALTH STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS (#1-107) WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 22. The nurse is caring for a Jewish client who was in a serious car accident and is currently on life support. With regard to the client's religious beliefs, the nurse understands which information? 1. The client most likely will not undergo any further life-saving measures. 2. The client will most likely be cremated after death, and an autopsy will be performed. 3. The client should not be left alone at any...

SAUNDERS NCLEX 8TH EDITION EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Rationale: increasing restlessness is a sign that requires a continuous and close monitoring because it could indicate a potential complication such as hemorrhage, shock, or pulmonary embolism. A client who has had abdominal surgery complains of feeling as though " something gave way" in the incisional sight. The nurse remove the dressing and notes of the presence of a loop of bowel protruding through the incision. Which inte...

SAUNDERS NCLEX ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS In the first few hours after surgery, the drainage from the chest tube is bloody. After several hours, it becomes serosanguineous. The client should not experience frequent clotting. Proper chest tube function should allow for drainage of blood before it has the chance to clot in the chest or the tubing. The nurse is monitoring the chest tube drainage system in a client with a chest tube. The nurse notes intermittent bubbling in the water se...

SAUNDERS NCLEX EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS An Appalachian family has brought a toddler to the emergency department with a fractured arm. The nurse knows that nonverbal communication is important to evaluate with assessing the family. Which factors are involved in nonverbal communication? Select all that apply. - Answer-Communication involves nonverbal messages, which include touch, facial expressions, eye behavior, body posture, and the use of space. Nonverbal communication is powerful ...

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SAUNDERS NCLEX MUSCULOSKELETAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS Application of heat - Answer-Bending or lifting Low back pain that radiates into 1 leg (sciatica) is consistent with herniated lumbar disk. The nurse assesses the client to see whether the pain is aggravated by events that increase intraspinal pressure, such as bending, lifting, sneezing, and coughing, or by lifting the leg straight up while supine (straight leg-raising test). Bed rest, heat (or sometimes ice), and nonstero...