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Which pain scale should the nurse use to monitor the pain level of a 3-year old client after surgery? 1. Numerical scale 2. Verbal descriptive scale 3. Visual analog scale 4. FACES scale 4. Correct: Monitoring pain in children requires special techniques. The nurse should use the FACES scale as a tool to assess this client's pain level. Children as young as 3 years of age can use the FACES scale to communicate their pain level to the medical team. The scale has six faces ranging from smi...

The nurse is advising a patient who was exposed 4 days ago to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through unprotected sexual intercourse. The patient's antigen-antibody test has just been reported as negative for HIV. Which information would the nurse give to this patient? "You will need to be retested in 2 weeks." "You do not need to fear infecting others." "We won't know for about 10 years if you have HIV infection." "With no symptoms and this negative test, yo...

HURST READINESS EXAM VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A A charge nurse is planning care for several clients on the unit. Which activities can the nurse safely delegate to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)? 1. Administer a nebulizer treatment to a client diagnosed with pneumonia. 2. Obtain vital signs on a postoperative client who required naloxone 5 minutes ago. 3. Report a urinary output (UOP) less than 50 ml/hr on a post-op client. 4. Assist a client with obtaining a clean...

Which pain scale should the nurse use to monitor the pain level of a 3-year old client after surgery? 1. Numerical scale 2. Verbal descriptive scale 3. Visual analog scale 4. FACES scale 4. Correct: Monitoring pain in children requires special techniques. The nurse should use the FACES scale as a tool to assess this client's pain level. Children as young as 3 years of age can use the FACES scale to communicate their pain level to the medical team. The scale has six faces ranging from smi...

NCLEX EXAM PREDICTOR 2022 VERSION 2 With Question And Answers NCLEX EXAM PREDICTOR 2022 VERSION 2 With Question And Answers NCLEX Predictor Version 2 1. The nurse shows a teenager how to use a metered dose inhaler of ipratropium (Atrovent). Which statement, if made by the client to the nurse, indicates teaching is effective? 1. “I should use this medicine to stop the coughing that leads to an asthma attack” 2. “I should use this medicine if I begin to have an asthma attac...

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HURST READINESS EXAM VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A A charge nurse is planning care for several clients on the unit. Which activities can the nurse safely delegate to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)? 1. Administer a nebulizer treatment to a client diagnosed with pneumonia. 2. Obtain vital signs on a postoperative client who required naloxone 5 minutes ago. 3. Report a urinary output (UOP) less than 50 ml/hr on a post-op client. 4. Assist a client with obtaining a clean...

HURST READINESS EXAM VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A A charge nurse is planning care for several clients on the unit. Which activities can the nurse safely delegate to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)? 1. Administer a nebulizer treatment to a client diagnosed with pneumonia. 2. Obtain vital signs on a postoperative client who required naloxone 5 minutes ago. 3. Report a urinary output (UOP) less than 50 ml/hr on a post-op client. 4. Assist a client with obtaining a clean...

TEST BANK INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 10TH EDITION By Constance Visovsky, Cheryl Zambroski, Shirley Hosler. The LPN is collecting data for the initial assessment of a patient upon admission to a long-term care facility before giving the patient’s prescribed drugs. Which action should the LPN consider to be the highest priority? a. Obtain any special equipment that will be needed to give the patient’s drug. b. Monitor the patient for a response to the drug given. c. Collect dat...

HURST READINESS EXAM VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A A charge nurse is planning care for several clients on the unit. Which activities can the nurse safely delegate to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)? 1. Administer a nebulizer treatment to a client diagnosed with pneumonia. 2. Obtain vital signs on a postoperative client who required naloxone 5 minutes ago. 3. Report a urinary output (UOP) less than 50 ml/hr on a post-op client. 4. Assist a client with obtaining a clean...