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1. A 30-year-old climber is experiencing sever shortness of breath after reaching an elevation of 12000feet. The PT is very anxious and has rales noted to all quadrants but is otherwise healthy. He is not accustomed to high altitudes. What should you do? - ANSWER Administer oxygen while descending to a lower altitude. 2. A 26-year-old female does not respond to verbal stimuli but moans in response to pain. A friend states the patient has ingested approx. 150 amitriptyline tables. Vital Signs ...

CCPR - OB Exam 1 1. 1. A gravida 2, para 1 in active labor just reported spontaneous rupture of membranes. Ten minutes later, she suddenly complains of severe shortness of breath and lightheadedness. The nurse should suspect a. anaphylactoid syndrome b. extreme anxiety c. hyperventilation: anaphylactoid syndrome 2. 2. Betamethasone given to the mother can transiently affect the fetal heart

HESI Maternity/Pediatric Remediation With Complete Solution the nurse suspects that an adolescent have anorexia nervosa. Which characteristics may have been observed in the adolescent? A. Denying illness B. Dismissing food C. Seeking intimacy D. Being extroverted E. Maintaining rigid body control - AnswerDenying illness, dismissing food, maintaining rigid body control Bulimia Nervosa: seeking intimacy and being extroverted The parents of a gifted child note that their child has been sho...

RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM LATEST REAL EXAM ALL 100 Questions and Verified Solutions 2024/2025 Update 1. A child is diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum. Which clinical manifestations should the nurse expect? (Select all that apply) A. Inability to express themselves B. Repetitive body movements C. Inability to maintain eye contact D. Appropriate nonverbal communication E. Hallucinations 2. A client is prescribed lorazepam 0.5mg PO four times a day (QID) and 1 mg PO eve...

MED SURG HESI VERSION 2 | GRADED A+ 1. The nurse is completing a health assessment of a 42-year-old female with suspected Graves' disease. The nurse should assess this client for: 1. Anorexia. 2. Tachycardia. 3. Weight gain. 4. Cold skin. 2. When conducting a health history with a female client with thyrotoxicosis, the nurse should ask about which of the following changes in the menstrual cycle? 1. Dysmenorrhea. 2. Metrorrhagia. 3. Oligomenorrhea. 4. Menorrhagia. 3. A 34-year-old f...

HESI Maternity/Pediatric Remediation With Complete Solution the nurse suspects that an adolescent have anorexia nervosa. Which characteristics may have been observed in the adolescent? A. Denying illness B. Dismissing food C. Seeking intimacy D. Being extroverted E. Maintaining rigid body control - AnswerDenying illness, dismissing food, maintaining rigid body control Bulimia Nervosa: seeking intimacy and being extroverted The parents of a gifted child note that their child has been sho...

HESI FUNDAMENTALS WITH 100 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS(VERIFIED ANSWERS)|AGRADE I. An older patient has been diagnosed with possible white coat hypertension. Which planned action by the nurse best addresses the suspected cause of the hypertension? a.Instruct the patient about the need to decrease stress levels. b.Teach the patient how to self-monitor and record BPs at home. c. Schedule the patient for regular blood pressure (BP) checks in the clinic. d.Inform the patient a...

Med Surg RN HESI Exam Questions & Answers 2024 A client with a productive cough has obtained a sputum specimen for culture as instructed. What is the best initial nursing action? -Answer-Observe the color, consistency, and amount of sputum A client is brought to the ED by ambulance in cardiac arrest with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in progress. The client is intubated and is receiving 100% oxygen per self-inflating (ambu) bag. The nurse determines that the client is cyanotic, cold,...

ATI RN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR 2019 FORM A 1. The nurse suspects the patient has increased afterload. Which piece of equipment should the nurse obtain to determine the presence of this condition? a. Pulse oximeter b. Oxygen cannula c. Blood pressure cuff d. Yankauer suction tip catheter ANS: C A blood pressure cuff is needed. The diastolic aortic pressure is a good clinical measure of afterload. Afterload is the resistance to left ventricular ejection. In hypertension th...

The family of a 68-year-old man who is in the end stages of small cell lung cancer is distraught at his visible body wasting that has worsened in recent weeks. Which of the following phenomena best accounts for the patient's anorexia and cachexia? - Products of the tumor itself as well as a hypermetabolic state cause cachexia A child possesses a trait that is the result of the interaction of two different genes, neither of which could have produced the trait independently. Which of the fol...