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Medical-Surgical Nursing Study Guide Questions The nurse sees in the patient's record that the patient has a Braden score of 20. Which nursing action is the nurse most likely to perform in the care of this patient? - Answer-Continue routine assessments A thin, malnourished patient requires emergency abdominal surgery. After the surgery, in order to promote wound healing, what does the nurse encourage? - Answer-High-quality protein diet The nurse is directing the home health unlicensed ...

Foundations of Medical Surgical Nursing And Elder Care- Class Notes What is the purpose of medical-surgical nursing? - Answer-promote, restore, or maintain health for patients 18 years or older Is it possible to have a patient as a medical-surgical nurse who is under the age of 18? - Answer-yes, but it is not seen often Besides acting as a nurse, what other roles should a medical-surgical nurse be capable of taking on? - Answer-care coordinator; transition manager; caregiver; patient ed...

Med Surg 1 1. A patient is being admitted to the hospital on the day before a scheduled surgery. What is the most appropriate initial question for the nurse to ask this preoperative patient? a) "What did your surgeon say to you about the type of surgery you are having?" b) "What questions do you have about your surgery?" c) "What type of surgery are you having and why are you having it done?" d) "What do you know about what will be done to you?" - Answer-c) "What type of surgery ...

Medical-Surgical Nursing I Test 6 A 26-yr-old patient with a family history of stomach cancer asks the nurse about ways to decrease the risk for developing stomach cancer. The nurse will teach the patient to avoid - Answer-foods high in nitrites such as bacon. A 58-yr-old patient has just returned to the nursing unit after an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Which action by unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) requires that the nurse intervene? - Answer-Offering the patient a pitcher of w...

Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam 1 The nurse is caring for a client who has as a son with a streptococcus throat infection. Which nurse recommendation would be best to advise the client to do in order to prevent acquiring the infection? - Answer-Frequently wash her hands and surfaces of the home. The nurse is caring for a client infected with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The nurse should ask if the client has experienced which of the following? - Answer-Was bitten by a tick The nurse is c...

Medical-Surgical Nursing The nurse completes an admission database and explains that the plan of care and discharge goals will be developed with the patient's input. The patient states, "How is this different from what the doctor does?" Which response would be most appropriate for the nurse to make? a. "The role of the nurse is to administer medications and other treatments prescribed by your doctor." b. "The nurse's job is to help the doctor by collecting information and c...

Introduction to Medical Surgical Nursing Lecture Notes What is Medical Surgical Nursing? - Answer-AKA: Adult Health Nursing "Where nurses promote, restore, or maintain optimal health for patients from 18 years to older than 100" Where Do We Practice? - Answer-Acute Care Facilities Skilled Nursing Facilities Home Care Agencies Ambulatory Care Clinics What is the Role of the Nurse? - Answer-Care Coordinator Caregiver Patient Education Patient and Family Advocate Why Must Nurse...

ACRP CCRC EXAM PREP Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) - Answer-In the pre-approval clinical experience with a new medicinal product or its new usages, particularly as the therapeutic dose(s) may not be established: all noxious and unintended responses to a medicinal product related to any dose should be considered adverse drug reactions. Adverse Event (AE) - Answer-Any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation subject administered a pharmaceutical product and which does ...

NRNP 6675 Midterm Exam Discrepancy between anatomical sex and gender is known as? - Answer-B) Gender Discordance Which of the following are risk factors for neuroleptic malignant syndrome? Select all that apply - Answer-Rapid dose escalation; parental route of administration; higher potency typical antipsychotics Antipsychotic medication provides D2 blockage in the meso-coritcal pathway causing which of the following effects? - Answer-B) Increases EPS Incorrect: reduces negative s/s...

NRNP 6665 Final Exam The Confusion Assessment Methods Instrument (CAMI) is a standardized assessment tool for which of the following disorders? - Answer-Delirium An acute onset, short-term confusion, with changes in cognition and level of awareness due to a physiological cause is known as which of the following? - Answer-Delirium Which of the following is a common sensory deficit of conversion disorder? Check all that apply - Answer-Blindness Deafness Delirium is an example of whic...