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Exam 3 Med Surg III|90 Questions with Verified Answers An emergency department nurse assesses a client who has been raped. With which health care team member would the nurse. collaborate when planning this client's care? - CORRECT ANSWER forensic nurse examiner The emergency department team is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a client when the client's spouse arrives. Which action would the nurse take first? - CORRECT ANSWER ask the spouse if he or she wishes to be present dur...

Which patient population is more sensitive to dosage errors A. Male patients 25-40 B. Bariatric patients C. A patient with a history of polypharmacy D. Pediatric patients - ANSWER-D. Pediatric patients The National Patient Safety Goals directed at improving staff communication review the need for A. ensuring important test results are communicated to the right person on time B. transferring patients to the correct next level of care C. completing perioperative charting prior to transfe...

Which patient population is more sensitive to dosage errors A. Male patients 25-40 B. Bariatric patients C. A patient with a history of polypharmacy D. Pediatric patients - ANSWER-D. Pediatric patients The National Patient Safety Goals directed at improving staff communication review the need for A. ensuring important test results are communicated to the right person on time B. transferring patients to the correct next level of care C. completing perioperative charting prior to transfe...

Pain Assessment and Nursing Management 103 Questions with Verified Answers Definition of pain - CORRECT ANSWER An unpleasant sensory or emotional experience Associated with actual or potential tissue damage Described in terms of such damage Note about pain - CORRECT ANSWER Pain is the number one system that brings individuals to health care providers what are some challenges of treating pain - CORRECT ANSWER reading the patient believing the patient moral dilemmas - giving too much ...

AGACNP Exam Review 2023-2024 Scope of Practice - ANS-Based on legal allowances in each state, individual state nurse practice acts providing guidelines for nursing practice Key elements of the NP role include - ANS-integration of care across the acute illness continuum with collaboration and coordination of care; research based clinical practices, clinical leadership, family assessment, and discharge planning Standards of Advanced Practice are delineated by... - ANS-American Nurses As...

AANP Exam Review 154 Questions with Answers microcytic hypochromic anemias - CORRECT ANSWER MCV <80 MCHC <31 Iron deficiency Anemia Thalassemia Minor always check ferritin and serum Fe with microcytic anemias to determine which one Iron deficiency anemia - CORRECT ANSWER microcytic hypochromic low: h/h, ferritin, serum Fe, RBC high: RDW* periph smear: poikilocytosis (var. shaped RBCs) & anisocytosis (var. sizes RBCs) s/s: pallor, fatigue, DOE, glossitis, pica, angu...

ATI MEDSURG PROCTORED EXAM 1.A nurse is assessing a client who is 12hr postoperative following a colon resection. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the surgeon? 1. Heart rate 90/min 2. Absent bowel sounds → normal findings after major bowel surgery; takes several days to return to normal. 3. Hgb 8.2 g/dl 4. Gastric pH of 3.0 Rationale: Normal Hgb is 13-18M g/dl, 12-16 g/dl. This may indicate a possible hemorrhaging. 2. A nurse is caring for a client who has diabetes in...

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ATI RN MEDSURG PROCTORED EXAM- LATEST 100% CORRECT STUDY GUIDE.Q$A WITH RATIONALES. 1.A nurse is assessing a client who is 12hr postoperative following a colon resection. Which of the following findi ngs should the nurse report to the surgeon? 1. Heart rate 90/min 2. Absent bowel sounds → normal findings after major bowel surgery; takes several days to return to normal. 3. Hgb 8.2 g/dl 4. Gastric pH of 3.0 Rationale: Normal Hgb is 13-18M g/dl, 12-16 g/dl. This may indicate a possible hemorrhag...

HESI Med Surg Respiratory How does fever cause dehydration? D/t excessive fluid loss from diaphoresis. Increased temperature also increased metabolism and the demand for O2. Clients at high risk for pneumonia: ALOC, depressed or absent gag and cough reflex, susceptible to aspirating oropharyngeal secretions, including alcoholics, anesthetized patients, brain injury, drug overdose, stroke victim, immunocompromised, immobile, cigarette smokers, other neuro disorders, debilitated by acc...