PROPHECY MEDICAL SURGICAL-TELEMETRY
EXAM GRADE A+ 2024.
You are to obtain informed consent for a Spanish-speaking
patient scheduled for surgery. You do not speak Spanish and are
having difficulty communicating with your patient. Which of the
following resources would be most appropriate to utilize in order
to obtain consent? - ANSWER--The hospitals language
interpreter
You're reviewing the discharge medication list of a patient
diagnosed with gastric ulcer. Which of the following medication
should you question? - ANSWER--Acetylsalicylic acid ( Bauer
buffered aspirin)
When taking care of a patient with pancreatitis, which of the
following lab should be reviewed? - ANSWER--Lipase and
amylase
You're caring for a 12 hour postoperative parathyroidectomy
patient. Which assessment finding would indicate an emergency?
- ANSWER--Laryngeal strider
Which of the following actions would be considered a violation of
Hyppa? - ANSWER--Looking through the chart of a coworker
admitted to your unit
- ANSWER--Sinus tachycardia
, PROPHECY MEDICAL SURGICAL-TELEMETRY
EXAM GRADE A+ 2024.
You are taking care of a patient who is admitted for left flank pain
with a kidney stone of 1.5 cm. He asks you about the procedure
what would be the most therapeutic response? - ANSWER--Due
to the size of the kidney stone it is an appropriate treatment?
NOT:Print reading materials about the subject and give it to
the patient
The nurse is taking care of a patient who is terminally ill and has a
DNR on file. Their patient has a sudden cardiac arrest and family
wants CPR initiated. How should you respond? - ANSWER--
Honor the patient's wishes
- ANSWER--Not normal sinus rhythm into a flutter
Correct answer is ventricular fibrillation
Your patient began deteriorating rapidly after complaining of
shortness of breath. And ABG was drawn and the results are pH?
HCO3 - 23. These values indicate the patient is experiencing: -
ANSWER--
Your inserting a urinary catheter into a male patient. As you inflate
a balloon, the patient complains of discomfort what is the best
action? - ANSWER--Aspirate the fluid, advance the catheter
farther, then re-inflate the balloon
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