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VATI Comprehensive Predictor ExamAfter receiving change-of-shift report, which of the following clients should the nurse collect data from first? - answer A client who has heart failure and reports severe dyspnea
A nurse is assisting with the admission of a client who has Hodgkin's disease and is receiving chemotherapy. Because a private room is not available, the nurse should recommend that the client share a room with a client who has which of the following diagnoses? - answer Community-acquired pneumonia
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is about to undergo an upper gastrointestinal series with fluoroscopy. Which of the following information should the nurse provide? - answer "You will receive an injection of contrast dye during the test."
A nurse is evaluating a client who just attended a breastfeeding class. Which of the following statements by the client demonstrates that she has understood the teaching? -
answer "I will feed my baby each time he cries."
A nurse is preparing morning medications for a client who has a potassium level of 3.2 mEq/L. For which of the following medications should the nurse withhold administration and notify the provider? - answer Furosemide
A nurse in a pediatric clinic is reviewing the urine laboratory results for an adolescent. For which of the following results should the nurse notify the provider? - answer Ketones positive
A nurse is admitting a client who has active tuberculosis. Which of the following nursing interventions is appropriate? - answer Place the client in a room that is ventilated to the outside.
A nurse is caring for a client who was recently admitted to an inpatient mental health unit. The client tells the nurse that he is not coming out of his room anymore because other clients on the unit make fun of him. Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate? - answer "You feel upset by the responses of others." A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition. Which of the following laboratory results indicates a possible complication of this therapy? - answer Serum calcium 12.5 mg/dL
A nurse in the newborn nursery is planning to obtain blood from a newborn by a heel stick. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? - answer Apply a heat pack 5 to 10 min prior to the procedure.
A nurse from a medical-surgical unit is floating to a postpartum unit. Which of the appropriate assignment for the nurse to accept? - answer A client who had a cesarean delivery 24 hr ago
A client who is participating in an anger management session explains that his recent behaviors are related to his job loss. Which of the following defense mechanisms is the client using? - answer Rationalization
A nurse working at a crisis hotline call center receives a call from a client who states, "I cannot take it. My life is over." Which of the following is the priority response by the nurse? - answer Are you thinking of harming yourself?"
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the parents of a newborn who had a circumcision. Which of the following client statements indicates understanding of the teaching? - answer "I will apply petroleum jelly to the penis with each diaper change."
A client's daughter calls the nurse requesting information about her mother's condition. The client's chart does not specify that information can be released to the daughter. Which of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse? - answer "You will need to contact your mother directly about her condition."
A nurse is caring for a 17-year-old client who admitted for an emergency appendectomy. Which of the following is an appropriate action by the nurse in obtaining informed consent? - answer Delay the procedure if the provider cannot contact the parents.
A nurse is reinforcing teaching about home care with the parents of a child who has a seizure disorder. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? - answer Call EMS if a seizure lasts 5 min or more.
A nurse in a mental health unit asks a client who has schizophrenia, "How are you?" Which of the following responses should the nurse identify as the speech alteration of echolalia? - answer "How are you?"
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the family of a client who is receiving palliative care for terminal cancer. Which of the following guidelines should the nurse emphasize about
appropriate pain control measures? - answer Administer pain medication on a regular schedule.
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