A nurse is providing support to the family of a school-age child who has a new diagnosis of a
terminal illness. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
- Offer the family opinions about the child's care
- Provide the family with time to talk openly
- Tell the family to avoid discu...
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A nurse is providing support to the family of a school-age child who
has a new diagnosis of a
terminal illness. Which of the following actions should the nurse
take?
- Offer the family opinions about the child's care
- Provide the family with time to talk openly
- Tell the family to avoid discussing the illness around the child
- Express sympathy when discussing the terminal diagnosis
Provide the family with time to talk openly
A nurse is assisting with a community health education course for
family members of clients
who have Alzheimer's Disease. . Which of the following information
should the nurse include?
- Provide a stimulating environment for the client
- Limit the number of choices for the client
- Use written signs to assist the client with locating the bathroom
- Use confrontation to manage the client's behavior
Limit the number of choices for the client
A community nurse is assisting with the development of a pamphlet
regarding choking
hazards for toddlers. Which of the following foods should the nurse
include?
- grapes
- Corn
- Potatoes
- Oranges
grapes
A nurse is caring for a female client who has an indwelling catheter
with a urinary drainage
system. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
- Secure the tubing with adhesive tape to the lower abdomen
- Instruct the client to hold the drainage bag at waist height when
ambulating
- Collect a sterile specimen from the urinary drainage bag
- Coil the tubing on the bed above the collection bag
- Coil the tubing on the bed above the collection bag
,A nurse is reinforcing with a client who has hypothyroidism and a new
prescription for levothyroxine. The nurse should instruct the client
to notify the provider of which of the following manifestations?
- Polyuria
- Pruritus
- Cough
- nervousness
Pruritus
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the family of a client who is
terminally ill about the grief
process. Which of the following should the nurse include in the
teaching?
- "Anticipatory grieving prolongs the grief process."
- " The grieving should be complete within 1 year."
- "The stages of grief occur in sequential order."
- "Anger toward the health staff is expected."
"Anger toward the health staff is expected."
A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a group of clients.
Which of the following tasks
should the nurse delegate to an assistive personnel?
- Obtain the diet history from a client who has heart failure.
- Administer a client's nighttime dose of milk of magnesia
- Perform basic life support
- Educate a client about the use of an incentive spirometer
Perform basic life support
A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has
hypothyroidism. Which of the
following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
- High-calorie, high-protein diet
- Administer levothyroxine with client's breakfast
- Increase the temperature of the client's room
- Tape client's eyelids shut at bedtime
Increase the temperature of the client's room
A nurse is preparing to give change of shift report on a client who
is 2 days postoperative following a total knee arthroscopy. Which of
the following information about the client should the nurse include
in the report?
- Preferred bath time
- Time of last medication
- Steps required for dressing changes
- Admission vital signs
Time of last medication
10. A nurse in a provider's office is collecting data from a client
who was just diagnosed with
,tuberculosis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take
first?
- Communicate with personnel about the need for prophylaxis
- Place a mask on the client
- Notify local health department
- Contact those who live with the client
- Place a mask on the client
A nurse is reviewing the medical records of five clients. For which
of the following events
should the nurse write an incident report? (Select all that apply)
- A client fell when ambulating to the bathroom alone
- An approximate amount of urine was recorded after the urine leaked
from the client's
catheter bag.
- A client received the first dose of antibiotic 1 hour before the
collection of blood for
culture and sensitivity.
- A client received an 0900 daily medication at 1000.
- A client who has an infection refused the evening meal.
- A client fell when ambulating to the bathroom alone. — A client
received the first dose of antibiotic 1 hour before the collection of
blood for culture and sensitivity.
A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following a total
knee arthroplasty. The
client reports a pain level of 6 on a scale from 0 to 10. Which of
the following medications
should the nurse administer?
- Oxycodone
- Ibuprofen
- Celecoxib
- Acetaminophen
- Oxycodone
A nurse is caring for a client who is 2 days postoperative following
the surgical creation of
an ileostomy and is tolerating oral intake. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
- Apply sterile dressing to the stoma
- Insert catheter to drain liquid feces
- Empty the ileostomy pouch every 2 to 3 hour
- Irrigate the ileostomy with sterile water
- Empty the ileostomy pouch every 2 to 3 hour
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a new
prescription for fluoxetine.
Which of the following adverse effects should the nurse include in
, the teaching as an indication
of serotonin syndrome?
- Diaphoresis
- Hypotension
- Peripheral edema
- Decreased body temperature
- Diaphoresis
A charge nurse in a long term care facility is discussing ethical
theories with a group of
newly licensed nurses. Which of the following statements should the
charge nurse identify as an
indication that a newly licensed nurse understands utilitarianism?
- " I will consider what is going to benefit the most people when
making decisions."
- "I will place a higher emphasis on human dignity than on the needs
of a group."
- " I will respect the decision of a client who has chronic illness
to stop treatment."
- " I will withhold a terminal diagnosis from a client who has
cancer."
- " I will consider what is going to benefit the most people when
making decisions."
A charge nurse working in a long-term care facility overhears two
assistive personnel in the
nurse's station discussing a client who was just admitted. Which of
the following actions should
the charge nurse take?
- Tell the APs to stop the conversation.
- Submit an incident report to the risk manager.
- Document the event in the client's progress notes.
- Inform the client of the AP's actions.
- Tell the APs to stop the conversation.
A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of diabetes
mellitus and is refusing to
learn how to self-administer insulin. Which of the following
responses should the nurse make?
- " Have you considered how your decision to refuse medication will
affect your family?"
- " You will suffer serious health issues if you don't take your
medication."
- "I'd like to hear your thoughts about giving yourself insulin."
- "Why don't you want to learn how to give yourself your medication?"
- "I'd like to hear your thoughts about giving yourself insulin."
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