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While completing a health assessment for a young adult female with acute
appendicitis, the
client informs the nurse that there is a chance that she may be pregnant. The
operating team is
preparing to take the client to surgery. Which interven...
HESI Med Surg; Questions & Answers 100%
Correct
While completing a health assessment for a young adult female with acute
appendicitis, the
client informs the nurse that there is a chance that she may be pregnant. The
operating team is
preparing to take the client to surgery. Which intervention should the nurse
implement
immediately? ✔✔Perform a bedside pregnancy test.
A client is admitted to the medical unit during an exacerbation of systemic lupus
erythematosus
(SLE). It is most important to report which assessment finding to the health care
provider?
✔✔Hematuria
The nurse is providing teaching to a client with type 2 diabetes mellitus about
managing care at
home. Which information provided by the client indicates understanding?
✔✔Include no more
than 1-2 alcoholic beverages in diet per day
A client is recovering from a transurethral prostatectomy. Which activity should
we limited until
the first postoperative visit with his health care provider? ✔✔Driving in a car.
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The home health nurse provides teaching about insulin self injection to a client
who was recently
diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. When the client begins to perform a return
demonstration of an
insulin injection into the abdomen as seen in the video which instruction should
the nurse
provide? ✔✔Continue with the insulin injection
The family suspects that acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) dementia
is occurring in
their son who is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive. Which symptom
confirms their
suspicious? ✔✔A change has recently occurred in his handwriting
The nurse is caring for a client in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) who
underwent a
thoracotomy two hours ago. The nurse observes the following vital signals,
heart rate 140
beats/minute, respirations 26 breaths/minute, and blood pressure 140/90
mmHg. Which
intervention is most important for the nurse to implement? ✔✔Encourage the
client to splint the
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incision with a pillow to cough and deep breathe
After three days of persistent epigastric pain, a female client presents to the
clinic. She has been
taking oral antacids without reflux. Her vital signs are heart rate 122
beats/minute, respiration 16
breaths/minute, oxygen saturation 96% and blood pressure 116/70 mmHg. The
nurse obtains a
12 lead electrocardiogram. Which assessment finding is most critical? ✔✔ST
elevation in three
leads
A client with cholelithiasis is admitted with jaundice due to obstruction of the
common bile duct.
Which finding is most important for the nurse to report to the healthcare
provider?
✔✔Distended, hard, and rigid abdomen
A client with hyperparathyroidism reports a sudden onset of severe flank pain.
Which
intervention should the nurse include in the clients plan of care? ✔✔Begin
straining all urine
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