BSN 266 Hesi Medsurge#2 Exam Study Questions and Answers 2024 Graded A
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BSN 266
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BSN 266
What types of medications should the nurse expect to administer to a client during an acute respiratory distress episode?
Bronchodilators and steroids
A female client is brought to the clinic by her daughter for a flu shot. She has lost significant weight since the last visit. She has poor person...
BSN 266 Hesi Medsurge#2 Exam Study
Questions and Answers 2024 Graded A
What types of medications should the nurse expect to administer to a client during an acute respiratory
distress episode?
Bronchodilators and steroids
A female client is brought to the clinic by her daughter for a flu shot. She has lost significant weight since
the last visit. She has poor personal hygiene and inadequate clothing for the weather. The client states
that she lives alone and denies problems or concerns. What action should the nurse implement?
A) Notify social services immediately of suspected elderly abuse.
B) Discuss the need for mental health counseling with the daughter.
C) Explain to the client that she needs to take better care of herself.
D) Collect further data to determine whether self-neglect is occurring.
Collect further data to determine whether self-neglect is occurring.
The nurse is assisting a client out of bed for the first time after surgery. What action should the nurse do
first?
Allow the client to sit with the bed in High fowlers position
A 32-year-old female client complains severe abdominal pain each month before her menstrual period,
painful intercourse, and painful defecation. which additional history should the nurse obtain that is
consistent with the client's complaints?
Inability to get pregnant
The nurse would be correct in whitholding a dose of digoxin in a client with CHF without specific
instructions from the HCP if the client's
Serum potassium level is 3
In assessing cancer risk, the nurse identifies which woman as being at greatest risk of developing breast
cancer?
A 50-year-old whose mother had unilateral breast cancer
A client taking a thiazide diuretic for the past six months has a serum potassium level of 3. The nurse
anticipates which change in prescription for the client?
Potassium supplement will be prescribed
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Which milestone indicates to the nurse successful achievement of young adulthood?
Completes education and becomes self-supporting.
A client is admitted to the medical intensive care unit with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction. The
client's history indicates the infarction occurred ten hours ago. Which laboratory test result would the
nurse expect this client to exhibit?
Elevated CK-MB
A client who is fully awake after a gastroscopy asks the nurse for something to drink. After confirming
that liquids are allowed, which assessment action should the nurse consider a priority?
Check the client's gag and swallow reflexes.
The nurse is assessing a client who smokes cigarettes and has been diagnosed with emphysema. Which
finding would the nurse expect this client to exhibit?
Normal skin coloring
The nurse is providing dietary instructions to a 68-year-old client who is at high risk for development of
coronary heart disease (CHD). Which information should the nurse include?
Increase intake of soluble fiber to 10 to 25 grams per day
A 77-year-old female client is admitted to the hospital. She is confused, has no appetite, is nauseated
and vomiting, and is complaining of a headache. Her pulse rate is 43 beats per minute. Which question is
a priority for the nurse to ask this client or her family on admission? "Does the client:
take digitalis?"
The nurse is working with a 71-year-old obese client with bilateral osteoarthritis (OA) of the hips. What
recommendation should the nurse make that is most beneficial in protecting the client's joints?
Initiate a weight-reduction diet to achieve a healthy body weight.
BSN 266 Hesi Medsurge#2
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