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Which medication causes constipation? iron supplements The nurse measures a client's residual urine by catheterization after the client voids. Which condition would this test verify? urinary retention When assisting a client from the bed into a wheelchair, the nurse assesses the client fo...

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NSG 212 Exam 1 Questions and Correct
Answers the Latest Update
Which medication causes constipation?

✓ iron supplements



The nurse measures a client's residual urine by catheterization after the client

voids. Which condition would this test verify?

✓ urinary retention



When assisting a client from the bed into a wheelchair, the nurse assesses the

client for signs of dizziness upon standing. For what adverse condition is the

nurse assessing the client?

✓ orthrostatic hypotension



The loss of urine without any identifiable pattern or warning is called...

✓ urinary incontinence



_________ is a condition in which an inadequate amount of oxygen is available to

cells. This results in difficulty breathing, increased respiratory and pulse rates,

and pale skin with regions of cyanosis.

✓ hypoxia



If there is decreased cardiac output, respiration rate will...

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✓ increase



What does pulse oximetry test?

✓ the amount of oxygen saturation in the blood



The nurse schedules a pulmonary function test to measure the amount of air

left in a client's lungs at maximal expiration. What test does the nurse order?

✓ Residual Volume



the total amount of air inhaled and exhaled with one breath is referred to as....

✓ Tidal volume



the amount of air contained within the lungs at maximum inspiration is referred

to as...

✓ Total lung capacity



________ is used to increase the turbulence of exhaled air and loosen secretions

from the lungs

✓ vibration


✓ can be done before or after percussion



Define evisceration.




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✓ Evisceration occurs when contents of the body come out through a wound/surgical
incision site.



Define dehiscence.

✓ Dehiscence occurs when a surgical incision site starts to "open at the seams," usually
occurs due to obesity.



While using the braden scale, the __________ the number, the higher the risk.

✓ lower


✓ think: the lower you're funtioning, the higher the risk



What are the 3 fundamental characteristics of wound assessment?

✓ Age
✓ Depth
✓ Color



What two age populations are at an increased risk for illness and injury?

✓ Elderly and newborn babies



Which of the following categories of health promotion is aimed at preventing

illness?

A. primary

B. secondary

C. tertiary

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D. restorative

✓ A: primary.

✓ Primary prevention aims to prevent a disease/complications as a whole. This would
include a healthy diet, exercise, and vaccinations/immunizations.



A nurse is working at a health fair that is offering blood screenings for diabetes

and high cholesterol. What level of health promotion is she helping to achieve?

✓ Secondary prevention. This level of prevention aims for early detection of a disease
that already exists. So you would already have the diabetes and not know it yet; a
blood test would detect this early.



The chain of infection has 5 variables. The infectious agent (the virus/bacteria),

the resovoir (phones, bathrooms, door handles, water, plants and animals), the

portal of exit (mouth, eyes, sneezing etc), mode of transmission (touch, kissing,

sexually transmitted), and portal of exit (same as someone else's portal of exit).

As a nurse, you should think of yourself as what variable of this process?

✓ The mode of transmission. That's why we practice things such as clean technique and
surgical asepsis: we can very well be a mode of transmission from one patient to
another.

✓ Mode of transmission is also things like kissing, sexually, touching etc



There are two types of bacteria: aerobic and anaerobic. Which is harder to kill

and why?

✓ Anaerobic. Since they don't need oxygen, these bacteria usually lie deep within the
brain or other hard to reach areas, therefore it makes them harder to kill.




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