PN 3006 FINAL EXAM WITH ANSWERS
Which is true of blood transfusions?
a. Survival is optimized when blood transfusion maintains 10-14 HgB levels
b. Survival is optimized when blood transfusion maintains normal HgB levels
c. Best outcomes is when blood transfusion maintains 8-10 HgB levels
d. B...
PN 3006 FINAL EXAM WITH ANSWERS
Which is true of blood transfusions?
a. Survival is optimized when blood transfusion maintains 10-14 HgB levels
b. Survival is optimized when blood transfusion maintains normal HgB levels
c. Best outcomes is when blood transfusion maintains 8-10 HgB levels
d. Blood is overused and shouldn't be given, even with HgB < 6 ✔️✔️Best outcomes
is when blood transfusion maintains 8-10 HgB levels
Which circumstance allows involuntary admission to a mental health facility?
a. Danger to self and others
b. Drug and alcohol dependence
c. Unable to control behavior
d. Refusal to take medications ✔️✔️Danger to self and others
A patient can be admitted involuntarily for 48 hours under the BC MHA with one medical
certificate. If a second certificate is signed by another physician within 48 hours, the
patient may be required to do which of the following
a. stay in the hospital for another week
b. stay in the hospital for 6 months
c. stay in the hospital for up to one month
d. go home ✔️✔️stay in the hospital for up to one month
How is mononucleosis spread?
a. saliva
b. fungi
c. airborne ✔️✔️saliva
What are the most common causes of RHF?
a. Cor pulmonae
b. Cardiomyopathy
c. disease of tricuspid / pulmonary valves
d. right-left shunt ✔️✔️a. Cor pulmonae
b. Cardiomyopathy
c. disease of tricuspid / pulmonary valves
What is ARDS? ✔️✔️Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Signs and symptoms of acute respiratory distress
a. coughing
,b. Hyperglycaemia & Back pain
c. Bradypnoea & Nausea
d. stridor, substernal and intercostal in-drawing ✔️✔️stridor, substernal and intercostal
in-drawing
Most appropriate treatment for a young child with chicken pox?
a. cold shower
b. Immunization
c. use of calamine lotion to reduce itching
d. hot shower ✔️✔️use of calamine lotion to reduce itching
Symptoms of epiglottitis include:
a. low grade fever and a rash
b. Dysphagia, fever of 38.5 unable to lie down
c. wheezing in the lower lobes of the lungs
d. a dry cough and a low grade temperature ✔️✔️Dysphagia, fever of 38.5 unable to
lie down
Fetal alcohol syndrome includes the following characteristics:
a. facial anomalies
b. cognitive effects
c. low birth weight
d. all of the above ✔️✔️all of the above
Fetal alcohol syndrome is characterized by:
a. miscarriage, premature birth, and bodily defects
b. increased birth weight
c. genetic defects
d. addiction to alcohol in the newborn ✔️✔️miscarriage, premature birth, and bodily
defects
Autism may be manifested in young children through
a. problems with verbal communications
b. problems with nonverbal communications
c. problems with social interactions
d. all of the above ✔️✔️all of the above
People with Anorexia Nervosa:
a. Eat way too much food
b. Go on uncontrollable eating binges
, c. Don't eat enough food
d. Purge themselves after eating ✔️✔️Don't eat enough food
Patients with anorexia:
a. always need a feeding tube
b. can take walks around the unit
c. may take bathroom breaks whenever they would like
d. should have a sitter present at all times ✔️✔️should have a sitter present at all
times
Nursing care for patients with anorexia:
a. Intake and Output
b. Monitor VS, electrolytes
c. perform electrocardiogram (ECG)
d. Monitor rate of IV infusion or enteral feedings
e. all of the above ✔️✔️all of the above
Plan of care for patients with anorexia nervosa:
a. Restrict visits with family until patient begins to eat
b. Provide privacy during meals
c. Set up strict eating plan with patient
d. Encourage patient to exercise, with will reduce anxiety ✔️✔️Set up strict eating
plan with patient
A client taking an MAOI for depression is instructed by the nurse to
a. Avoid chocolate and cheese
b. Avoid grapefruit juices
c. Take this medication with milk
d. Take frequent naps ✔️✔️Avoid chocolate and cheese
What is the highest priority for nurses caring for a patient with severe depression?
a. patients appetite
b. patients safety due to risk of suicide
c. patients comfort ✔️✔️patients safety due to risk of suicide
Holding infants (Shoulder hold):
a. Put one arm under the infants bottom and support the head
b. pick it up by the neck
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