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Evolve Case Study - Fluid Balance Exam questions and answers Scenario: Donna King is an 80 year old female with Coronary Artery Disease and hypertension. Her daughter brought her to the Emergency Department because she has become increasingly weak and confused and was found by a neighbor wandering her neighborhood unable to locate her home. Donna's daughter tells the nurse that her mother takes a "water pill" for her blood pressure 2-3 times per day. The label of the medication bottl...

Evolve HESI peds Practice Test Questions And Answers A 6-month-old infant with congestive heart failure (CHF) is receiving digoxin elixir. Which observation by the nurse warrants immediate intervention? Apical heart rate of 60. Sweating across the forehead. Doesn't suck well. Respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute. - Answer -Apical heart rate of 60. A heart rate of 60 (A) is much lower than normal for a 6-month-old and warrants immediate intervention. The normal heart rate for ...

Pharmacology Evolve HESI Exam Questions With Correct Answers New Update A 19-year-old male client who has sustained a severe head injury is intubated and placed on assisted mechanical ventilation. To facilitate optimal ventilation and prevent the client from "fighting" the ventilator, the health care provider administers pancuronium bromide IV, with adjunctive opioid analgesia. What medication should be immediately accessible for a potential complication with this drug? A. Dantrolene sod...

The nurse is assessing the functioning of a chest tube drainage system in a client who has just returned from the recovery room following a thoracotomy with wedge resection. Which are the expected assessment findings? - ANSWER 1. Excessive bubbling in the water seal chamber 2. Vigorous bubbling in the suction control chamber *3. Drainage system maintained below the client's chest *4. 50 mL of drainage in the drainage collection chamber *5. Occlusive dressing in place over the chest t...

Fluid Balance - HESI RN - Evolve Questions with verified complete solution An older adult with coronary artery disease and hypertension was brought to the Emergency Department by her daughter because she has become increasingly weak and confused. The client was found by a neighbor wandering her neighborhood unable to locate her home. The client's daughter tells the nurse that her mother takes a "water pill" for her blood pressure 2 or 3 times a day. The label on the medication bottle t...

HESI: Med Surg Evolve Quizzes 100% Correct Solved Which assessment finding should most concern the nurse who is monitoring a client two hours after a thoracentesis? New onset of coughing. Low resting heart rate. Distended neck veins. Decreased shallow respirations. - Correct Answer ️️ -New onset of coughing. A pneumothorax (partial or complete lung collapse) is the potential complication of a thoracentesis. Manifestations of a pneumothorax include new onset of a nagging cough, tachy...

Prioritization Questions/Evolve HESI case studies 2023/2024 The charge nurse is assigning the nursing care of a pt who had a left below the knee amputation 1 day ago to an experienced LPN/LVN who will function under your supervision. What will you tell the LPN/LVN is the major focus for the pts care today? a. To attain pain control over phantom pain b. to monitor for signs of sufficient tissue perfusion c. to assist the pt to ambulate asap d. to elevate the residual limb when the pt is su...

Evolve HESI Leadership/Management - Questions, Answers and Rationales A nurse in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) is providing care to a client who had an abdominal cholecystectomy and observes serosanguineous drainage on the abdominal dressing. What is the next nursing action? 1 Change the dressing. 2 Reinforce the dressing. 3 Replace the tape with Montgomery ties. 4 Support the incision with an abdominal binder. The nurse should anticipate drainage and reinforce the surgical dressing as n...

Test Bank for Maternal-Child Nursing 5th Edition by McKinney, James, Murray, Nelson, Ashwill ISBN: 978-0323401708, Chapter 1-55| Complete Guide. Chapter 1: Foundations of Maternity, Women’s Health, and Child Health Nursing Chapter 2: The Nurse’s Role in Maternity, Women’s Health, and Pediatric Nursing Chapter 3: The Childbearing and Child-Rearing Family Chapter 4: Communicating with Children and Families Chapter 5: Health Promotion for the Developing Child Chapter 6: Health Promotion for t...

HESI EVOLVE PRACTICE EXAM WITH RATIONALES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS the nurse is assessing the effectiveness of high doese aspirin therapy for an 88 year old client with arthritis. The client reports that she can't hear the nurse's question because her ears are ringing. what action should the nurse implement. A. refer the client to an audiologist for evalutation for her hearing. B.advise the patient that this is a common side effect of aspirin therapy. C. notify the healthcare provider of th...