Exam 10: How to Take and Pass Tests

Identify the intervention by the nurse that best maintains a safe hospital environment for a client diagnosed with Korsakoff's syndrome who is hospitalized because of several falls due to an unsteady gait.

A 5-foot-5-inch-tall, 15-year-old girl who weighs 88 pounds is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. After the second day in the hospital, she gains 1 pounds. Select the nurse's response to the weight gain that most enhances the girl's recovery.

A 72-year-old woman is injured in a fall down a flight of steps at home and is placed on bedrest in the hospital. Select the interventions by the nurse for this client that best prevent the complications of immobility.

Identify the diet change recommendation by the nurse that best helps reduce the cramping experienced by a client who is diagnosed with chronic renal failure and has severe abdominal and leg cramping during hemodialysis treatments.

A client with a urinary tract infection is given a prescription for sulfamethoxazole (Gantanol), 1 gram by mouth three times a day. Choose the common side effects that can be expected after 3 days.

Identify the teaching point that has the highest priority when the nurse is instructing a client about the home use of respiratory medications for treatment of his emphysema.

Identify the action the nurse should take when he notes that a client who is receiving captopril (Capoten) for congestive heart failure has developed hyperkalemia.

A 22-year-old man is recovering from injuries obtained in an automobile accident in which he was the driver and his 20-year-old girlfriend was killed. His parents have requested that information about the girl's death be withheld from the client, including restricting visitors and phone calls. While bringing the client a PRN pain medication, the nurse notices that the local television lead news story is about the accident. Select the best action by the nurse in response to this situation.

A 42-year-old man comes to the outpatient clinic with complaints of joint swelling in his knees and pain in his feet. Select the type of arthritis that is most common in men in the 30- to 50-year age range.

Select the response by the nurse to a 22-year-old woman that best answers her question on why she must take two antibiotics, ceftriaxone (Rocephin) and doxycycline (Vivox), for a gonorrhea infection.

Identify the intervention by the nurse that has the highest priority when assisting a client diagnosed with multiple myeloma with ADLs.

Identify the best response by the nurse to a physician's prescription for temazepam (Restoril) 15 mg PO, PRN for a hospitalized client.

Select the recommendation given by a nurse to a group of clients at a cancer prevention seminar that is most effective in reducing the risk for colon cancer in persons who have a family history of the illness.

Identify the action by the nurse in the care of a client with cervical cancer who has a vaginal applicator of radioactive material in place that poses the highest risk potential for a radiation hazard.

The nurse in an outpatient clinic notes that a client with a persistent nagging cough has come in for treatment after hearing about the seven signs of cancer on the television show Oprah. Identify the statement by the nurse that best reinforces this client's understanding of the warning signs of cancer.

While evaluating a post-colon cancer surgery client who has a new colostomy, the nurse notes that the client is in the denial stage of the grieving process. Select the response by the nurse that best facilitates the client's progression through the grieving process.

Identify the statement by the public health nurse that most accurately describes treatment with immune globulin for the wife and two children of a client who was diagnosed with hepatitis A.

Identify the nutrient that the nurse should increase in the diet of a client's who is 3 days postoperative after a thyroidectomy and is experiencing muscle twitching and tremors.

A couple that has been unable to conceive seeks counseling from the nurse in a family planning clinic. In discussing solutions to the couples' difficulties, identify what information the nurse should emphasize.

Select the discharge instructions by the nurse to a client diagnosed with pruritus that most increase the effectiveness of a prescribed emollient.