Exam 4: Monographs

The nurse is caring for a child with positive mumps serology.Which of the following would be most concerning?

A couple who both carry the sickle cell trait have brought their 6-month-old daughter in for screening.Which of the following statements by the nurse is best?

A patient needs to undergo testing for evaluation of lymph node enlargement.The nurse is aware that which of the following is the preferred diagnostic method for this type of assessment?

A patient is suspected of having nasal polyps.Which test would be most appropriate for confirming this diagnosis?

A patient is demonstrates hypertension of an unknown cause.Which test would be most appropriate for evaluating the cause of this condition?

The nurse is caring for a patient who has become dependent on transfusions due to myelodysplastic syndrome.Which of the following laboratory values will be an important component of preventing complications of the treatment?

A patient is suspected of having testicular dysfunction resulting in infertility.Which test would be most appropriate for confirming this suspicion?

A patient recently learned that she is pregnant and would like to set up an appointment to have blood drawn for screening of various markers related to birth defects, including $\alpha$ ₁-fetoprotein.In scheduling this appointment, the nurse should recall that the optimal weeks of gestation for conducting this test are which of the following?

A newborn with severely decreased aldosterone levels develops adrenal crisis.This condition is characterized by which of the following symptoms? Select all that apply.

A nurse is preparing to obtain blood specimens for newborn screening.According to state regulations, the nurse should do this how many hours after birth?

The nurse is caring for an individual with a history of partial gastrectomy.The nurse would recognize the development of megaloblastic anemia by which of the following lab results?

A patient is suspected of having a cardiac arrhythmia.Which of the following diagnostic procedures would be most appropriate for detecting this condition, if present?

A patient is demonstrating symptoms of toxicity following exposure to a pesticide.Which test would be most appropriate for assessing this condition?

The nurse is preparing to draw blood for plasminogen from a patient in the intensive care unit.The nurse recognizes that additional anticoagulant must be added to the collection tube if which of the following is true?

The nurse is reviewing lab results and notes an elevated ADH value for one of the patients.The nurse expects the result to belong to which of the following individuals?

The nurse is counseling a patient newly diagnosed with muscular dystrophy whose LDH (lactate dehydrogenase)is elevated.Which of the following statements by the nurse is best?

A nurse must collect a specimen for fetal fibronectin testing.Which method of collection will the nurse use for this specimen?

The nurse in a pediatrician's office is caring for a child with suspected fifth disease.Which of the following viral titers would the nurse recognize as most helpful in confirming this diagnosis?

The nurse is caring for a mother and newborn son who had chromosomal testing done.Based on the laboratory excerpt below, which of the following statements would most likely be documented in the chart?

On assessing a newborn before performing newborn screening, the nurse observes virilization of female genitalia.Which of the following findings should the nurse expect to see in this child's laboratory test results?