Exam 4: Monographs

A student nurse is caring for a patient with community-acquired pneumonia.Which of the following lab results may be expected and would indicate a left shift in the differential?

The nurse is providing care for a woman who is at 33 weeks gestation and experiencing symptoms of pre-eclampsia.Amniocentesis is planned, which will include an L/S (lecithin sphingomyelin)ratio.Which of the following statements by the nurse is best?

A patient is suspected of having disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).Which test would be most appropriate for confirming this suspicion?

The nurse caring for a patient who is taking Coumadin (warfarin)recognizes that treatment is effective based on which of the following lab results?

The nurse is caring for a 53-year-old male admitted with hepatic encephalopathy.The patient's ammonia level is now 112 mcg/dL; the patient is awake, alert, and responsive; and orders to advance the diet as tolerated have been written.The nurse recognizes teaching has been effective if the patient chooses which of the following meals?

A nurse is explaining to a nursing student the advantages of ultrasound over other imaging procedures.Which of the following should the nurse mention? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for a young woman who entered the emergency room reporting that she had been raped.In additional to a full assessment, careful collection of evidence will include testing vaginal secretions for which of the following?

The nurse is reviewing laboratory results for a patient undergoing testing for cancer.Which of the following would be most concerning for the nurse?

The nurse is providing care for a patient with a low prealbumin level.Which of the following statements is most supportive of therapeutic interventions?

The nurse is preparing to provide Coumadin 5 mg po to a female patient with an artificial heart valve.Which of the following lab values would cause the nurse to withhold the medication?

A nursing student recognizes that syphilis serology is done to test for suspected syphilis and is also done in which of the following situations?

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

A nurse counseling an individual who is attempting to follow a restricted carbohydrate diet would monitor which of the following lab values?

A patient's laboratory test results indicate an increased level of blood urea nitrogen (BUN)secondary to imbalanced nutrition.The nurse should encourage this patient to decrease intake of which of the following, to achieve a more balanced diet?

Following refraction testing, a patient's point of focus is found to lie behind the retina.This finding indicates which of the following?

A patient who is preparing to undergo abdominal ultrasound asks the nurse how this diagnostic technology works.Which of the following should the nurse mention?

The nurse is reviewing laboratory values for a patient with celiac disease and notes a vitamin D-25-dihydroxy level of 18 ng/mL.To help promote sufficient dietary intake, the nurse informs the patient that primary dietary sources of vitamin D include:

The nurse is reviewing labs on a patient whose C-peptide stimulation level is 22 ng/mL.Which of the following interpretations will direct the patient's plan of care?

A patient who takes an oral potassium supplement twice daily continues to have hypokalemia.Based on the diagnostic results in the following exhibit, which question, related to the patient's lifestyle habits, should a nurse ask the patient?

The nurse notes lab results that include an elevated glucose, decreased bicarbonate, and decreased serum pH.Which of the following nursing diagnoses is most likely incorporated into the patient's plan of care?