Exam 4: Monographs

The nurse is caring for a patient admitted for elective surgery who has a history of diabetes and epilepsy.Which of the following lab results would be the highest priority?

A patient has requested that she undergo breast ultrasound in place of mammography.Which types of women are the best candidates for this application of breast ultrasound? Select all that apply.

A patient's laboratory test results following synovial fluid analysis indicate an elevated white blood cell (WBC)count with 20% neutrophils and with cartilage cells present.Glucose, pH, and complement levels are all normal.Which of the following conditions should the nurse suspect in this patient?

The nurse is caring for a child with suspected lead poisoning.Which of the following lab values will be a helpful component of the diagnostic work-up?

A nurse is assisting with an A-scan ultrasound procedure.This test is most commonly used to do which of the following?

The nurse is counseling a young woman whose syphilis serology is positive.The patient states, "I just can't believe this is happening to me." Which of the following statements by the nurse is best?

The nurse working in the hemodialysis unit recognizes treatment is effective by which of the following values?

A young African American woman has been counseled to seek sickle cell screening and tells the nurse, "My grandfather had sickle cell, but I don't, so why should I be tested?" Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?

A patient is undergoing analysis to assist in measuring the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber.The nurse understands that this test is primarily used to assist in diagnosing which of the following?

An adult female patient is admitted with pancreatitis.Which of the following laboratory results should the nurse identify as an indication that the patient is responding to treatment after 4 days?

A nurse is assisting a patient who is undergoing kidney ultrasound.This procedure is especially valuable in patients with which of the following conditions, due to their inability to undergo more invasive procedures?

The nurse is providing care to a patient with a history of colorectal cancer who has been receiving chemotherapy and is admitted with symptoms of a small bowel obstruction.The patient is placed in a semiprivate room, has a nasogastric tube to suction, and is wearing antiembolic stockings.Which of the following laboratory results would require an intervention by the nurse?

A patient's laboratory test results indicate an elevated urine uric acid level.The nurse understands that this finding is associated with which of the following conditions? Select all that apply.

The nurse is providing care for a patient experiencing significant clinical manifestations of sickle cell anemia whose potassium is 5.5 mEq/L.Which of the following statements by the nurse is best?

A 50-year-old patient is jogging on a treadmill during an exercise stress test.Which of the following conditions, either reported by the patient or observed by the nurse, should prompt the nurse to immediately terminate the test? Select all that apply.

A nurse is performing bone conduction testing on a newborn.In this test, the nurse uses which of the following to deliver tones to the infant?

A nurse on the cardiac unit notes increased frequency of premature ventricular contractions for a patient who was recently started on digitalis.Which of the following laboratory results would the nurse evaluate first?

A patient's laboratory test results indicate an increased level of blood urea nitrogen (BUN).The nurse understands that this finding is consistent with which of the following conditions? Select all that apply.

A patient's laboratory results indicate a decreased level of ferritin.This finding is most consistent with which of the following conditions?

When interpreting the L/S ratio (lecithin sphingomyelin)for a woman who is 37 weeks gestation, the nurse recognizes fetal maturity is present with which of the following results?