Exam 1: About This Book

A patient diagnosed with hepatitis B reports easy bruising and bleeding with minor skin trauma.Which lab result should a nurse relate to this finding?

A patient is suspected of having pheochromocytoma.Which type of angiography should be performed to detect this condition?

A patient who has received multiple blood transfusions has a positive result for platelet antibodies.Which patient teaching should the nurse implement?

A patient suspects that he has an allergy to cats.Elevation of which of the following would tend to confirm this suspicion?

A patient is suspected of having multiple myeloma and needs to undergo testing to identify the individual types of immunoglobulins present to confirm a diagnosis.Which test would be most appropriate for this purpose?

A patient who recently started on new medications notices that his urine now has a bluish tint.Which medication is most likely contributing to this finding?

A patient is suspected of having biliary cirrhosis.Which of the following antibody tests should the nurse expect to conduct on this patient to confirm this suspicion?

A patient's laboratory test results indicate an elevated amylase level.This finding most likely indicates which of the following diseases?

A nurse assesses a patient with a serum phosphate level of 2.1 mg/dL.Which assessment findings should a nurse identify as related to an increased serum phosphate level?

A nurse notes that a patient's laboratory results show an acetylcholine receptor antibody (AChR)of 2.46 nmol/L.Based on this information, the nurse should assess this patient for clinical manifestations of:

A nurse is providing teaching to a patient following venipuncture for amylase testing.The patient is an alcoholic.Which instruction should the nurse give the patient to help maintain open airways and move secretions?

After administering gallium intravenously to a patient before a gallium scan, the nurse realizes that the IV catheter is not fully in the vein and that the radionuclide tracer has seeped deep into the muscle tissue.The nurse should expect which of the following to occur as a result of this error?

An adult male patient who is suspected of having prostate cancer has just undergone testing for prostate-specific antigen (PSA).Which of the following ratios of free to complexed PSA would be consistent with a diagnosis of prostatic cancer?

A patient who has been taking the aminoglycoside antibiotic gentamicin is exhibiting signs of toxicity.Which of the following interventions would be most appropriate for assessing for one of the major complications associated with toxicity?

A male patient with a history of an enlarged prostate has a prostate-specific antigen level that is increased from its baseline.Which pertinent information should the nurse identify that may cause an increase in prostate-specific antigen?

A patient's laboratory test results indicate decreased total iron-binding capacity.This finding is consistent with which of the following conditions? Select all that apply.

A nurse is explaining the potential complications of renal angiography to a patient before requesting informed consent.Which of the following should the nurse mention? Select all that apply.

A nurse is preparing to discharge a patient from a hospital after being diagnosed and treated for heart failure.The patient has a B-type natriuretic peptide level of 445 pg/mL.When preparing discharge teaching for this patient, which medication will the nurse most likely discuss?

If each of the following medications is ordered for a patient, which medication should a nurse identify as a treatment for a serum calcium level of 13.4 mg/dL?

A patient undergoing assessment for anemia has a haptoglobin level of 25 mg/dL and an increased reticulocyte count.Which type of anemia should a nurse plan to manage?