ADULT HEALTH D444 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
The healthcare provider prescribes bismuth subsalicylate,
metronidazole, tetracycline, and pantoprazole for a client with
H. pylori. Prior to administering the H. pylori treatment
regimen, the nurse should review the client's medication list for
which medication?
Aspirin.
The nurse is admitting a client with possible tuberculosis (TB).
The client is placed in a private room with airborne precautions
pending diagnostic test results. Which diagnostic test should the
nurse review to confirm the diagnosis of TB?
Sputum culture positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
A client receives a prescription for vancomycin 500 mg IV
every 8 hours. The medication is provided in "500 mg per 100
mL of dextrose 5% in water.". To administer the medication
over an hour, the nurse should set the infusion pump to deliver
how many mL/hr? (Enter numerical value only.)
100 ml/hr
The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a group of well-
educated clients who were found to be HIV positive within the
last year.
The nurse should explain that the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) acts in which way to suppress the immune system?
, Destruction of helper T-cells and CD4 cells.
Which information should the nurse include when giving
discharge instructions to a client following a left eye cataract
extraction with a lens implant?
Administer a stool softener.
Following discharge teaching, a client with a duodenal ulcer
tells the nurse of plans to eat plenty of dairy products to help
coat and protect the duodenal ulcer. Which is the best follow-up
action by the nurse?
Review with the client the need to avoid foods that are rich in
milk and cream.
A client who has had a laryngectomy and tracheostomy
frequently expectorates copious amounts of purulent secretions.
When changing the ties of the tracheostomy tube, which action
is most important for the nurse to take?
Leave the old ties in place until the new ones are secure.
The nurse is planning care for a client with a direct (sliding)
hiatal hernia. Nursing actions should be planned to meet which
goal?
Prevent esophageal reflux.
A teenage client is admitted to the emergency department
following a bee sting. The client arrives with a body rash and 30
of 40 breaths per minute and a blood pressure of 90/52 mm Hg.
The client is exhibiting clinical manifestations of which type of
immune reaction?
SOLUTIONS
The healthcare provider prescribes bismuth subsalicylate,
metronidazole, tetracycline, and pantoprazole for a client with
H. pylori. Prior to administering the H. pylori treatment
regimen, the nurse should review the client's medication list for
which medication?
Aspirin.
The nurse is admitting a client with possible tuberculosis (TB).
The client is placed in a private room with airborne precautions
pending diagnostic test results. Which diagnostic test should the
nurse review to confirm the diagnosis of TB?
Sputum culture positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
A client receives a prescription for vancomycin 500 mg IV
every 8 hours. The medication is provided in "500 mg per 100
mL of dextrose 5% in water.". To administer the medication
over an hour, the nurse should set the infusion pump to deliver
how many mL/hr? (Enter numerical value only.)
100 ml/hr
The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a group of well-
educated clients who were found to be HIV positive within the
last year.
The nurse should explain that the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) acts in which way to suppress the immune system?
, Destruction of helper T-cells and CD4 cells.
Which information should the nurse include when giving
discharge instructions to a client following a left eye cataract
extraction with a lens implant?
Administer a stool softener.
Following discharge teaching, a client with a duodenal ulcer
tells the nurse of plans to eat plenty of dairy products to help
coat and protect the duodenal ulcer. Which is the best follow-up
action by the nurse?
Review with the client the need to avoid foods that are rich in
milk and cream.
A client who has had a laryngectomy and tracheostomy
frequently expectorates copious amounts of purulent secretions.
When changing the ties of the tracheostomy tube, which action
is most important for the nurse to take?
Leave the old ties in place until the new ones are secure.
The nurse is planning care for a client with a direct (sliding)
hiatal hernia. Nursing actions should be planned to meet which
goal?
Prevent esophageal reflux.
A teenage client is admitted to the emergency department
following a bee sting. The client arrives with a body rash and 30
of 40 breaths per minute and a blood pressure of 90/52 mm Hg.
The client is exhibiting clinical manifestations of which type of
immune reaction?
