NUR 330 Exam 1 Questions With Correct
Answers
1. A nurse is reading a physician's progress note in the client's record and reads
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that the physician has documented "insensible fluid loss of approximately 800 mL
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daily." The nurse understands that this type of fluid loss can occur through: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. the skin | | |
b. urinary output
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c. wound drainage
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d. the gastrointestinal tract
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Answer: A |
2. A nurse caring for a patient who had been receiving IV diuretics suspects that
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the client is experiencing a deficient fluid volume. Which assessment finding
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would the nurse note in a client with this condition? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a.
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lung congestion |
b. decreased hematocrit
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c. decreased BP
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d. decreased heart rate
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Answer: C |
, 3. The nurse is caring for a patient with congestive heart failure. On assessment,
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the nurse notes that the client is dypneic and that crackles are audible on
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auscultation. The nurse suspects excess fluid volume. What additional signs
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would the nurse expect to note in this patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. weight
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loss
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b. flat neck and hand veins
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c. increased blood pressure
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d. diaphoresis
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Answer: C |
4. A nurse is assigned to care for a group of patients. On review of the patient's
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medical records, the nurse determines which of these patients to be most at risk
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for fluid volume excess? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. patient taking diuretics
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b. patient with renal failure
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c. patient with an ileostomy
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d. patient requiring gastrointestinal suctioning
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Answer: B |
5. What is the nurses primary concern regarding fluid and electrolytes when
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caring for an elderly patient who is intermittently confused? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a. risk of dehydration | | |
b. risk of kidney damage
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c. risk of stroke
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d. risk of bleeding
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Answers
1. A nurse is reading a physician's progress note in the client's record and reads
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
that the physician has documented "insensible fluid loss of approximately 800 mL
| | | | | | | | | | |
daily." The nurse understands that this type of fluid loss can occur through: -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. the skin | | |
b. urinary output
| |
c. wound drainage
| |
d. the gastrointestinal tract
| | |
Answer: A |
2. A nurse caring for a patient who had been receiving IV diuretics suspects that
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the client is experiencing a deficient fluid volume. Which assessment finding
| | | | | | | | | | |
would the nurse note in a client with this condition? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a.
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lung congestion |
b. decreased hematocrit
| |
c. decreased BP
| |
d. decreased heart rate
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Answer: C |
, 3. The nurse is caring for a patient with congestive heart failure. On assessment,
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the nurse notes that the client is dypneic and that crackles are audible on
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
auscultation. The nurse suspects excess fluid volume. What additional signs
| | | | | | | | | |
would the nurse expect to note in this patient? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. weight
| | | | | | | | | | | |
loss
|
b. flat neck and hand veins
| | | | |
c. increased blood pressure
| | |
d. diaphoresis
| |
Answer: C |
4. A nurse is assigned to care for a group of patients. On review of the patient's
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medical records, the nurse determines which of these patients to be most at risk
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for fluid volume excess? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. patient taking diuretics
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b. patient with renal failure
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c. patient with an ileostomy
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d. patient requiring gastrointestinal suctioning
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Answer: B |
5. What is the nurses primary concern regarding fluid and electrolytes when
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caring for an elderly patient who is intermittently confused? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a. risk of dehydration | | |
b. risk of kidney damage
| | | |
c. risk of stroke
| | |
d. risk of bleeding
| | |
