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◉A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving parenteral nutrition
through a nontunneled central venous catheter and reports hearing
a gurgling sound on the side of the catheter. The nurse suspects the
catheter has migrated to the jugular vein. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take first? Answer: stop the infusion
◉A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the caregiver of a client who
has aphasia. The nurse should include which of the following
communication strategies in the teaching? Answer: cue client by
providing cards that portray common needs
◉A nurse is caring for a child who is 24 hr postoperative following a
supratentorial craniotomy. The nurse should maintain the child in
which of the following positions? Answer: supine with head of the
bed (HOB) elevated to 30 degrees
◉A nurse working in a hospice facility is talking to a client's son who
is distressed because his mother cries frequently and says she wants
to die. Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?
, Answer: "Let's discuss some strategies you can use when this
happens again."
◉A nurse working in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with
a client who is 14 weeks of gestation. The nurse should instruct the
client to immediately notify the provider if she experiences which of
the following? Answer: Facial edema
◉A nurse is caring for a child who has leukemia and is prescribed a
transfusion of platelets. Which of the following should the client
experience as a result of the transfusion? Answer: Reduced bleeding
time
◉A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is prescribed
buspirone (BuSpar). Which of the following statements by the client
indicates an understanding of the teaching? Answer: "I can have 1-2
alcoholic beverages a week."
◉A nurse is caring for a school-age child who is newly diagnosed
with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Which of the following actions by the
nurse is appropriate to prepare the child for administration of
insulin? Answer: Allow the child to manipulate the medical
equipment
◉A nurse is caring for a client who has a urinary tract infection and
is prescribed ciprofloxacin (Cipro). The client exhibits urticaria and