NR 464 Exam 1 (Questions from PowerPoints) – Study Guide, Practice Questions
& Revision Notes
The nurse identifies that the patient with the greatest risk for a urinary tract infection is:
a. 37-year-old man with renal colic associated with kidney stones.
b. 26-year-old pregnant woman who has a history of urinary tract infections.
c. 69-year-old man who has urinary retention caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia.
d. 72-year-old woman hospitalized with a stroke who has a urinary catheter because of urinary
incontinence. - ANS ✔✔d. 72-year-old woman hospitalized with a stroke who has a urinary
catheter because of urinary incontinence.
You plan to promote rest for N.G. during his hospitalization, but when entering his room later,
you find him pacing around the room, fretting because he is missing classes. He asks you how
long it will be until he can go back to school. Your best response to him is that he:
a. Should be able to go back to school within a few days.
b. Should just be glad he isn't feeling bad and not worry about school.
c. Has the right to sign himself out of the hospital in order to prioritize his school work.
d. Needs to take it easy until his blood pressure returns to normal and his edema subsides. -
ANS ✔✔d. Needs to take it easy until his blood pressure returns to normal and his edema
subsides.
, The nurse is caring for a patient after a radical perineal prostatectomy for advanced cancer of
the prostate. What is a priority nursing diagnosis for this patient?
a. Risk for infection
b. Sexual dysfunction
c. Total urinary incontinence
d. Risk for situational low self-esteem - ANS ✔✔a. Risk for infection
The nurse should recognize that the liver
performs which functions (Select all that apply)?
a. Bile storage
b. Detoxification
c. Protein metabolism
d. Steroid metabolism
e. Platelet destruction - ANS ✔✔b. Detoxification
c. Protein metabolism
& Revision Notes
The nurse identifies that the patient with the greatest risk for a urinary tract infection is:
a. 37-year-old man with renal colic associated with kidney stones.
b. 26-year-old pregnant woman who has a history of urinary tract infections.
c. 69-year-old man who has urinary retention caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia.
d. 72-year-old woman hospitalized with a stroke who has a urinary catheter because of urinary
incontinence. - ANS ✔✔d. 72-year-old woman hospitalized with a stroke who has a urinary
catheter because of urinary incontinence.
You plan to promote rest for N.G. during his hospitalization, but when entering his room later,
you find him pacing around the room, fretting because he is missing classes. He asks you how
long it will be until he can go back to school. Your best response to him is that he:
a. Should be able to go back to school within a few days.
b. Should just be glad he isn't feeling bad and not worry about school.
c. Has the right to sign himself out of the hospital in order to prioritize his school work.
d. Needs to take it easy until his blood pressure returns to normal and his edema subsides. -
ANS ✔✔d. Needs to take it easy until his blood pressure returns to normal and his edema
subsides.
, The nurse is caring for a patient after a radical perineal prostatectomy for advanced cancer of
the prostate. What is a priority nursing diagnosis for this patient?
a. Risk for infection
b. Sexual dysfunction
c. Total urinary incontinence
d. Risk for situational low self-esteem - ANS ✔✔a. Risk for infection
The nurse should recognize that the liver
performs which functions (Select all that apply)?
a. Bile storage
b. Detoxification
c. Protein metabolism
d. Steroid metabolism
e. Platelet destruction - ANS ✔✔b. Detoxification
c. Protein metabolism
