MATHS 1140 FINAL EXAM 1
1. Select the member of the healthcare team that is paired with one of the main functions of this team
member.
Occupational therapist: Gait exercises
Physical therapist: The provision of assistive devices to facilitate the activities of daily living
Speech and language therapist: The treatment of swallowing disorders
Case manager: Ordering medications and treatments
2. The recommended daily caloric intake for sedentary older men, active adult women and children is:
2400 calories
1600 calories
2800 calories
2000 calories
3. Ill health, malnutrition, and wasting as a result of chronic disease are all associated with:
Surgical asepsis
Catabolism
Cachexia
Venous stasis
4. Select all the possible opportunistic infections that adversely affect HIV/AIDS infected patients.
Visual losses
Kaposi’s sarcoma
Wilms’ sarcoma
Tuberculosis
Peripheral neuropathy
Toxoplasma gondii
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5. What can help reduce a patient’s anxiety and postsurgical pain?
Preoperative teaching
,Preoperative checklist
Psychological counseling
Preoperative medication.
6. Which disease decreases the metabolic rate?
Cancer
Hypothyroidism
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cardiac failure
7. When caring for an infant during cardiac arrest, which pulse must be palpated to determine cardiac
function?
Carotid
Brachial
Pedal
Radial
8. The patient should be sitting when deep breathing and coughing because this position:
Is physically more comfortable for the patient
Helps the patient to support their incision with a pillow
Loosens respiratory secretions
Allows the patient to observe their area and reed
9. Which procedures necessitate the use of surgical asepsis techniques? Select all that apply.
Intramuscular medication administration
Central line intravenous medication administration
Donning gloves in the operating room
Neonatal bathing
Foley catheter insertion
10.The client is receiving tobramycin intravenously every 8 hours. Which finding would indicate to the
nurse that the client is experiencing an adverse medication effect?
1."Where is the pain located, and does it radiate to other parts of your body?
2."How would you describe the pain, and how is it affecting you?"
, 3"What do you believe about pain medication and drug addiction?
4."How is the pain affecting your activity level and your ability to function?"
11- The nurse caring for a client who is taking an aminoglycoside should monitor the client for which
adverse effects of the medication? Select all that apply.
1. Seizure
2. Toxicity
3. Renal toxicity
4. Dysrhythmias
5. Hepatotoxicity
12. Azathioprine (Imuran) is prescribed for a client to suppress rejection of a renal transplant. In
planning for administration of the medication, the nurse understands that which description is the
mechanism of action of this medication?
1. It cross-links DNA.
2. It blocks all T-cell functions.
3. It inhibits the proliferation of B and T lymphocytes.
4. It decreases the activity of thymus-derived lymphocytes.
13.The nurse is caring for a client who is receiving immunosuppressant therapy, including
corticosteroids, after renal transplantation. The nurse should plan to carefully monitor results of
which laboratory test for this client?
1. Blood glucose level
2. Serum calcium level
3. Serum magnesium level
4. Serum albumin concentration
14. A client with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is suspected of having cutaneous Kaposi's
sarcoma. The nurse should prepare the client for which test to confirm the presence of this type of
sarcoma?
1. Liver biopsy
2. Sputum culture
3. White blood cell count
4. Punch biopsy of the cutaneous lesions
1. Select the member of the healthcare team that is paired with one of the main functions of this team
member.
Occupational therapist: Gait exercises
Physical therapist: The provision of assistive devices to facilitate the activities of daily living
Speech and language therapist: The treatment of swallowing disorders
Case manager: Ordering medications and treatments
2. The recommended daily caloric intake for sedentary older men, active adult women and children is:
2400 calories
1600 calories
2800 calories
2000 calories
3. Ill health, malnutrition, and wasting as a result of chronic disease are all associated with:
Surgical asepsis
Catabolism
Cachexia
Venous stasis
4. Select all the possible opportunistic infections that adversely affect HIV/AIDS infected patients.
Visual losses
Kaposi’s sarcoma
Wilms’ sarcoma
Tuberculosis
Peripheral neuropathy
Toxoplasma gondii
Show Correct Response >>>
5. What can help reduce a patient’s anxiety and postsurgical pain?
Preoperative teaching
,Preoperative checklist
Psychological counseling
Preoperative medication.
6. Which disease decreases the metabolic rate?
Cancer
Hypothyroidism
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cardiac failure
7. When caring for an infant during cardiac arrest, which pulse must be palpated to determine cardiac
function?
Carotid
Brachial
Pedal
Radial
8. The patient should be sitting when deep breathing and coughing because this position:
Is physically more comfortable for the patient
Helps the patient to support their incision with a pillow
Loosens respiratory secretions
Allows the patient to observe their area and reed
9. Which procedures necessitate the use of surgical asepsis techniques? Select all that apply.
Intramuscular medication administration
Central line intravenous medication administration
Donning gloves in the operating room
Neonatal bathing
Foley catheter insertion
10.The client is receiving tobramycin intravenously every 8 hours. Which finding would indicate to the
nurse that the client is experiencing an adverse medication effect?
1."Where is the pain located, and does it radiate to other parts of your body?
2."How would you describe the pain, and how is it affecting you?"
, 3"What do you believe about pain medication and drug addiction?
4."How is the pain affecting your activity level and your ability to function?"
11- The nurse caring for a client who is taking an aminoglycoside should monitor the client for which
adverse effects of the medication? Select all that apply.
1. Seizure
2. Toxicity
3. Renal toxicity
4. Dysrhythmias
5. Hepatotoxicity
12. Azathioprine (Imuran) is prescribed for a client to suppress rejection of a renal transplant. In
planning for administration of the medication, the nurse understands that which description is the
mechanism of action of this medication?
1. It cross-links DNA.
2. It blocks all T-cell functions.
3. It inhibits the proliferation of B and T lymphocytes.
4. It decreases the activity of thymus-derived lymphocytes.
13.The nurse is caring for a client who is receiving immunosuppressant therapy, including
corticosteroids, after renal transplantation. The nurse should plan to carefully monitor results of
which laboratory test for this client?
1. Blood glucose level
2. Serum calcium level
3. Serum magnesium level
4. Serum albumin concentration
14. A client with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is suspected of having cutaneous Kaposi's
sarcoma. The nurse should prepare the client for which test to confirm the presence of this type of
sarcoma?
1. Liver biopsy
2. Sputum culture
3. White blood cell count
4. Punch biopsy of the cutaneous lesions
