PN Adult Medical Surgical Online Practice 2020 B
1.A nurse is assisting with the development of a plan of care to manage pain for a
client who has herpes zoster with lesions on the lower extremities. Which of the
following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care?
Keep bed linens o of the affected areas.
Position a heat lamp over the lower extremities.
Apply warm, moist compresses to the affected areas.
Initiate droplet isolation precautions.
Keep bed linens o of the affected areas.
2. A nurse in an orthopedic clinic is reinforcing teaching with a client who has
osteoarthritis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include to
promote comfort?
Sleep on a firm mattress.
Try jogging in place when joints feel stiff.
Use a soft chair or recliner for sitting.
Apply ice packs to painful joints
,Sleep on a firm mattress.
3. A nurse is caring for a client who has an intestinal obstruction and reports a new
onset of nausea. The client has an NG tube set at low intermittent suction and is
receiving continuous IV infusion of 0.9% sodium chloride. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take first?
Check for kinks in the NG tube.
Increase the IV uid rate.
Provide ice chips.
Administer an antiemetic
Check for kinks in the NG tube.
4. A nurse is assisting in the care of a client who has AIDS-related pneumonia. The
client is receiving antibiotic therapy and albuterol nebulizer treatments daily.
Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the client's
therapeutic regimen is effective?
Adventitious lung sounds
Decrease in exertional dyspnea
,Respiratory rate of 26/min while sitting in a chair
Elevation of the head of the bed is required to sleep
Decrease in exertional dyspnea
5. A nurse is caring for a client who is in Buck's traction for a fractured hip. The
client reports increased pain at the site of the fracture. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
Massage the area.
Remove the weights.
Loosen the ropes.
Reposition the client
Reposition the client
6. A nurse is caring for a client who begins to have a seizure while ambulating in
the hall. Identify the sequence of actions the nurse should follow. (Move the steps
into the box on the right, placing them in the order of performance. Use all the
steps.)
Lower the client to the floor.
Loosen the clothing around the client's neck.
, Place a pad beneath the client's head.
Time the length of the client's seizure.
Reorient and reassure the client.
Lower the client to the floor.
Place a pad beneath the client's head.
Loosen the clothing around the client's neck.
Time the length of the client's seizure.
Reorient and reassure the client.
7. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has diabetes mellitus and a
new prescription for regular and NPH insulin. Which of the following instructions
on preparing the insulins should the nurse include?
Withdraw both types of insulin and then add 0.2 mL of air to the syringe
Gently shake the NPH insulin prior to withdrawing the dose.
Withdraw the regular insulin before withdrawing the NPH insulin.
Inject air into the NPH vial after withdrawing regular insulin.
Withdraw the regular insulin before withdrawing the NPH insulin.
8. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus
about glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) testing. Which of the following
1.A nurse is assisting with the development of a plan of care to manage pain for a
client who has herpes zoster with lesions on the lower extremities. Which of the
following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care?
Keep bed linens o of the affected areas.
Position a heat lamp over the lower extremities.
Apply warm, moist compresses to the affected areas.
Initiate droplet isolation precautions.
Keep bed linens o of the affected areas.
2. A nurse in an orthopedic clinic is reinforcing teaching with a client who has
osteoarthritis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include to
promote comfort?
Sleep on a firm mattress.
Try jogging in place when joints feel stiff.
Use a soft chair or recliner for sitting.
Apply ice packs to painful joints
,Sleep on a firm mattress.
3. A nurse is caring for a client who has an intestinal obstruction and reports a new
onset of nausea. The client has an NG tube set at low intermittent suction and is
receiving continuous IV infusion of 0.9% sodium chloride. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take first?
Check for kinks in the NG tube.
Increase the IV uid rate.
Provide ice chips.
Administer an antiemetic
Check for kinks in the NG tube.
4. A nurse is assisting in the care of a client who has AIDS-related pneumonia. The
client is receiving antibiotic therapy and albuterol nebulizer treatments daily.
Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the client's
therapeutic regimen is effective?
Adventitious lung sounds
Decrease in exertional dyspnea
,Respiratory rate of 26/min while sitting in a chair
Elevation of the head of the bed is required to sleep
Decrease in exertional dyspnea
5. A nurse is caring for a client who is in Buck's traction for a fractured hip. The
client reports increased pain at the site of the fracture. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
Massage the area.
Remove the weights.
Loosen the ropes.
Reposition the client
Reposition the client
6. A nurse is caring for a client who begins to have a seizure while ambulating in
the hall. Identify the sequence of actions the nurse should follow. (Move the steps
into the box on the right, placing them in the order of performance. Use all the
steps.)
Lower the client to the floor.
Loosen the clothing around the client's neck.
, Place a pad beneath the client's head.
Time the length of the client's seizure.
Reorient and reassure the client.
Lower the client to the floor.
Place a pad beneath the client's head.
Loosen the clothing around the client's neck.
Time the length of the client's seizure.
Reorient and reassure the client.
7. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has diabetes mellitus and a
new prescription for regular and NPH insulin. Which of the following instructions
on preparing the insulins should the nurse include?
Withdraw both types of insulin and then add 0.2 mL of air to the syringe
Gently shake the NPH insulin prior to withdrawing the dose.
Withdraw the regular insulin before withdrawing the NPH insulin.
Inject air into the NPH vial after withdrawing regular insulin.
Withdraw the regular insulin before withdrawing the NPH insulin.
8. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus
about glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) testing. Which of the following
