1. When assessing the laboratory results of the client with bladder cancer and
bone metastasis, the nurse notes a calcium level of 12 mg/dl. The nurse
recognizes that this is consistent with which oncological emergency?
Select one:
A. Superior vena cava syndrome
B. Spinal cord compression
C. Hyperkalemia
D. Hypercalcemia
2. A gastrectomy is performed on a client with gastric cancer. In the immediate
postoperative period the nurse notes bloody drainage from the nasogastric
tube. Which of the following is the most appropriate nursing intervention?
Select one:
A. Measure abdominal girth
B. Notify the physician
C. Irrigate the nasogastric tube
D. Continue to monitor the drainage
3. The home healthy care nurse is caring for a client with cancer. The client is
Complaining of acute pain. The most appropriate nursing assessment of the client’s
pain would include which of the following?
Select one:
A. The client’s pain rating
B. Non verbal cues from the client
C. Pain relief after appropriate nursing intervention.
D. The nurse’s impression of the client’s pain.
4. A client is diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The client asks the nurse about
the diagnosis. The nurse bases the response on which of the following
descriptions of this disorder?
,Select one:
A. Malignant proliferation of plasma cells and tumors within the bone
B. Malignant exacerbation in the number of leukocytes
C. Altered red cell production
D. Altered production of lymph nodes
The client is receiving external radiation to the neck for cancer of the larynx. The
most likely side effect to be expected is:
Select one:
A. Dyspnea
B. Diarrhea
C. Constipation
D. Sore throat
To render a cost-effective perioperative care to the patient, nurses should make
sure:
Select one:
A. to document all supplies used primarily for proper charging
B. to open needed sterile supplies correctly and as needed only
C. to do daily inventory of supplies to ensure its availability
D. that sterile supplies are labeled correctly
The nurse is instructing the client to perform a testicular self-examination. The
nurse tells the client
Select one:
A. That the best time for the examination is after a shower.
B. To examine the testicles while lying down.
C. That testicular examinations should be done at least every 6 months.
, D. To gently feel the testicle with one finger to feel for a growth
The nurse is caring for an adult who is being treated for a myocardial infarction.
Oxygen is ordered. Administering oxygen to this client is related to which of the
following client problems?
Select one:
A. Ineffective myocardial perfusion
B. Chest pains
C. Anxiety
D. Alteration in heart rate, rhythm, or conduction
The hospice nurse visits a client dying of ovarian cancer. During the visit, the client
expresses that "if I can just live long enough to attend my daughter's graduation. I'll
be ready to die.” Which phase of coping is this client experiencing:
Select one:
A. Anger
B. Denial
C. Bargaining
D. Depression
When the nurse serves the gloves to another person, the nurse’s thumb should be
outward while stretching the gloves. What is the primary rationale for this?
Select one:
A. So that the sterile hand of the surgeon will not touch the unsterile hand of the
nurse
B. So that the nurse can stretch the gloves easily for proper donning of the other
person
C. So that the sterile hand of the nurse will not touch the unsterile hand of the other
person
D. So that the nurse can support the sleeves of the gown of the other person
Which of the following drugs is administered to minimize respiratory secretions
preoperatively?
bone metastasis, the nurse notes a calcium level of 12 mg/dl. The nurse
recognizes that this is consistent with which oncological emergency?
Select one:
A. Superior vena cava syndrome
B. Spinal cord compression
C. Hyperkalemia
D. Hypercalcemia
2. A gastrectomy is performed on a client with gastric cancer. In the immediate
postoperative period the nurse notes bloody drainage from the nasogastric
tube. Which of the following is the most appropriate nursing intervention?
Select one:
A. Measure abdominal girth
B. Notify the physician
C. Irrigate the nasogastric tube
D. Continue to monitor the drainage
3. The home healthy care nurse is caring for a client with cancer. The client is
Complaining of acute pain. The most appropriate nursing assessment of the client’s
pain would include which of the following?
Select one:
A. The client’s pain rating
B. Non verbal cues from the client
C. Pain relief after appropriate nursing intervention.
D. The nurse’s impression of the client’s pain.
4. A client is diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The client asks the nurse about
the diagnosis. The nurse bases the response on which of the following
descriptions of this disorder?
,Select one:
A. Malignant proliferation of plasma cells and tumors within the bone
B. Malignant exacerbation in the number of leukocytes
C. Altered red cell production
D. Altered production of lymph nodes
The client is receiving external radiation to the neck for cancer of the larynx. The
most likely side effect to be expected is:
Select one:
A. Dyspnea
B. Diarrhea
C. Constipation
D. Sore throat
To render a cost-effective perioperative care to the patient, nurses should make
sure:
Select one:
A. to document all supplies used primarily for proper charging
B. to open needed sterile supplies correctly and as needed only
C. to do daily inventory of supplies to ensure its availability
D. that sterile supplies are labeled correctly
The nurse is instructing the client to perform a testicular self-examination. The
nurse tells the client
Select one:
A. That the best time for the examination is after a shower.
B. To examine the testicles while lying down.
C. That testicular examinations should be done at least every 6 months.
, D. To gently feel the testicle with one finger to feel for a growth
The nurse is caring for an adult who is being treated for a myocardial infarction.
Oxygen is ordered. Administering oxygen to this client is related to which of the
following client problems?
Select one:
A. Ineffective myocardial perfusion
B. Chest pains
C. Anxiety
D. Alteration in heart rate, rhythm, or conduction
The hospice nurse visits a client dying of ovarian cancer. During the visit, the client
expresses that "if I can just live long enough to attend my daughter's graduation. I'll
be ready to die.” Which phase of coping is this client experiencing:
Select one:
A. Anger
B. Denial
C. Bargaining
D. Depression
When the nurse serves the gloves to another person, the nurse’s thumb should be
outward while stretching the gloves. What is the primary rationale for this?
Select one:
A. So that the sterile hand of the surgeon will not touch the unsterile hand of the
nurse
B. So that the nurse can stretch the gloves easily for proper donning of the other
person
C. So that the sterile hand of the nurse will not touch the unsterile hand of the other
person
D. So that the nurse can support the sleeves of the gown of the other person
Which of the following drugs is administered to minimize respiratory secretions
preoperatively?
