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Med Surg Practice Questions
Nursing Adult Health lll (Point
Loma Nazarene University)
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1. A nurse is assessing a client who has left-sided heart failure. Which of the following findings
should the nurse expect?
a. Bradycardia
b. Flushed skin
c. Frothy sputum – pg.198
d. Jugular vein distention
2. A nurse is assessing a client who is experiencing renal colic from a calculus in left renal
pelvis. Identify the area where the nurse should expect the client to have referred pain. (Find
“hot spots” in the artwork) - CORRECT
3. A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving peritoneal dialysis and notes a decrease in the
dialysate flow rate. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? (Select all the
apply.)
a. Monitor the access site for drainage.
b. Strip the catheter tubing
c. Measure the amount of the dialysate outflow
d. Raise the client to high fowlers position - pg.370: encourage client to lie Supine with
head slightly elevated during CCPD and APD treatment.
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e. Position the client to her other side.
4. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has an impaired immune system due
to chemotherapy. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the
teaching?
a. Wash you’r perineal area two times each day with antimicrobial soap.
b. Change your pet’s litter box daily.
c. Change the water in your drinking glass every 4 hrs.
d. Wash your toothbrush in the dishwasher once each month.
5. A nurse is planning to insert an indwelling catheter for a female client. Which of the following
actions should the nurse plan to take?
a. Collect urine specimen from the drainage bag 1 hr after insertion
b. Raise the head of the bed to 45 degrees prior to insertion
c. Secure the catheter to the client's inner thigh
d. Attach the bag to the rail of the bed
6. A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has age-related macular degeneration. Which
of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. A possible cause of this problem is long-term lack of dietary protein.
b. You probably have a Detachment of your retina.
c. You probably have noticed a decline in your central vision. – pg.63
d. The doctor can perform surgery to correct the start paying the folds in your retina.
7. A nurse is assessing a client who has cirrhosis. Which of the following findings is the priority
for the nurse to report? – Expected Findings: fatigue, Wt loss, abdo.pain, abdo.distention,
pruritus.
a. Platelets 70,000/mm3 - pg.357
b. Distended abdomen
c. Alkaline phosphatase 125 units/L
d. Clay colored stools
Med Surg Practice Questions
Nursing Adult Health lll (Point
Loma Nazarene University)
, lOMoARcPSD|12096575
1. A nurse is assessing a client who has left-sided heart failure. Which of the following findings
should the nurse expect?
a. Bradycardia
b. Flushed skin
c. Frothy sputum – pg.198
d. Jugular vein distention
2. A nurse is assessing a client who is experiencing renal colic from a calculus in left renal
pelvis. Identify the area where the nurse should expect the client to have referred pain. (Find
“hot spots” in the artwork) - CORRECT
3. A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving peritoneal dialysis and notes a decrease in the
dialysate flow rate. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? (Select all the
apply.)
a. Monitor the access site for drainage.
b. Strip the catheter tubing
c. Measure the amount of the dialysate outflow
d. Raise the client to high fowlers position - pg.370: encourage client to lie Supine with
head slightly elevated during CCPD and APD treatment.
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e. Position the client to her other side.
4. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has an impaired immune system due
to chemotherapy. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the
teaching?
a. Wash you’r perineal area two times each day with antimicrobial soap.
b. Change your pet’s litter box daily.
c. Change the water in your drinking glass every 4 hrs.
d. Wash your toothbrush in the dishwasher once each month.
5. A nurse is planning to insert an indwelling catheter for a female client. Which of the following
actions should the nurse plan to take?
a. Collect urine specimen from the drainage bag 1 hr after insertion
b. Raise the head of the bed to 45 degrees prior to insertion
c. Secure the catheter to the client's inner thigh
d. Attach the bag to the rail of the bed
6. A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has age-related macular degeneration. Which
of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. A possible cause of this problem is long-term lack of dietary protein.
b. You probably have a Detachment of your retina.
c. You probably have noticed a decline in your central vision. – pg.63
d. The doctor can perform surgery to correct the start paying the folds in your retina.
7. A nurse is assessing a client who has cirrhosis. Which of the following findings is the priority
for the nurse to report? – Expected Findings: fatigue, Wt loss, abdo.pain, abdo.distention,
pruritus.
a. Platelets 70,000/mm3 - pg.357
b. Distended abdomen
c. Alkaline phosphatase 125 units/L
d. Clay colored stools
