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A 35-year-old female client has just been admitted to the postanesthesia
recovery unit following a partial thyroidectomy. Which statement reflects the
nurse’s accurate understanding of the expected outcome for the client
following this surgery?
A. Supplemental hormonal therapy will probably be unnecessary. <
B. The thyroid will regenerate to a normal size within a few years.
C. The client will be restricted from eating seafood.
D. The remainder of the thyroid will be removed at a later date.
A client with gestational diabetes, at 39-weeks gestation, is in the
second stage of labor. After delivery of the fetal head, the nurse
recognizes that shoulder dystocia is occurring. What intervention
should the nurse implement first?
A. Lower the head of the bed and apply suprapubic pressure.
B. Encourage the client to move to a hands-and-knees position.
C. Prepare the client for an emergency cesarean birth.
D. Assist the client to sharply flex her thighs up against the abdomen.
<
The nurse should observe most closely for drug toxicity when a
client receives a medication that has which characteristic?
A. Rapid onset of action.
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B. Low bioavailability.
C. Narrow therapeutic index. <
D. Short half-life.
A client who has been in active labor for 12 hours suddenly tells the
nurse that she has a strong urge to have a bowel movement. What
action should the nurse take?
A. Allow the client to use a bedpan.
B. Explain the fetal head is descending.
C. Perform a sterile vaginal exam. <
D. Assist the client to the bathroom.
The nurse assesses a 78-year-old male client who has left sided
heart failure. Which symptoms would the nurse expect this client
to exhibit?
A. Dyspnea, cough and fatigue. <
B. Hepatomegaly and distended neck veins.
C. Pain over the pericardium and friction rub.
D. Narrowing pulse pressure and distant heart sounds.
A female client comes to the clinic complaining of fatigue and
inability to sleep because she is the full-time caretaker for a 22-year-
old son who was paralyzed by a motor vehicle collision. She adds
that her husband left her because he says he can’t take her behavior
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anymore since all she does is care for their son. What intervention
should the nurse implement?
A. Teach the client to problem-solve for herself and establish her own
priorities.
B. Schedule a home visit in the afternoon to assess the son and
client’s role as caregiver.
C. Provide feedback to the client about her atonement for guilt
about her son’s impairment.
D. Acknowledge the client’s stress and suggest that she consider
respite care. <
The nurse plans to administer a scheduled dose of metoprolol (Toprol
SR) at 0900 to a client with hypertension. At 0800, the nurse notes
that the client’s telemetry pattern shows a second-degree heart block
with a ventricular rate of 50. What action should the nurse take?
A. Administer the Toprol immediately and monitor the client
carefully until the heart rate increases.
B. Provide the dose of Toprol as scheduled and assign a UAP to
monitor the client’s BP q30 minutes.
C. Hold the scheduled dose of Toprol and notify the healthcare
provider of the telemetry pattern. <
D. Give the Toprol as scheduled if the client’s systolic blood
pressure reading is greater than 180.
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A client who developed Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic
Hormone (SIADH) associated with small cell carcinoma of the lung
is preparing for discharge. When teaching the client about self-
management with demeclocycline (Declomycin), the nurse should
instruct the client to report which condition to the healthcare
provider?
A. Anxiety.
B. Insomnia.
C. Muscle cramping. <
D. Increased appetite.
In determining the client position for insertion of an indwelling
urinary catheter, it is most important for the nurse to recognize which
client condition?
A. High urinary pH.
B. Fever.
C. Abdominal
ascites. D.
Orthopnea. <
The nurse is reviewing a client’s electrocardiogram and determines
that the PR interval (PRI) is prolonged. What does this finding
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A 35-year-old female client has just been admitted to the postanesthesia
recovery unit following a partial thyroidectomy. Which statement reflects the
nurse’s accurate understanding of the expected outcome for the client
following this surgery?
A. Supplemental hormonal therapy will probably be unnecessary. <
B. The thyroid will regenerate to a normal size within a few years.
C. The client will be restricted from eating seafood.
D. The remainder of the thyroid will be removed at a later date.
A client with gestational diabetes, at 39-weeks gestation, is in the
second stage of labor. After delivery of the fetal head, the nurse
recognizes that shoulder dystocia is occurring. What intervention
should the nurse implement first?
A. Lower the head of the bed and apply suprapubic pressure.
B. Encourage the client to move to a hands-and-knees position.
C. Prepare the client for an emergency cesarean birth.
D. Assist the client to sharply flex her thighs up against the abdomen.
<
The nurse should observe most closely for drug toxicity when a
client receives a medication that has which characteristic?
A. Rapid onset of action.
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B. Low bioavailability.
C. Narrow therapeutic index. <
D. Short half-life.
A client who has been in active labor for 12 hours suddenly tells the
nurse that she has a strong urge to have a bowel movement. What
action should the nurse take?
A. Allow the client to use a bedpan.
B. Explain the fetal head is descending.
C. Perform a sterile vaginal exam. <
D. Assist the client to the bathroom.
The nurse assesses a 78-year-old male client who has left sided
heart failure. Which symptoms would the nurse expect this client
to exhibit?
A. Dyspnea, cough and fatigue. <
B. Hepatomegaly and distended neck veins.
C. Pain over the pericardium and friction rub.
D. Narrowing pulse pressure and distant heart sounds.
A female client comes to the clinic complaining of fatigue and
inability to sleep because she is the full-time caretaker for a 22-year-
old son who was paralyzed by a motor vehicle collision. She adds
that her husband left her because he says he can’t take her behavior
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anymore since all she does is care for their son. What intervention
should the nurse implement?
A. Teach the client to problem-solve for herself and establish her own
priorities.
B. Schedule a home visit in the afternoon to assess the son and
client’s role as caregiver.
C. Provide feedback to the client about her atonement for guilt
about her son’s impairment.
D. Acknowledge the client’s stress and suggest that she consider
respite care. <
The nurse plans to administer a scheduled dose of metoprolol (Toprol
SR) at 0900 to a client with hypertension. At 0800, the nurse notes
that the client’s telemetry pattern shows a second-degree heart block
with a ventricular rate of 50. What action should the nurse take?
A. Administer the Toprol immediately and monitor the client
carefully until the heart rate increases.
B. Provide the dose of Toprol as scheduled and assign a UAP to
monitor the client’s BP q30 minutes.
C. Hold the scheduled dose of Toprol and notify the healthcare
provider of the telemetry pattern. <
D. Give the Toprol as scheduled if the client’s systolic blood
pressure reading is greater than 180.
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A client who developed Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic
Hormone (SIADH) associated with small cell carcinoma of the lung
is preparing for discharge. When teaching the client about self-
management with demeclocycline (Declomycin), the nurse should
instruct the client to report which condition to the healthcare
provider?
A. Anxiety.
B. Insomnia.
C. Muscle cramping. <
D. Increased appetite.
In determining the client position for insertion of an indwelling
urinary catheter, it is most important for the nurse to recognize which
client condition?
A. High urinary pH.
B. Fever.
C. Abdominal
ascites. D.
Orthopnea. <
The nurse is reviewing a client’s electrocardiogram and determines
that the PR interval (PRI) is prolonged. What does this finding
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