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A nurse On the pediatric unit Allows the child to manipulate toy medical
is assisting with the plan of equipment
care for a preschooler who
will have a surgical procedure
in the morning. The child has
been crying despite his
parents presence at his
bedside. The nurse should
recommend engaging the
child in therapeutic play for
the care plan because it offers
which of the following
benefits?
A nurse is collecting data from Steatorrhea
a school age child who has
celiac disease. Which of the
following findings should the
nurse expect?
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, A hospice nurse is visiting with The client watches television in her bed during the
the family member of a client. day
The family member states that
the client has insomnia almost
nightly. Which of the following
practices should the nurse
identify as contributing to the
clients insomnia?
A nurse is caring for a client Collard greens
during Her first prenatal visit
and notes that she is lactose
intolerant. Which of the
following foods should the
nurse include on the list of
calcium sources for this
client?
A client at a routine prenatal The hormonal changes of pregnancy change the
care visit asks the nurse if it is acidity of the vagina, making yeast infections more
common to develop vaginal common
yeast infections during
pregnancy. Which of the
following responses should
the nurse make?
A nurse in a prenatal clinic is Breast tenderness
collecting data from several
clients. which of the following
client reports should the
nurse identify as an expected
physiologic adaptation to
pregnancy?
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, A nurse is caring for a child Apply continuous pressure to the lower part of the
who has epistaxis. Which of child's nose
the following actions should
the nurse take?
A nurse is reviewing the Hyperkalemia
laboratory report for a client
who has CDK. The nurse finds
the following laboratory test
results: potassium 6.8, calcium
7.4, hemoglobin 10.2, and
phosphate 4.8. Which of the
following findings is the
priority for the nurse to report
to the provider?
A nurse at a family planning Use spermicidal jelly whenever you use your
clinic is preparing to give a diaphragm
presentation to clients about
to use a diaphragm. Which of
the following information
should the nurse plan to
include in the session?
A nurse is reinforcing Obtain the services of an interpreter
discharge teaching to a client
who does not speak the same
language as the nurse. The
clients neighbor, who speaks
to the clients native language
and the nurses, arrives to
drive the client home. Which
of the following actions
should the nurse take?
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, A nurse in the providers office I often have a cup of coffee with my dessert
is talking with an older adult before going to bed
client reports having trouble
sleeping. Which of the
following statements should
the nurse identify as a
possible causes for the
patients sleeping difficulties?
A nurse is reinforcing teaching Stop taking the herbal supplement while taking
with a client who has a new the medication
prescription for sertraline. The
client asked the nurse if we
should continue to take St.
John's wort for depression.
Which of the following
instructions should the nurse
to give the client?
A nurse is collecting data from Temperature
a client who is receiving
clozapine to treat
schizophrenia. The nurse
should identify that an
increase in which of the
following parameters is an
early indication of
agranulocytosis?
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