Healthstream post test 2022 with complete solution
The priority intervention for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is:
fluid replacement.
What is the sign that a pressure ulcer is beginning to develop
Discoloration
A 72-year-old female patient presents to the Emergency Department reporting
substernal chest pain that she describes as "ripping"; it radiates into her back
and is associated with cough and shortness of breath. Her blood pressure is
150/90 and her heart rate is 110. The emergency nurse anticipates administering:
What is the priority when assessing a patient with dysphagia who has
experienced a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
Airway
An oral dose of 0.25 mg of an inotropic antidysrhythmic medication is ordered.
This medication is available as 0.125 mg per tablet. How many tablets should be
administered?
2
Nurses should tell patients who are receiving ophthalmic medications that they
will possibly experience:
Which emergency medication may cause cerebral hemorrhage?
Epinephrine
A practitioner's order prescribes levothyroxine 0.05 mg po daily. The available
medication is levothyroxine 25 mcg tabs. What will the nurse administer?
2
Patients who have advance directives may receive pain medication when it is
needed.
true
What should be the nurse's first action to aid a near-drowning victim
A patient with COPD requires oxygen therapy via nasal cannula. In order to help
reduce anxiety in this patient, the nurse should tell her:
This is oxygen; it will aid your breathing.
When patient information is unavailable in an emergency, which blood type can
be given immediately?
o-
Paramedics transported a 50-year-old female patient from a house fire to the
Emergency Department without any obvious burns. She is covered in soot,
coughing, and reporting nausea and anxiety. The emergency department provider
plans to treat the patient for possible cyanide poisoning. In addition to oxygen,
what medication should the nurse anticipate administering?
Hydroxocobalamin
Which of the following is a side effect of atropine?
Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat®) is administered for anginal attacks because it causes
coronary artery dilation and peripheral venous dilation.
When a patient is admitted into the emergency room with a suspected fracture of
the cervical spine, what is the nurse's priority?
Immobilize the cervical spine.
The priority intervention for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is:
fluid replacement.
What is the sign that a pressure ulcer is beginning to develop
Discoloration
A 72-year-old female patient presents to the Emergency Department reporting
substernal chest pain that she describes as "ripping"; it radiates into her back
and is associated with cough and shortness of breath. Her blood pressure is
150/90 and her heart rate is 110. The emergency nurse anticipates administering:
What is the priority when assessing a patient with dysphagia who has
experienced a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
Airway
An oral dose of 0.25 mg of an inotropic antidysrhythmic medication is ordered.
This medication is available as 0.125 mg per tablet. How many tablets should be
administered?
2
Nurses should tell patients who are receiving ophthalmic medications that they
will possibly experience:
Which emergency medication may cause cerebral hemorrhage?
Epinephrine
A practitioner's order prescribes levothyroxine 0.05 mg po daily. The available
medication is levothyroxine 25 mcg tabs. What will the nurse administer?
2
Patients who have advance directives may receive pain medication when it is
needed.
true
What should be the nurse's first action to aid a near-drowning victim
A patient with COPD requires oxygen therapy via nasal cannula. In order to help
reduce anxiety in this patient, the nurse should tell her:
This is oxygen; it will aid your breathing.
When patient information is unavailable in an emergency, which blood type can
be given immediately?
o-
Paramedics transported a 50-year-old female patient from a house fire to the
Emergency Department without any obvious burns. She is covered in soot,
coughing, and reporting nausea and anxiety. The emergency department provider
plans to treat the patient for possible cyanide poisoning. In addition to oxygen,
what medication should the nurse anticipate administering?
Hydroxocobalamin
Which of the following is a side effect of atropine?
Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat®) is administered for anginal attacks because it causes
coronary artery dilation and peripheral venous dilation.
When a patient is admitted into the emergency room with a suspected fracture of
the cervical spine, what is the nurse's priority?
Immobilize the cervical spine.
