PN 3006 Midterm Revised Questions and Answers 2024/2025

PN 3006 Midterm Revised Questions and Answers 2024 /2025 1. sub Q needle length :Answer: 5/8-1" 2. heparin most at risk of bleeding when they are taking what? :Answer: NSAID 3. Dr. Orders meds PO, it comes by in injection form? what does nurse do?:Answer: call pharmacy and get correct route 4. is it ok to hide medications if pt. routinely refuses? :Answer: no 5. Do you rub skin after administering insulin? :Answer: no 6. Pt. in neg pressure isolation for TB, coughs large blood sputum. What is the most important way for a nurse to protect self? :Answer: N95, gloves, shield and gown 7. Nurse is caring for several pts with contact precautions. Is it ok to cohort them all in the same room? :Answer: yes, if they have the same disease 8. pt. with infection with oral/fecal transmission and the nurse has a tear in glove during care? what does nurse do?:Answer: remove glove, wash hands, adorn fresh gloves and finish care 9. pt. is on isolation and tries to leave isolation room? what should nurse implement? :Answer: talk with pt. to find ways to reduce loneliness 10. nurse is teaching hand washing, how do you know its effective? :Answer: pt. tells you to use soap, water & friction 11. 3yr old in isolation, how do you reduce anxiety? :Answer: put mask, glove and gown on in view of child 12. Doffing PPE order :Answer: gloves, gown, goggles, mask * HH in between each removal * 13. donning PPE:Answer: gown, mask, goggles, gloves 14. should you wash your hands in Hot water? :Answer: no 15. Do you use surgical asepsis for a tube feed? :Answer: No 16. C-diff what type of contact precautions are used? :Answer: contact precautions 17. what would you find in an assessment of a pt. with paresthesia? :Answer: numb - ness, tingling, burning, prickling in hands/ feet usually painless 18. If the nurse suspects an abnormal heart rate/beat how long should you auscultate? :Answer: full minute (60 seconds) 19. plural friction rub clear with a cough? :Answer: false - only fine crackles clear with cough (upper lobes) 20. what indicates hand hygiene education was effective? :Answer: rubs sudsy hands together for 10 -15 seconds 21. what should the nurse do if the patient has blue nailbeds? :Answer: assess oxygen saturations 22. when is a general assessment done? :Answer: as often as needed 23. Nurse concerned about impaired peripheral perfusion, what would nurse expect to see?:Answer: bilateral pedal pulses/ legs absent 24. Abdominal assessment is done in what order? :Answer: observation auscultate palpate 25. back pain:Answer: 26. pt. asking why nurse needs such in-depth info and frustrated with ques- tioning, what does the nurse say? :Answer: Need complete data to perform effective nursing care 27. pt. constipated, what do you expect to find? :Answer: abd distended and taught 28. what characteristic is consistent with melanoma? :Answer: larger than 6mm in size 29. ABCDE rule of melanoma :Answer: asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving 30. Pt. education is effective on self injections when the pt. states? :Answer: I will rotate the injection site 31. nurse administers 25mg and it should have been 15mg, who is at fault? :Answer: - nurse 32. Pt. in need of immediate pain relief, quickest method :Answer: IV 33. Rx has an unusual dose of Dilantin what dose nurse do?:Answer: call doctor to clarify 34. pt. teaching when administering SL meds, what does nurse tell pt.:Answer: let SL medication dissolve completely 35. pt. in pain and has used all pain meds ordered what does nurse do?:Answer: call doctor for pain med stat 36. can SL/buccal meds be given orally? :Answer: no not PO but rather Buccal or SL 37. when administering eye drops you instill them along the conjunctival sack? :Answer: True 38. Pt. should be directed to never shake a metered dose inhaler? :Answer: False - you always shake a metered dose inhaler 39. blood products can stay out for 8 hours T/F? :Answer: False 4 hours total 30 minutes before started 40. Pt. receiving blood products and pt. has tachycardia, chills, lower back pain. what is the initial action of nurse :Answer: stop infusion call MRP save blood bag/tubing in fridge 24 hrs 41. type AB blood is universal donor? :Answer: False O neg is universal donor 42. Universal recipient of blood is:Answer: AB+ 43. Nurse puts in peripheral line and the edu. she gives to pt includes? :Answer: telling pt. to