RN LEARNING SYSTEM MEDICAL EXAM SURGICAL: IMMUNE AND INFECTIOUS 2024/2025
A nurse is teaching a client who has genital herpes about self-
management. Which of the following instructions should the nurse
include in the teaching? - Precise Answer ✔✔Apply a warm compress
to the lesions.
**The nurse should instruct the client to apply a warm compress to the
lesions to relieve discomfort.
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing an acute exacerbation
of rheumatoid arthritis. The nurse should anticipate that the client's
affected joints will require which of the following treatments? - Precise
Answer ✔✔-Heat paraffin therapy applied to the client's joints
**The nurse should anticipate the use of heat paraffin to be prescribed as
a nonpharmacologic intervention. The elevated ESR indicates an acute
inflammatory process due to client's rheumatoid arthritis. The use of the
warm paraffin relives the stiffness of the client's joints and provides
comfort.
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to the partner of a client who
has acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Which of the following
statements by the client's partner indicates the need for further teaching?
- Precise Answer ✔✔-"I'll clean up blood spills immediately with hot
water."
**The client's partner should clean blood or potentially contaminated
body substances with a bleach solution and wear gloves when coming
into contact with blood products.
, A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client who is being
treated for genital warts. Which of the following statements indicates
that the client understands how to prevent transmission of the sexually
transmitted infection (STI)? - Precise Answer ✔✔-"I will bring my
sexual partner in for treatment."
**The client should bring his partner in to be screened for genital warts
and treated.
A nurse is preparing to administer a Mantoux skin test to a client. The
nurse should inform the client that the purpose of a Mantoux skin test
using purified protein derivative (PPD) is to do which of the following
actions? - Precise Answer ✔✔-Identify if a client has been infected with
mycobacterium tuberculosis.
**The nurse should inform the client that the Mantoux test is used to
identify individuals who have been infected with mycobacterium
tuberculosis.
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results for a client who reports
bilateral pain and swelling in her finger joints, with stiffness in the
morning. The nurse should recognize that an increase in which of the
following laboratory tests can indicate arthritis? - Precise Answer ✔✔-
Rheumatoid factor
**An increase in the client's rheumatoid factor can indicate rheumatoid
arthritis or other connective tissue diseases.
A nurse is teaching a client who has AIDS about the transmission of
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP). Which of the following
A nurse is teaching a client who has genital herpes about self-
management. Which of the following instructions should the nurse
include in the teaching? - Precise Answer ✔✔Apply a warm compress
to the lesions.
**The nurse should instruct the client to apply a warm compress to the
lesions to relieve discomfort.
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing an acute exacerbation
of rheumatoid arthritis. The nurse should anticipate that the client's
affected joints will require which of the following treatments? - Precise
Answer ✔✔-Heat paraffin therapy applied to the client's joints
**The nurse should anticipate the use of heat paraffin to be prescribed as
a nonpharmacologic intervention. The elevated ESR indicates an acute
inflammatory process due to client's rheumatoid arthritis. The use of the
warm paraffin relives the stiffness of the client's joints and provides
comfort.
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to the partner of a client who
has acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Which of the following
statements by the client's partner indicates the need for further teaching?
- Precise Answer ✔✔-"I'll clean up blood spills immediately with hot
water."
**The client's partner should clean blood or potentially contaminated
body substances with a bleach solution and wear gloves when coming
into contact with blood products.
, A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client who is being
treated for genital warts. Which of the following statements indicates
that the client understands how to prevent transmission of the sexually
transmitted infection (STI)? - Precise Answer ✔✔-"I will bring my
sexual partner in for treatment."
**The client should bring his partner in to be screened for genital warts
and treated.
A nurse is preparing to administer a Mantoux skin test to a client. The
nurse should inform the client that the purpose of a Mantoux skin test
using purified protein derivative (PPD) is to do which of the following
actions? - Precise Answer ✔✔-Identify if a client has been infected with
mycobacterium tuberculosis.
**The nurse should inform the client that the Mantoux test is used to
identify individuals who have been infected with mycobacterium
tuberculosis.
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results for a client who reports
bilateral pain and swelling in her finger joints, with stiffness in the
morning. The nurse should recognize that an increase in which of the
following laboratory tests can indicate arthritis? - Precise Answer ✔✔-
Rheumatoid factor
**An increase in the client's rheumatoid factor can indicate rheumatoid
arthritis or other connective tissue diseases.
A nurse is teaching a client who has AIDS about the transmission of
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP). Which of the following
