PROPHECY MEDICAL SURGICAL-TELEMETRY LATEST
EXAM EXAM QUIZ ACCURATE ANSWERS
1.You are to obtain informed consent for a Spanish-speaking patient sched- uled for
surgery. You do not speak Spanish and are having difficulty com- municating with your
patient. Which of the following resources would be most appropriate to utilize in order
to obtain consent?: The hospitals language interpreter
2.You're reviewing the discharge medication list of a patient diagnosed with gastric
ulcer. Which of the following medication should you question?: Acetyl- salicylic acid
( Bauer buffered aspirin)
3.When taking care of a patient with pancreatitis, which of the following lab should
be reviewed?: Lipase and amylase
4.You're caring for a 12 hour postoperative parathyroidectomy patient. Which
assessment finding would indicate an emergency?: Laryngeal strider
5.Which of the following actions would be considered a violation of Hyppa?-
: Looking through the chart of a coworker admitted to your unit
, 6.: Sinus tachycardia
7.You are taking care of a patient who is admitted for left flank pain with a kidney
stone of 1.5 cm. He asks you about the procedure what would be the most
therapeutic response?: Due to the size of the kidney stone it is an
appropriate treatment?
NOT:Print reading materials about the subject and give it to the patient
8.The nurse is taking care of a patient who is terminally ill and has a DNR on file. Their
patient has a sudden cardiac arrest and family wants CPR initiated. How should you
respond?: Honor the patient's wishes
9.: Not normal sinus rhythm into a flutter
Correct answer is ventricular fibrillation
10.Your patient began deteriorating rapidly after complaining of shortness of breath.
And ABG was drawn and the results are pH? HCO3 - 23. These values indicate the
patient is experiencing::
11.Your inserting a urinary catheter into a male patient. As you inflate a balloon, the
patient complains of discomfort what is the best action?: Aspirate the fluid,
advance the catheter farther, then re-inflate the balloon
EXAM EXAM QUIZ ACCURATE ANSWERS
1.You are to obtain informed consent for a Spanish-speaking patient sched- uled for
surgery. You do not speak Spanish and are having difficulty com- municating with your
patient. Which of the following resources would be most appropriate to utilize in order
to obtain consent?: The hospitals language interpreter
2.You're reviewing the discharge medication list of a patient diagnosed with gastric
ulcer. Which of the following medication should you question?: Acetyl- salicylic acid
( Bauer buffered aspirin)
3.When taking care of a patient with pancreatitis, which of the following lab should
be reviewed?: Lipase and amylase
4.You're caring for a 12 hour postoperative parathyroidectomy patient. Which
assessment finding would indicate an emergency?: Laryngeal strider
5.Which of the following actions would be considered a violation of Hyppa?-
: Looking through the chart of a coworker admitted to your unit
, 6.: Sinus tachycardia
7.You are taking care of a patient who is admitted for left flank pain with a kidney
stone of 1.5 cm. He asks you about the procedure what would be the most
therapeutic response?: Due to the size of the kidney stone it is an
appropriate treatment?
NOT:Print reading materials about the subject and give it to the patient
8.The nurse is taking care of a patient who is terminally ill and has a DNR on file. Their
patient has a sudden cardiac arrest and family wants CPR initiated. How should you
respond?: Honor the patient's wishes
9.: Not normal sinus rhythm into a flutter
Correct answer is ventricular fibrillation
10.Your patient began deteriorating rapidly after complaining of shortness of breath.
And ABG was drawn and the results are pH? HCO3 - 23. These values indicate the
patient is experiencing::
11.Your inserting a urinary catheter into a male patient. As you inflate a balloon, the
patient complains of discomfort what is the best action?: Aspirate the fluid,
advance the catheter farther, then re-inflate the balloon
