TEST BANK 2024/2025 NEWEST EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
A nurse is encouraging a post-operative patient to cough and take deep breaths.
This nursing action is due to the understanding by the nurse that retaining of
pulmonary secretions can lead to: - answerPneumonia
A patient with severe burns is scheduled for surgery for an allograft of right leg.
What must be considered as the post-operative plan of care for this patient? -
answerImmobilize and elevate the right leg
A nurse works in a community that has recently experienced a hurricane. The
nurse tries to find housing and counsels for those in need. Which level of
prevention does the nurse represent? - answerTertiary level
When caring for a patient posted for surgery, the nurse finds that the patient is
not able to sign the consent form due to narcotic analgesic administration. Who
,should sign the consent instead of the patient? - answerOne family member can
sign with two witnesses signatures.
When a nurse from a surgical unit is floated to the general unit, which of the
following patients must be assigned to him/her? - answerEmergency
appendectomy
An 88-year-old woman is posted for surgery. Which of the following consent
processes needs to be followed by a nurse in this case? - answerProvide
adequate time for the patient to process the information and sign.
A hurricane warning was issued and the nurses of a hospital were asked to open
a shelter. Which of the following would the nurses encourage the public to bring
to the shelter? - answerMedications and medical records.
A nurse is caring for a patient with radical neck dissection. The endotracheal tube
was removed a few minutes ago. When observing which of the following must the
nurse call the physician? - answerStridor
, A nurse is caring for a patient who is posted for surgery. Which of the following
would make the nurse suspect that the patient is in cardiogenic shock? -
answerMuffled heart sounds
A nurse is caring for a patient with burn in knee. The patient has undergone auto-
graft and grafting to burn site. Which of the following order prescribed is
appropriate for this patient? - answerImmobilization of the affected knee
when does the preoperative phase begin? - answerbegins when the decision to
proceed with surgical intervention is made and ends with the transfer of the
patient onto the operating room (OR) bed
when does the intraoperative phase begin? - answerbegins when the patient is
transferred onto the OR bed and ends with admission to the PACU
when does the postoperative phase begin? - answerbegins with the admission of
the patient to the PACU and ends with a follow-up evaluation in the clinical
setting or home