Week 6 Skills Lab Question and answers
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The nurse is caring for a patient with an indwelling urinary drainage catheter.
The nurse suspects the catheter is obstructed. Which finding on the patient
would confirm the nurse's suspicions?
Midline dull epigastric pain
A fluid wave verified by ultrasound examination
Tenderness at the costovertebral angle
A smooth rounded mass at the symphysis pubis - correct answers A smooth
rounded mass at the symphysis pubis
Which finding would necessitate immediate notification of the practitioner?
Vascular "turbulent" sound over the epigastric region
Faint hypoactive bowel sounds in a patient after surgery
An easily palpable liver in a 70-year-old woman
A soft mass in the right lower quadrant of a child's abdomen - correct answers
Vascular "turbulent" sound over the epigastric region
, In preparation for an intermittent enteral feeding, the nurse should take which
action?
Place the patient on the left side to prevent aspiration.
Make sure that the formula is at room temperature.
Make sure that the formula is still cold.
Place the patient in the supine position. - correct answers Make sure that the
formula is at room temperature.
A nurse is teaching a student nurse about verification of enteral feeding tube
placement. The nurse asks the student nurse which is the MOST reliable way
to verify placement. Which answer indicates that the student nurse
understood the information?
Auscultating an air bolus
Observing the color of aspirated fluid
Obtaining an x-ray
Checking pH of aspirated fluid - correct answers Obtaining an x-ray
What should the nurse do before removing a patient's NG tube?
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The nurse is caring for a patient with an indwelling urinary drainage catheter.
The nurse suspects the catheter is obstructed. Which finding on the patient
would confirm the nurse's suspicions?
Midline dull epigastric pain
A fluid wave verified by ultrasound examination
Tenderness at the costovertebral angle
A smooth rounded mass at the symphysis pubis - correct answers A smooth
rounded mass at the symphysis pubis
Which finding would necessitate immediate notification of the practitioner?
Vascular "turbulent" sound over the epigastric region
Faint hypoactive bowel sounds in a patient after surgery
An easily palpable liver in a 70-year-old woman
A soft mass in the right lower quadrant of a child's abdomen - correct answers
Vascular "turbulent" sound over the epigastric region
, In preparation for an intermittent enteral feeding, the nurse should take which
action?
Place the patient on the left side to prevent aspiration.
Make sure that the formula is at room temperature.
Make sure that the formula is still cold.
Place the patient in the supine position. - correct answers Make sure that the
formula is at room temperature.
A nurse is teaching a student nurse about verification of enteral feeding tube
placement. The nurse asks the student nurse which is the MOST reliable way
to verify placement. Which answer indicates that the student nurse
understood the information?
Auscultating an air bolus
Observing the color of aspirated fluid
Obtaining an x-ray
Checking pH of aspirated fluid - correct answers Obtaining an x-ray
What should the nurse do before removing a patient's NG tube?
