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The nurse identifies that the patient with the greatest risk for a urinary
tract infection is:
a) 37-year-old man with renal colic associated with kidney stones.
b) 26-year-old pregnant woman who has a history of urinary tract
infections.
c) 69-year-old man who has urinary retention caused by benign
prostatic hyperplasia.
d) 72-year-old woman hospitalized with a stroke who has a urinary
catheter because of urinary incontinence. - answer d) 72-year-old
woman hospitalized with a stroke who has a urinary catheter because
of urinary incontinence.
You plan to promote rest for N.G. during his hospitalization, but when
entering his room later, you find him pacing around the room, fretting
because he is missing classes. He asks you how long it will be until he
can go back to school. Your best response to him is that he:
a) Should be able to go back to school within a few days.
b) Should just be glad he isn't feeling bad and not worry about school.
,c) Has the right to sign himself out of the hospital in order to prioritize
his school work.
d) Needs to take it easy until his blood pressure returns to normal and
his edema subsides. - answer d) Needs to take it easy until his blood
pressure returns to normal and his edema subsides.
The nurse is caring for a patient after a radical perineal prostatectomy
for advanced cancer of the prostate. What is a priority nursing diagnosis
for this patient?
a) Risk for infection
b) Sexual dysfunction
c) Total urinary incontinence
d) Risk for situational low self-esteem - answer a) Risk for infection
The nurse should recognize that the liver
performs which functions (Select all that apply)?
a) Bile storage
b) Detoxification
c) Protein metabolism
d) Steroid metabolism
, e) Platelet destruction - answer b) Detoxification
c) Protein metabolism
d) Steroid metabolism
When caring for a patient with a biliary obstruction, the nurse will
anticipate administering which vitamin supplements (select all that
apply)?
a) Vitamin A
b) Vitamin D
c) Vitamin E
d) Vitamin K
e) Vitamin B - answer a) Vitamin A
b) Vitamin D
c) Vitamin E
d) Vitamin K
The surgical treatment of choice for the patient with symptomatic
gallbladder disease is a:
a) Cholecystotomy.
b) Choledocholithotomy.