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Patient Education Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
A client on the psychiatric unit asks a nurse about psychiatric advance
directives (PADs). What information should form the basis of the
nurse's response?
Ans: A client is allowed to consent to or refuse potential
psychiatric treatments if a future incapacitating mental health
crisis occurs
Loratadine (Claritin), 10 mg by mouth once a day in the morning, is
prescribed for a 15-year-old girl with hay fever. The girl tells the school
nurse that she is concerned that she will be sleepy for a quiz the next
day. How should the nurse respond?
Ans: By explaining that this medication rarely causes
drowsiness
The parents of a child with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
tell the nurse that they are concerned about activity restrictions after
discharge. How should the nurse respond?
Ans: Activity does not affect the course of the illness.
An obese client with a hiatal hernia asks the nurse how to prevent
esophageal reflux. What is the nurse's best response?
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Ans: Eat less food at each meal.
A 24-year-old woman wants to use her basal body temperature (BBT)
in natural family planning but is unsure when to take her temperature.
The nurse informs her that an accurate BBT is best taken:
Ans: Each morning prior to getting out of bed or increasing her
activity
A client whose total cholesterol level is found to be 210 mg/dL at a
screening session at a health fair asks the nurse what to do in light of
this result. The nurse responds, "Your level is:
Ans: Elevated slightly and a diet low in saturated fats should be
followed.
After a prostatectomy, the client's retention catheter is pulled taut and
is taped to the thigh. The client reports that the catheter is pulled too
tight. What is the best initial action for the nurse to take?
Ans: Explain that the traction helps to control bleeding
A client who is at 33 weeks' gestation has contracted gonorrhea and is
prescribed probenecid (Benemid) and penicillin. What instructions will
the nurse give to the client regarding the reason for dual therapy?
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Patient Education Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
A client on the psychiatric unit asks a nurse about psychiatric advance
directives (PADs). What information should form the basis of the
nurse's response?
Ans: A client is allowed to consent to or refuse potential
psychiatric treatments if a future incapacitating mental health
crisis occurs
Loratadine (Claritin), 10 mg by mouth once a day in the morning, is
prescribed for a 15-year-old girl with hay fever. The girl tells the school
nurse that she is concerned that she will be sleepy for a quiz the next
day. How should the nurse respond?
Ans: By explaining that this medication rarely causes
drowsiness
The parents of a child with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
tell the nurse that they are concerned about activity restrictions after
discharge. How should the nurse respond?
Ans: Activity does not affect the course of the illness.
An obese client with a hiatal hernia asks the nurse how to prevent
esophageal reflux. What is the nurse's best response?
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Ans: Eat less food at each meal.
A 24-year-old woman wants to use her basal body temperature (BBT)
in natural family planning but is unsure when to take her temperature.
The nurse informs her that an accurate BBT is best taken:
Ans: Each morning prior to getting out of bed or increasing her
activity
A client whose total cholesterol level is found to be 210 mg/dL at a
screening session at a health fair asks the nurse what to do in light of
this result. The nurse responds, "Your level is:
Ans: Elevated slightly and a diet low in saturated fats should be
followed.
After a prostatectomy, the client's retention catheter is pulled taut and
is taped to the thigh. The client reports that the catheter is pulled too
tight. What is the best initial action for the nurse to take?
Ans: Explain that the traction helps to control bleeding
A client who is at 33 weeks' gestation has contracted gonorrhea and is
prescribed probenecid (Benemid) and penicillin. What instructions will
the nurse give to the client regarding the reason for dual therapy?
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