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OA EXAM NEWEST EXAM /OA EXAM PREPARATION/OA EXAM
PRACTICE EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS| BRAND NEW VERSION!
What safety actions does the nurse need to take for a client receiving oxygen
therapy who is undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?
Ensure that no client care equipment containing metal enters the room where the
MRI is located
The nurse is performing a neurological assessment of a client who has sustained
damage to the frontal cortex. Which of the following deficits will the nurse look
for during assessment?
The inability to tell how a mouse and a cat are alike
The nurse is preparing a client for a neurological examination by the physician and
explains tests the physician will be doing, including the Romberg test. The client
asks the purpose of this particular test. The correct reply by the nurse is which of
the following?
it is a test for balance
The physician's office nurse is caring for a client who has a history of a cerebral
aneurysm. Which diagnostic test does the nurse anticipate to monitor the status
of the aneurysm?
cerebral angiography
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A client is diagnosed with a brain tumor. The nurse's assessment reveals that the
client has difficulty interpreting visual stimuli. Based on these findings, the nurse
suspects injury to which lobe of the brain?
occipital
A patient who is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes would be expected to:
Need exogenous insulin
Health teaching for a patient who suffers from motion sickness would include
recommending the use of which one of the following over-the-counter drugs?
dramamine
The nurse is teaching a client about self-administration of insulin and about mixing
regular and neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin. Which information is
important to include in the teaching plan?
When mixing insulin, the regular insulin is drawn up into the syringe first
A client has been diagnosed with myxedema from long-standing hypothyroidism.
What clinical manifestations of this disorder does the nurse recognize are
progressing to myxedema coma? Select all that apply.
hypothermia
hypertension
hypotension
hypoventilation
hyperventilation
hypothermia
hypotension
hypoventilation
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On the third day after a partial thyroidectomy, a client exhibits muscle twitching
and hyperirritability of the nervous system. When questioned, the client reports
numbness and tingling of the mouth and fingertips. Suspecting a life-threatening
electrolyte disturbance, the nurse notifies the surgeon immediately. Which
electrolyte disturbance most commonly follows thyroid surgery?
hypocalcemia
A client with diabetes mellitus is receiving an oral antidiabetic agent. The nurse
observes for which condition when caring for this client?
hypoglycemia
A nurse practitioner in an emergency room receives a telephone call from a
mother whose 4-year-old child has a mosquito stuck in his external ear canal.
Which of the following is the best information the nurse could give the mother?
Instill a few drops of warmed mineral oil to cover the insect.
A client with diabetic ketoacidosis was admitted to the intensive care unit 4 hours
ago and has these laboratory results: blood glucose level 450 mg/dl, serum
potassium level 2.5 mEq/L, serum sodium level 140 mEq/L, and urine specific
gravity 1.025. The client has two IV lines in place with normal saline solution
infusing through both. Over the past 4 hours, his total urine output has been 50
ml. Which physician order should the nurse question?
Change the second IV solution to dextrose 5% in water.
For a client with hyperthyroidism, treatment is most likely to include:
a thyroid hormone antagonist
Thyroid hormone antagonists, which block thyroid hormone synthesis, combat
increased production of thyroid hormone. Treatment of hyperthyroidism also may
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OA EXAM NEWEST EXAM /OA EXAM PREPARATION/OA EXAM
PRACTICE EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS| BRAND NEW VERSION!
What safety actions does the nurse need to take for a client receiving oxygen
therapy who is undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?
Ensure that no client care equipment containing metal enters the room where the
MRI is located
The nurse is performing a neurological assessment of a client who has sustained
damage to the frontal cortex. Which of the following deficits will the nurse look
for during assessment?
The inability to tell how a mouse and a cat are alike
The nurse is preparing a client for a neurological examination by the physician and
explains tests the physician will be doing, including the Romberg test. The client
asks the purpose of this particular test. The correct reply by the nurse is which of
the following?
it is a test for balance
The physician's office nurse is caring for a client who has a history of a cerebral
aneurysm. Which diagnostic test does the nurse anticipate to monitor the status
of the aneurysm?
cerebral angiography
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, OA Exam Newest Exam /OA Exam Preparation
A client is diagnosed with a brain tumor. The nurse's assessment reveals that the
client has difficulty interpreting visual stimuli. Based on these findings, the nurse
suspects injury to which lobe of the brain?
occipital
A patient who is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes would be expected to:
Need exogenous insulin
Health teaching for a patient who suffers from motion sickness would include
recommending the use of which one of the following over-the-counter drugs?
dramamine
The nurse is teaching a client about self-administration of insulin and about mixing
regular and neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin. Which information is
important to include in the teaching plan?
When mixing insulin, the regular insulin is drawn up into the syringe first
A client has been diagnosed with myxedema from long-standing hypothyroidism.
What clinical manifestations of this disorder does the nurse recognize are
progressing to myxedema coma? Select all that apply.
hypothermia
hypertension
hypotension
hypoventilation
hyperventilation
hypothermia
hypotension
hypoventilation
2|Page
, OA Exam Newest Exam /OA Exam Preparation
On the third day after a partial thyroidectomy, a client exhibits muscle twitching
and hyperirritability of the nervous system. When questioned, the client reports
numbness and tingling of the mouth and fingertips. Suspecting a life-threatening
electrolyte disturbance, the nurse notifies the surgeon immediately. Which
electrolyte disturbance most commonly follows thyroid surgery?
hypocalcemia
A client with diabetes mellitus is receiving an oral antidiabetic agent. The nurse
observes for which condition when caring for this client?
hypoglycemia
A nurse practitioner in an emergency room receives a telephone call from a
mother whose 4-year-old child has a mosquito stuck in his external ear canal.
Which of the following is the best information the nurse could give the mother?
Instill a few drops of warmed mineral oil to cover the insect.
A client with diabetic ketoacidosis was admitted to the intensive care unit 4 hours
ago and has these laboratory results: blood glucose level 450 mg/dl, serum
potassium level 2.5 mEq/L, serum sodium level 140 mEq/L, and urine specific
gravity 1.025. The client has two IV lines in place with normal saline solution
infusing through both. Over the past 4 hours, his total urine output has been 50
ml. Which physician order should the nurse question?
Change the second IV solution to dextrose 5% in water.
For a client with hyperthyroidism, treatment is most likely to include:
a thyroid hormone antagonist
Thyroid hormone antagonists, which block thyroid hormone synthesis, combat
increased production of thyroid hormone. Treatment of hyperthyroidism also may
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