Questions & Detailed Rationales”
Obtaining a capillary blood specimen to measure blood glucose, you should - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----ensure there is good blood flow at the puncture site
True or False
When testing for fecal occult blood, a green color indicates a guaiac positive result.
- ---✔✔✔ANSWER----False
A RN instructing a female patient on obtaining a clean catch urine specimen should
stress to: - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Void a small amount of urine before
collecting the specimen
The client has an indwelling catheter. The nurse should obtain a sterile urine
specimen by - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----using a syringe to withdraw urine from
the catheter tubing port
,An x-ray of the abdomen visualizing the kidneys, ureters and bladder is known as:
- ---✔✔✔ANSWER----KUB
What is an echocardiogram? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Visualization of the
structures of the heart by using ultrasound
What does MRI stand for? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Magnetic Resonance
Imaging
Thoracentesis is removal of fluid from: - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----pleural space
While assisting with a thoracentesis the nurse should do all of the following
EXCEPT: - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Have the patient cough periodically
during the procedure
A noninvasive method of estimating bladder volume would be: - ---
✔✔✔ANSWER----Bladder Scanner
Your urine should smell - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----aromatic
What is a normal urine output per hour? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----30 mL
Urge incontinence is due to - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----an overactive bladder
, Stress incontinence is when - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----urine leaks when you
laugh, cough or sneeze
The presence of ketones in the urine indicates - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----rapid
breakdown of fat
The nurse who teaches a client about preventing UTIs would include which
statement? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Void immediately after sexual intercourse
How much space should you leave from the tip of the penis and the drainage tube
when applying a condom cath? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1 Inch
The nurse understands that a straight catheterization: - ---✔✔✔ANSWER---
-empties the bladder and the catheter is immediately removed
The purpose of a three way Foley after a TURP is to - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----
Irrigation
A nurse is inserting a Foley catheter in a female and obtains clear urine. What
next? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Advance the catheter another 2 inches (5 cm)
Where should Foley indwelling catheter drainage bag be positioned after insertion
of catheter? - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Lower than the level of the bladder