TEST BANK
latest
COMPLETE
Elaborated Test Bank
For
Taylor's Clinical Nursing
Skills
6thEdition
Pamela B Lynn
Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills 6thEdition by Pamela B
Lynn.
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT I Actions Basic to Nursing Care
Chapter 1 Asepsis and Infection Control
Chapter 2 Vital Signs
Chapter 3 Health Assessment
Chapter 4 Safety
Chapter 5 Medications
Chapter 6 Perioperative Nursing
UNIT II Promoting Healthy Physiologic Responses
Chapter 7 Hygiene
Chapter 8 Skin Integrity and Wound Care
Chapter 9 Activity
Chapter 10 Comfort and Pain Management
Chapter 11 Nutrition
Chapter 12 Urinary Elimination
Chapter 13 Bowel Elimination
Chapter 14 Oxygenation
Chapter 15 Perfusion
Chapter 16 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balance
,Chapter 17 Neurologic Care
Chapter 18 Laboratory Specimen Collection
, Prof.Exams
1. A nurse is attempting to obtain vital signs from a restless toddler who is clinging to his
mother's legs and asking to go home. Which of the following would be the best nursing
intervention to accomplish this task?
A) Perform the blood pressure assessment first because it is the most frightening
procedure for a child.
B) Perform as many of the assessments as possible with the child seated on the
parent's lap.
C) Do not allow the child to see the instruments until they are ready to be used.
D) Remove any distractions (e.g., toys/dolls from the room to improve concentration).
2. A nurse assesses the rectal temperature of a patient who is postoperative following oral
surgery. What patient assessment needs to be made before taking this temperature?
A) Pain assessment
B) Pulse rate
C) Platelet count
D) Fecal occult blood test
3. A patient informs the nurse that she still uses a mercury thermometer to take the
temperature of her children when they are sick. Which of the following is a
recommended teaching guideline for patients using these types of thermometers?
A) Teach patient safety related to accidental breakage of the thermometer.
B) Tell patients using mercury thermometers to throw them in the trash and buy a new
type of instrument.
C) Encourage patients to use alternative devices to assess temperature in their home.
D) Tell patients that mercury thermometers should be used only in a hospital setting
with appropriate safeguards.
4. A nurse is obtaining vital signs from patients using the tympanic method for measuring
temperature. Which of the following guidelines should be followed when taking a
tympanic temperature?
A) Do not take a tympanic temperature if the patient has an earache.
B) Do not take a tympanic temperature if there is noticeable earwax present.
C) Do not take a tympanic temperature if the patient has an ear infection.
D) If the patient has been sleeping with head to one side, take the temperature in the
ear facing down.
latest
COMPLETE
Elaborated Test Bank
For
Taylor's Clinical Nursing
Skills
6thEdition
Pamela B Lynn
Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills 6thEdition by Pamela B
Lynn.
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT I Actions Basic to Nursing Care
Chapter 1 Asepsis and Infection Control
Chapter 2 Vital Signs
Chapter 3 Health Assessment
Chapter 4 Safety
Chapter 5 Medications
Chapter 6 Perioperative Nursing
UNIT II Promoting Healthy Physiologic Responses
Chapter 7 Hygiene
Chapter 8 Skin Integrity and Wound Care
Chapter 9 Activity
Chapter 10 Comfort and Pain Management
Chapter 11 Nutrition
Chapter 12 Urinary Elimination
Chapter 13 Bowel Elimination
Chapter 14 Oxygenation
Chapter 15 Perfusion
Chapter 16 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balance
,Chapter 17 Neurologic Care
Chapter 18 Laboratory Specimen Collection
, Prof.Exams
1. A nurse is attempting to obtain vital signs from a restless toddler who is clinging to his
mother's legs and asking to go home. Which of the following would be the best nursing
intervention to accomplish this task?
A) Perform the blood pressure assessment first because it is the most frightening
procedure for a child.
B) Perform as many of the assessments as possible with the child seated on the
parent's lap.
C) Do not allow the child to see the instruments until they are ready to be used.
D) Remove any distractions (e.g., toys/dolls from the room to improve concentration).
2. A nurse assesses the rectal temperature of a patient who is postoperative following oral
surgery. What patient assessment needs to be made before taking this temperature?
A) Pain assessment
B) Pulse rate
C) Platelet count
D) Fecal occult blood test
3. A patient informs the nurse that she still uses a mercury thermometer to take the
temperature of her children when they are sick. Which of the following is a
recommended teaching guideline for patients using these types of thermometers?
A) Teach patient safety related to accidental breakage of the thermometer.
B) Tell patients using mercury thermometers to throw them in the trash and buy a new
type of instrument.
C) Encourage patients to use alternative devices to assess temperature in their home.
D) Tell patients that mercury thermometers should be used only in a hospital setting
with appropriate safeguards.
4. A nurse is obtaining vital signs from patients using the tympanic method for measuring
temperature. Which of the following guidelines should be followed when taking a
tympanic temperature?
A) Do not take a tympanic temperature if the patient has an earache.
B) Do not take a tympanic temperature if there is noticeable earwax present.
C) Do not take a tympanic temperature if the patient has an ear infection.
D) If the patient has been sleeping with head to one side, take the temperature in the
ear facing down.
