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N URSINGTB.COM Chapter 02: Care of the Surgical Patient Cooper: Adult Health Nursing, 8th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The patient who had a nephrectomy yesterday has not used the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) delivery system but admits to being in pain but fearful of addiction. What is the nurse’s best response? a. “Modern analgesic drugs do not cause addiction.” b. “Pain relief is worth a short period of addiction.” c. “Addiction rarely occurs in the brief time postsurgical anal...

Medical-Surgical RN A Prophecy Relias Test, Answered 2022-1.2 milligrams is equal to how many micrograms? - 1200 mcg Your post-op patient has a Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain in place. How do you ensure effective drain function? - Compress the drain, then plug the bulb to establish suction Your male patient complains of discomfort while inflating the balloon during insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter. What would be the MOST appropriate action? - Deflate the balloon, advance the catheter furthe...

Medical-Surgical RN A Prophecy Relias Test, Answered 2022-1.2 milligrams is equal to how many micrograms? - 1200 mcg Your post-op patient has a Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain in place. How do you ensure effective drain function? - Compress the drain, then plug the bulb to establish suction Your male patient complains of discomfort while inflating the balloon during insertion of an indwelling urinary catheter. What would be the MOST appropriate action? - Deflate the balloon, advance the catheter furthe...

The Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) consists of over 100 schools. Most of these schools belong to one of several conferences, or collections of schools, that compete with each other on a regular basis in collegiate sports. Suppose the NCAA has commissioned a study that will propose the formation of conferences based on the similarities of the constituent schools. The file FBS contains data on schools belong to the Football Bowl Sub...

3. An infant with tetralogy of Fallot becomes acutely cyanotic and hyperpneic. Which action should the nurse implement first? • Provide 100% oxygen by face mask • Administer morphine sulfate • Start intravenous fluids • Place the infant in a knee chest position Answer: D An infant with tetralogy of Fallot will become acutely cyanotic and hyperpneic during a hypercyanotic spell (transient exertional tachypnea or “TET” spell), so the nurse should immediately place the infant in a...