A nurse is caring for a client who has a new RX for antihypertensive medication. Prior to
administering the medication, the nurse uses an electronic
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information about the medication and the effects it might have on this client. Which of
the following components of critical thinking is the nurse using when he reviews the
medication information?
A) Knowledge
B) Experience
C) Intuition
D) Competence - A) Knowledge
A client who has an indwelling catheter reports a need to urinate. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A) Check to see whether the catheter is patent.
B) Reassure the client that it is not possible for her to urinate.
C) Recatheterize the bladder with a larger-gauge catheter.
D) Collect a urine specimen for analysis - A) Check to see whether the catheter is
patent.
A nurse is caring for a client who has a RX for a 24-hr urine collection. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take?
A) Discard the first voiding
B) Keep the urine in a singe container at room temp
C) Ask the client to urinate and pour the urine into a specimen container
D) Ask the client to urinate into the toilet, stop midstream, and finish urinating into the
specimen container. - A) Discard the first voiding
A newly licensed nurse is reporting to the charge nurse about the care she gave to a
client. She states, "The client said his leg pain was back, so I checked his medical
record, and he last received his pain med 6 hr ago. The prescription reads every 4
hours PRN for pain, so I decided he needs it. I asked the unit nurse to observe me
preparing and administering it. I checked with the client 40 minutes later, and he said
his pain is going away." The charge nurse should inform the newly licensed nurse that
she left out which of the following steps of the nursing process?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Intervention
D. Evaluation - A. Assessment
A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who is being admitted to the facility
with a
suspected diagnosis of pertussis. Which of the following should the nurse include in the
plan of care? (SATA)
A. Place the client in a room that has negative air pressure of at least six exchanges per
hour.
B. Wear a mask when providing care within 3 ft of the client.
C. Place a surgical mask on the client if transportation to another department is
unavoidable.
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