Geriatrics NCLEX Review Questions, Verified And Correct AnswersGeriatrics NCLEX Review Questions, Verified And Correct Answers
1. A client has died,
... [Show More] and the nurse asks a family member about the funeral arrangements. The family member refuses to discuss the issue. Which is the appropriate nursing action?
-Remain with the family member without discussing funeral arrangements.
2. The nursing instructor asks a nursing student to describe the procedure for relieving an airway obstruction on an unconscious pregnant woman at 8 months' gestation. How should the student describe the procedure correctly?
-Place a rolled blanket under the right abdominal flank and hip area.
3. The nurse on the day shift walks into a client's room and finds the client unresponsive. The client is not breathing and does not have a pulse, and the nurse immediately calls out for help. The next nursing action is which?
-Start chest compressions.
4. The nurse witnesses a neighbor's husband sustain a fall from the roof of his house. The nurse rushes to the victim and determines the need to open the airway. The nurse opens the airway in this victim with the use of which method?
-Jaw thrust maneuver
5. The nurse understands that which is a correct guideline for adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for a health care provider?
-Each rescue breath should be given over 1 second and should produce a visible chest rise.
6. The nurse attempts to relieve an airway obstruction on a 6-year-old conscious child. Which location is the correct placement of the hands to perform this maneuver?
-Between the umbilicus and the xiphoid process
7. The nurse is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an adult. The nurse should deliver how many breaths per minute to the client?
-10
8. The nurse is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an infant. When performing chest compressions, which is the compression rate for an infant?
-100 times per minute
9. Which is the most appropriate location for assessing the pulse of an infant who is less than 1 year old?
-Brachial
10. The nurse educator is teaching principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a group of nursing students. The nurse asks a student to describe the reason why blind finger sweeps are avoided in infants. The nurse determines that the student understands the reason if the student makes which statement?
-"The object may be forced back further into the throat."
11. The nurse is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an adult client. How far should the sternum be depressed in an adult client for effective chest compressions?
-2 inches
12. The nurse is caring for an older client who is reminiscing about past life experiences in a positive manner. The nurse plans care with the understanding that this behavior indicates which?
-A normal psychosocial response
13. The nurse is preparing to care for a dying client, and several family members are at the client's bedside. Which therapeutic techniques should the nurse use when communicating with the family? Select all that apply.
-Encourage expression of feelings, concerns, and fears.
-Touch and hold the client's or family member's hand if appropriate.
-Be honest and let the client and family know that they will not be abandoned by the nurse.
14. Upon palpation of the fontanel of a 3-month-old newborn, the nurse notes that the anterior fontanel has not closed and is soft and flat. Which action should the nurse take?
-Document the findings. [Show Less]