Med Surg RN HESI / HESI Med-Surg RN
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A client who is newly diagnosed with emphysema is being prepared for discharge. Which instruction is best for the nurse to provide the client to assist them with dyspnea self-management? - CORRECT ANSWER-Practice inhaling through the nose and exhaling slowly through pursed lips
A client with cancer is receiving chemotherapy with a known vesicant. The client's IV has been in place for 72 hours. The nurse determines that a new IV site cannot be obtained, and
leaves the present IV in place. What is the greatest clinical risk related to this situation? - CORRECT ANSWER-Impaired skin integrity
A postoperative client reports incisional pain. The client has two prescriptions for PRN analgesia that accompanied the client from the postanasthesia unit. Before selecting which medication to administer, which action should the nurse implement? - CORRECT ANSWER-Compare the client's pain scale rating with the prescribed dosing
While assisting a female client to the toilet, the client begins to have a seizure and the nurse eases her to the floor. The nurse calls for help and monitors the client until the seizing stops.
Which intervention should the nurse implement first? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Observe for prolonged periods of apnea A male client with diabetes mellitus (DM) is transferred from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility following treatment for a stroke with resulting right hemiplegia. He tells the nurse that his feet are always uncomfortably cool at night, preventing him from falling asleep. Which action should the nurse implement. - CORRECT ANSWER-Place warm blankets next to the client's feet
A client with a productive cough has obtained a sputum specimen for culture as instructed. What is the best initial nursing action? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Observe the color, consistency, and amount of sputum
A client is brought to the ED by ambulance in cardiac arrest with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in progress. The client is intubated and is receiving 100% oxygen per self-inflating (ambu) bag. The nurse determines that the client is cyanotic, cold, and diaphoretic. Which assessment is most important for the nurse to obtain? - CORRECT ANSWER-Breath sounds over bilateral lung fields.
After a hospitalization for Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH), a client develops pontine myselinolysis. Which intervention should the nurse implement first? - CORRECT ANSWER-Reorient client to his room
A male client with heart failure (HF) calls the clinic and reports that he cannot put his shoes on because they are too tight. Which additional information should the nurse obtain? - CORRECT ANSWER-Has his weight changed in the last several days? [Show Less]