Virtual-ATI 2019 RN Comprehensive Predictor Post-Assessment Assignment
The nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who had an amniocentesis.
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are three (3) teaching points the nurse should include?
Rest at home and avoid strenuous activities for at least 24 hours. Tell your healthcare provider
if you have any of the following: bleeding or leaking of amniotic fluid from the needle puncture
site or the vagina. Report fever or chills.
A nurse is caring for a client following shunt placement for treatment of glaucoma. Name
three (3) activities that increase the risk of complications following glaucoma surgery.
Exercise, such as running, or lifting more than 10 pounds. Bending, lifting, or straining.
A nurse is completing a head-to-toe assessment on a client diagnosed with viral
meningitis. What are three (3) findings the nurse can expect to observe during the
assessment?
Headache, fever, nuchal rigidity, eyes more sensitive to light (photophobia), sleepiness, nausea,
irritability.
The nurse is obtaining vital signs on a newborn infant. Identify the normal ranges for
newborn vital signs and the nursing considerations when obtaining vital signs of a
newborn.
Respirations: 0-6 months: 30 to 60 breaths per minute. 6-12 months: 24 to 30 beats per minute.
Heart rate: 100 to 160 beats per minute.
Blood pressure: 0-6 months: 65-90, 45 to 65 mmHg 6-12 months: 80-100/55 to 65 mm Hg.
Perform b/p and v/s in a quiet environment to obtain accurate readings.
A client with thyroid cancer is receiving brachytherapy. Describe the
treatment brachytherapy.
Brachytherapy is the treatment of cancer, especially prostate cancer, by the insertion of
radioactive implants directly into the tissue. Brachytherapy is cancer treatment in which
radioactive material sealed inside a seen, pellet, wire, or capsule is implanted in the body using
a needle or catheter. The radiation given off by this source damages the DNA of nearby canc [Show Less]