Introduction to Nursing Practice Study Guide
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Nursing Practice provides an overview of the foundational concepts, skills, and attitudes essential for beginning nursing students. This course introduces students to the roles and responsibilities of the professional nurse, including patient-centered care, safety, communication, and clinical reasoning. Emphasis is placed on understanding the health care environment, ethical and legal principles, and evidence-based practice. Students engage in both classroom learning and hands-on experiences in clinical or simulated settings to develop fundamental nursing skills such as patient assessment, infection control, and basic interventions, preparing them for continued progression in the nursing profession.
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Introduction to Medical Surgical Nursing 6th Edition by Linton
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Chapter 1: The Health Care System
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Q1) A 42-year-old patient admitted yesterday with a diagnosis-related group (DRG)diagnosis of abdominal pain of an unknown cause is being discharged this afternoon because all diagnostic tests have been negative.This scenario is an example of:
A) Effective laboratory response
B) Medicare guidelines limiting hospital stay
C) Cost containment related to a DRG diagnosis
D) Patient who should not have been admitted in the first place
Answer: C
Q2) The nurse clarifies that health care benefits supported by both federal and state funding are exemplified in:
A) Cost-containment prospective funding
B) Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Social Security benefits for dentures
C) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveillance of persons at risk for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
D) Medicaid provision for skilled care in the home
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Patient Care Settings
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Q1) Home health nurses have some different nursing activities than those of community health nurses.Which of the following describes the home health nurse's activities?
A) Conducting health education classes in a senior citizens' common residence building.
B) Conducting blood pressure screening on a regular basis at a local mall.
C) Visiting and assessing the home care and further teaching needs of a patient who has been recently discharged from the hospital.
D) Acting as a nurse consultant to a chronic psychiatric section in a state institution.
Answer: C
Q2) When their grandmother was admitted to a long-term residential care facility,the family was assured by the admitting nurse that care,in keeping with the concepts of long-term care,would be based on:
A) Amount of activities the resident can do for herself
B) Maintenance care with an emphasis on incontinence
C) Successful adaptation to the regulations of the home
D) Maintenance of as much function as possible
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Legal and Ethical Considerations
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Q1) The physician has written an order for morphine sulfate,100 mg.The LPN/LVN inquires if he meant to write 10 mg.The physician confirms that he meant 100 mg.The LPN/LVN should:
A) Call a member of the hospital administration.
B) Refuse to transcribe the order.
C) Call the pharmacist.
D) Notify the nursing supervisor.
Answer: D
Q2) Prioritize the steps in solving an ethical dilemma.
A) Evaluate the outcome.
B) Plan an approach.
C) Visualize the consequences.
D) Take action.
E) Identify the problem.
Answer: E,B,C,D,A
To solve an ethical dilemma,one must clearly identify the problem,plan an approach,visualize the consequences,take action,and evaluate the outcome.
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Chapter 4: The Leadership Role of the Licensed Practical
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Q1) To establish an effective team,the team leader must be able to:
A) Establish a clear purpose, and clarify its significance.
B) Be firm to maintain focus on one idea, not sidetracked by the ideas of others.
C) Listen to all input in an active manner.
D) Demonstrate concern for stress of the team members.
E) Be honest concerning own opinions and attitudes.
Q2) The licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN),as a regular staff member,knows all the patients and anticipates many of their needs.Other staff members are comfortable asking for advice.The advice is given freely with a clear explanation or demonstration or both.This nurse can be said to be acting in the role of a(n):
A) Self-appointed teacher
B) Management-assigned instructor
C) Informal leader
D) Designated supervisor
Q3) An LPN/LVN took the responsibility of working with the equipment company representative to learn about some new equipment coming to the facility.The LPN/LVN then developed and presented in-service teaching to the rest of the staff.This LPN/LVN is managing under management theory ____________________.
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Chapter 5: The Nurse-Patient Relationship
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Q1) A 6-year-old who is brought to the Public Health Clinic Building to receive immunizations for the beginning of school would be properly classified for service as a:
A) Patient
B) Child
C) Customer
D) Client
Q2) The LPN/LVN explains to a patient that in modern holistic nursing,the plan of care includes which of the following aspects?
A) Psychologic
B) Financial
C) Physiologic
D) Spiritual
E) Sociologic
Q3) Sometimes patients communicate by crying,moaning,or laughing.The term for this is:
A) Verbal communication
B) Nonverbal communication
C) Acting out and seeking attention
D) Seeking holistic support
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Chapter 6: Cultural Aspects of Nursing Care
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Q1) A Filipino man is admitting his elderly mother to a long-term care facility for custodial care.During the intake interview,the man is alternately tearful and defensive.The culturally competent nurse assesses the labile behavior as being related to the Filipino belief that:
A) Medical facilities are a place of death.
B) Families should care for the older family members at home.
C) His language barrier is causing him to be misunderstood.
D) Such facilities will limit visitations from the family.
Q2) A patient of Chinese descent is in the community clinic for treatment of his arthritis.The patient tells the nurse that his disease is a "hot disease." The nurse assesses that he is referring to the hot-cold theory,which holds that hot diseases are caused by:
A) His body's reaction to hot weather
B) Excessive blood and yellow bile
C) Invasion of hot or evil thoughts, causing his body to react
D) Overeating cold foods
Q3) The nurse explains that a Hindu refers to the record of his or her life and its accomplishments as ____________________.
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Chapter 7: The Nurse and the Family
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Q1) As the nurse is preparing the patient for a colonoscopy,the patient states that she is nervous about the procedure but knows it will help her physician diagnose her problem.The nurse assesses that this patient is using the coping strategy of:
A) Internal family coping by interpreting events in a positive manner
B) Internal family coping by relieving anxiety and tension with humor
C) External family coping by seeking social support
D) External family coping by depersonalizing the procedure
Q2) During a family counseling session,the patient,a mother of a 5-year-old son,states,"I don't understand why my husband continually tries to get our son involved in T-ball.My son said the coach and his dad yelled at him and told him the game was lost because he couldn't catch the ball." As a nurse,you know that to maintain a healthy family unit,one of the most important family interactions is to:
A) Maintain open communication among all family members.
B) Encourage self-acceptance and self-esteem for all family members.
C) Encourage all family members to participate in community events.
D) Realize that not all family members may be able to fulfill assigned roles.
Q3) The nurse includes the family in patient care to maintain the family's
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Chapter 8: Health and Illness
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Q1) The nurse describes yoga as an alternative therapy that creates a __________________ intervention.
Q2) The nurse clarifies that nontraditional remedies are becoming popular because:
A) Many remedies are available without a prescription.
B) Remedies do not interfere with traditional medications.
C) Treatment modalities can be self-taught.
D) Practitioners charge lower fees than medical physicians.
E) Remedies are noninvasive.
Q3) Activities directed toward maintaining or enhancing well-being against illness are called:
A) Health promotion
B) Health treatment
C) Health evaluation
D) Health assessment
Q4) In explaining the concept of chronic illness,the nurse uses the example of a patient who has:
A) Acne
B) Appendicitis
C) Heart attack
D) Asthma
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Chapter 9: Nutrition
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Q1) A 13-year-old patient is 5 feet,6 inches tall,weighs 102 pounds,and is constantly worried about getting "too fat" and is refusing to eat.The nurse assesses that the patient is suffering from:
A) Bulimia
B) Anorexia nervosa
C) Malabsorption
D) Peptic ulcer
Q2) The nurse points out that the cellulose found in celery and lettuce is a source of
Q3) Complete proteins are found in:
A) Poultry, milk, and eggs
B) Grains, legumes, and seeds
C) Nuts, beans, and corn
D) Breads, beans, and vegetables
Q4) The carrier protein responsible for absorption of vitamin B12 is:
A) Pepsin
B) Intrinsic factor
C) Hydrochloric acid
D) Gastrin
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Chapter 10: Developmental Processes
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Q1) The term used to describe the functional capabilities of various organ systems in the body is:
A) Psychologic age
B) Social age
C) Biologic age
D) Chronologic age
Q2) Asking patients about loneliness is a particularly significant part of the nursing assessment of:
A) Young adults
B) Old young adults
C) Old middle-aged adults
D) Older adults
Q3) The nurse reminds a group of young parents that the major cause of death in their age groups is (are):
A) Cervical and testicular cancer
B) Overwhelming infection
C) Accidents and violence
D) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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Chapter 11: The Older Patient
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Q1) The nurse explains that the effects of aging on the nervous system result in:
A) Accelerated loss of neurons in the brain.
B) Gradually declining loss of intellectual capability.
C) Decreased conduction speed of neurons.
D) Loss of long-term memory.
Q2) Chemosensory changes that are observed in the older adult:
A) Are directly related to the aging process.
B) Are most often caused by disease.
C) Begin in the fifth decade of life.
D) Affect more women than men.
Q3) When gathering data concerning the musculoskeletal system,the most significant assessment would be:
A) Slow gait
B) Degree of motion of all joints
C) Enlarged joints
D) Crepitus in joints
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Chapter 12: The Nursing Process and Critical Thinking
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Q1) The nurse notes the previous 24-hour urine output was 950 ml,well below the normal of 1500 ml.An effective nursing order to remedy the impending dehydration would be to:
A) Offer more fluids daily.
B) Offer 8 ounces of juice or tea at 0800 (8 AM), 1200 (12 noon), 1600 (4 PM), and 2000 (8 PM).
C) Request extra fluid on a diet tray from the kitchen.
D) Place a large water pitcher at the bedside during each shift.
Q2) The nurse who exhibits an open minded,professionally curious,mature and self confident approach to care would be considered a ________________
Q3) In PIE documentation,a type of POMR,the acronym PIE stands for ____________________,____________________ and
Q4) Data collection consists of:
A) Information supplied by patient and family
B) Health history, physical assessment, and documentation
C) Health history and physical assessment
D) Assessment, patient records, and diagnostic tests
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Chapter 13: Inflammation, infection, and Immunity
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Q1) The home health nurse is teaching the family that the most effective method to control the spread of communicable disease is to:
A) Isolate the infected person from all contact with noninfected persons.
B) Vigorously petition the community health department to increase spraying.
C) Administer prophylactic antibiotics to the rest of the family.
D) Demonstrate and monitor a return demonstration of a good hand-washing technique by the family.
Q2) A community picnic is held.A number of the attendees become ill after the picnic.The pathogen in this case was acquired via:
A) Indirect contact
B) Common vehicle
C) Airborne transmission
D) Vector transmission
Q3) The nurse assesses that the patient who has acquired a health care-associated infection is most likely the patient with:
A) Abdominal abscess after a ruptured appendix
B) Lice and nits that have come from the emergency department
C) Urinary infection after the insertion of a Foley catheter
D) Two-day, postoperative foot fungus after a hip replacement
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Chapter 14: Fluids and Electrolytes
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Q1) A small child is hospitalized with severe metabolic acidosis after ingesting a whole bottle of baby aspirin approximately 8 hours earlier.The emphasis of the nursing care for this patient is reassuring the patient and:
A) Providing IV treatments as ordered but without sodium bicarbonate.
B) Frequently assessing the mental and neurologic status.
C) Taking daily weights and vital signs.
D) Inducing vomiting.
Q2) The nurse cautions a group of high school athletes about fluid loss in hot,dry weather,because the normal loss from respiration,which is ____________________ to ____________________ mL/day,is doubled.
Q3) When the water absorption in the renal tubules becomes greater than normal,the nurse anticipates that the urine will become:
A) More concentrated
B) Less concentrated
C) More alkaline
D) Less alkaline
Q4) The nurse assesses deep-rapid respirations in a patient with metabolic acidosis to be an indicator of the homeostatic system at work to reduce the ____________________ level.
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Chapter 15: Pain Management
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Q1) The physician has ordered both heat and cold treatments for the older adult patient with a leg injury.The nursing care plan reflects secondary diagnoses of peripheral vascular disease (PVD),diabetes,and an allergy to latex.Which of the ordered treatments would the nurse prefer to administer and why?
A) The nurse will use cold treatment because patients with diabetes and a latex allergy cannot tolerate heat.
B) The nurse will use cold treatment for this patient with a fracture because cold will help set the cast.
C) The nurse will use heat treatment because cold is contraindicated for patients with PVD.
D) The nurse will use heat treatment because heat will increase circulation and increase the threat of infection in the injured part.
Q2) The nurse instructs a patient who has had a rhizotomy for leg pain that:
A) Relief may not be permanent.
B) The leg will tingle and burn occasionally.
C) The foot may discolor and twitch at times.
D) Snug shoes should be worn at all times.
E) Caution should be taken to prevent injury to the leg.
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Chapter 16: First Aid, emergency Care, and Disaster Management
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Q1) The patient comes to the emergency department with an evisceration after a knife attack.The best nursing intervention related to the exposed bowel is to:
A) Gently replace the bowel into the abdominal cavity.
B) Place a sterile wrapped sandbag on the abdomen to prevent further evisceration.
C) Place the patient in a high Fowler position to allow the bowel to drop back into the abdominal cavity.
D) Cover the bowel with a moist saline dressing.
Q2) The condition that may complicate the assessment of an older adult patient with a suspected head injury is:
A) Sensory deficits
B) Slowed metabolism
C) Preexisting cerebral dysfunction
D) Decreased pulmonary function
Q3) Assessment of a burn victim leads the nurse to suspect an inhalation injury.The observation that would indicate such an injury would be ____________________.
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Chapter 17: Surgical Care
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Q1) During the preoperative assessment,the nurse must ask the patient for information about:
A) Current address and telephone number
B) Food preferences
C) Allergies, medications, and past medical conditions
D) Bathing and sleep patterns
Q2) The nurse modifies postoperative care for a patient who has had cataract surgery from that given most general surgical patients as follows:
A) Early ambulation is not necessary.
B) Remove dressing immediately
C) Omit instructions relative to coughing.
D) Omit use of incentive spirometer for deep breathing.
Q3) The circulating nurse is responsible for:
A) Assisting the surgeon with the procedure
B) Setting up the surgical room
C) Scrubbing in to handle instruments
D) Maintaining patient safety
E) Documenting nursing care
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Chapter 18: Intravenous Therapy
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Q1) An IV administration of doxycyclin (Vibramycin)has extravagated.After stopping the IV,the nurse should:
A) Notify the physician, and restart the IV in another site.
B) Restart the IV at another site, and document the extravasation.
C) Flush NS through cannula at the insertion site.
D) Discard the IV tubing and the IV bag.
Q2) The patient is to receive ampicillin (Unasyn)IV piggyback in 100 ml of fluid every 8 hours.The main IV of D?W is running at 80 ml/hr and is on time.The nurse's responsibility is to calculate the total 24-hour intake.At the end of the 24-hour shift,how much IV intake will the nurse document that the patient has received?
A) 300 ml
B) 800 ml
C) 1920 ml
D) 2220 ml
Q3) The nurse explains to the patient that the peripheral IV tubing administration set and dressing should be changed every __________ hours.
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Chapter 19: Shock
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Q1) The stages of shock proceed in a definite sequence.What is the correct order?
A) Progressive, compensatory, refractory
B) Refractory, progressive, compensatory
C) Compensatory, progressive, refractory
D) Distributive, compensatory, refractory
Q2) When speaking to the family of a 65-year-old Hispanic woman,the nurse will address most conversation to the:
A) 66-year-old husband
B) Entire family, in general
C) 42-year-old daughter (oldest child)
D) 40-year-old son (only son)
Q3) The nurse is aware that immobility and insertion of urinary catheters,although therapeutic,also places the patient at risk for _________________________.
Q4) In the compensatory stage of shock,the nurse would need to implement actions to care for the patient who is:
A) Irritable and restless
B) Listless and confused
C) Unconscious
D) Anxious and fearful
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Chapter 20: Falls
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Q1) The nurse is aware that of all the reported falls in the United States,only 1% to 5% result in a ____________________.
Q2) The home health nurse cautions the family of a frail 82-year-old woman about the intrinsic factors that may be a potential cause of injury.These are:
A) Diminished vision
B) Pet cats
C) Cluttered bedroom
D) Wearing loose house slippers
E) Generalized weakness
Q3) The nurse helps the physical therapist teach residents in a long-term care facility how to diminish the risk of injury from a fall by teaching them rotation maneuvers to help them avoid falling ____________________.
Q4) The nurse is aware that the patient at greatest risk for injury from falls is the:
A) Toddler
B) Teenager
C) Middle-aged adult
D) Older adult
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Chapter 21: Immobility
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Q1) During the skin integrity assessment,the nurse notices an area on the right heel that is black and draining purulent,foul-smelling exudate.The nurse should document this as a pressure ulcer in:
A) Stage I
B) Stage II
C) Stage III
D) Stage IV
Q2) The care plan of an older adult patient states that the patient should be monitored while in the bathroom because of a history of vasovagal reflex.The nurse knows that she should assess for:
A) Extremely elevated blood pressure after ambulation
B) Nausea and vomiting after a meal
C) Lightheadedness and fainting during defecation
D) Inability to urinate
Q3) The home health nurse instructs a family about boosting the patient in bed so that a ____________________ type of skin injury will not occur.
Q4) When a bacteria is localized at the site of a Stage III pressure ulcer,it is said to be_____________.
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Chapter 22: Confusion
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Q1) The family of a patient with dementia expresses concern to the nurse about the patient wandering at night.They are afraid that the patient might get up while they are sleeping and go outside.The nurse's best advice would be to have them:
A) Apply a vest restraint at night.
B) Perform constant reality orientation.
C) Learn some behavior modification techniques.
D) Put new locks on the outside doors in new places.
Q2) While a nurse is dressing a patient with dementia as a result of Huntington disease,the patient states,"I don't want to wear clothes today," and begins to resist help putting on her clothes.The nurse's best action would be to:
A) Tell the patient that she must wear clothes or she cannot see her family later.
B) Get another nurse to help her force the patient to get dressed.
C) Talk to the patient about her family coming this afternoon, and continue to assist the patient gently with dressing.
D) Let the patient go without clothes, but make her stay in her room.
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Chapter 23: Incontinence
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Q1) The nurse informs the patient that the uroflowmetry diagnostic tool measures:
A) Voiding duration
B) Specific gravity of urine
C) Effectiveness of the detrusor muscle
D) General bladder tone
Q2) The patient who is scheduled for an urodynamic test asks the nurse why he is having this test.The nurse's best response would be:
A) "To test the capacity of the bladder."
B) "To see how much urine is left in the bladder after you have voided."
C) "To test the function of the nerves and muscles of the bladder."
D) "To detect involuntary passage of urine."
Q3) The nurse uses the knowledge that symptomatic incontinence is probably having symptoms as a result of:
A) Colorectal disease
B) Gastrocolic reflex
C) Constipation
D) Nerve damage
Q4) The method by which a nurse manually expresses urine from the bladder by pressing gently on the lower abdomen is the___________ method.
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Q1) The patient who is terminally ill asks the nurse what is meant by a medical power of attorney.The nurse's best response would be that it is a written document that:
A) "Allows another person to manage your financial affairs."
B) "Allows the physician to make any medical decisions that need to be made for you."
C) "Says you have given up all rights to make medical decisions for yourself."
D) "Allows you to select someone to make health care decisions for you only if you are unable to do so for yourself."
Q2) The document "Five Wishes" helps a dying person communicate to the family his preferences as to:
A) Who should make decisions.
B) What medical treatment will be acceptable.
C) How to distribute assets such as real estate.
D) Degree of comfort desired.
E) How they wish to be treated.
Q3) When the family of a dying person do not discuss the issue of death openly and avoid the subject of dying altogether,the nurse recognizes this behavior representative of the _________stage described by Straus and Glaser.
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Chapter 25: The Patient With Cancer
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Q1) A patient has a cancer that has been TNM staged as T3 (1-4: size of primary tumor),N2 (0-3: degree of spread to regional lymph nodes),and M2 (0-1: presence of metastasis).He has a as needed (PRN)order of 4 mg morphine,intramuscularly (IM)every 3 to 4 hours.He requests another pain shot approximately 2 3/4 hours after the last one.An appropriate nursing action would be to:
A) Inform the patient that this narcotic may be given only every 4 hours to prevent addiction.
B) Ignore the call bell for 20 minutes, and then take at least 10 minutes to prepare and administer the injection.
C) Give the morphine, and evaluate the results of pain relief. Arrange for the physician to evaluate for breakthrough pain.
D) Ask the family to assist in helping the patient accept waiting longer to receive an addicting medication such as morphine.
Q2) The nurse cautions that the most common site of cancer in adult men is the:
A) Colon
B) Lung
C) Pancreas
D) Prostate
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Chapter 26: The Patient With an Ostomy
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Q1) The nurse caring for a 2-day postoperative colostomy patient should report immediately if a stoma is assessed and:
A) Is beefy and red
B) Has swelling
C) Has a small amount of bleeding around it
D) Is blue-tinged.
Q2) A baby born without a urinary bladder has a cutaneous ureterostomy with one stoma and a cutaneous ureterostomy has been surgically created.One stoma exists.Discussion with the child's family regarding the care should include which of the following?
A) "This urinary diversion is permanent, and urine will drain from it continually."
B) "In the future, a second surgery will offer an exit for the urine from the other kidney."
C) "This pouch needs to be changed only once a week."
D) "You should notify the surgeon if the stoma becomes paler in color."
Q3) When the patient complains of urine crystals forming on the urostomy stoma,the home health nurse recommends dissolving them with a pad saturated with
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Chapter 27: Neurologic Disorders
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Q1) The nursing assessment that would indicate a need for suctioning a patient with Guillain-Barré who is experiencing impaired breathing patterns because of neuromuscular failure is:
A) Decreased pulse rate, respiration of 20 breaths per minute
B) Increased pulse rate, adventitious breath sounds
C) Increased pulse rate, respiration of 16 breaths per minute
D) Decreased pulse, abdominal breathing
Q2) To prevent a headache after lumbar puncture,the nurse instructs the patient to:
A) Lie flat
B) Lie on left side
C) Stay in semi-Fowler position
D) Ambulate in the room with assistance
Q3) The nurse documents a normal finding from the Babinski reflex as the:
A) Downward curl of the toes
B) Big toe bending upward
C) Spreading out of the toes
D) Pain in the big toe
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Q1) During the acute CVA phase,a risk for falls related to paralysis is present.The intervention that best protects the patient from injury is:
A) Keep the bed in a high position for ease of nursing care.
B) Keep the side rails up, according to agency policy.
C) Assess vision deficit related to ptosis.
D) Monitor the condition every 2 hours.
Q2) A patient in the acute phase of a CVA who has been speaking distinctly begins to speak indistinctly and only with great effort but still coherent.The nurse assesses:
A) Stroke in evolution with dysarthria
B) Lacunar stroke with fluent aphasia
C) Complete stroke with global aphasia
D) Stroke in evolution with dyspraxia
Q3) The nurse encourages which one of the following posthospital options that would provide the most comprehensive assistance to a patient who is recovering from a CVA?
A) Transfer to a rehabilitation center.
B) Discharge to home with scheduled visits from home health care nurses.
C) Discharge to home with scheduled visits from a physical therapist.
D) Discharge to home with scheduled visits from an occupational therapist.
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Q1) Which statement made by a male patient with a SCI could be assessed as a positive adaptation to the nursing diagnosis of "Sexual dysfunction,related to altered body function?"
A) "I know I will never have a sexual relationship again."
B) "I need some suggestions as to how to direct my sexual energy into gardening or painting or just anything."
C) "Can you arrange an appointment with a sex counselor so I can begin to examine alternative methods of sexual activity?"
D) "I think that after a while I will be able to have sexual relationships just like I had before my accident."
Q2) The family of a patient with a SCI is concerned with the lack of bowel function 2 days after the injury.The nurse's best response would be:
A) "Due to his injury, he will always need to have enemas for bowel evacuation."
B) "Medical management is delaying bowel action, because it places pressure on the injury."
C) "Bowel function should return in approximately 3 days after the accident."
D) "We'll just have to wait and see if bowel action returns this week."
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Chapter 30: Acute Respiratory Disorders
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Q1) The assessment by the nurse at the bedside of a patient with a chest tube attached to a water seal drainage device would require intervention that would:
A) Ensure no dependent loops in the chest tube.
B) Place the patient in a semi-Fowler position.
C) Change the level of water in the water seal chamber.
D) Increase the level of drainage to 20 ml in 8 hours.
Q2) The nurse computes the number of "pack years" of a 24-year-old man who has smoked 1½ packs of cigarettes every day since he was 15 years old.This patient has ______ pack years.
Q3) A worried patient asks the nurse to explain the advantage of a fluoroscopy.The best response would be that a fluoroscopy:
A) Shows respiratory function in motion.
B) Helps the physician evaluate ventilation-perfusion ratio.
C) Allows the physician to take tissue samples.
D) Facilitates the removal of fluid from the bronchi.
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Q1) An patient with asthma asks the purpose of learning to use a peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)device.The nurse's best response is that the PEFR:
A) Dilates the bronchi to relieve dyspnea.
B) Measures expired air to evaluate ventilation.
C) Soothes inflamed bronchi, reducing spasm.
D) Liquefies sputum for easier expectoration.
Q2) When the nurse reads the diagnosis of centrilobar emphysema,the nurse recognizes that this type of emphysema is characterized by:
A) No significant smoking history in the patient
B) Enlarged and broken down bronchioles with intact alveoli
C) Hypoelastic bronchi and bronchioles
D) Deficiency of the enzyme inhibitor alpha1-antitrypsin.
Q3) The nurse reviews the signs and symptoms characteristic of the patient with chronic blue bloater bronchitis,which are:
A) Productive cough
B) Peripheral edema
C) Discolored teeth
D) Exertional dyspnea
E) Elevated red blood cell count
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Chapter 32: Hematologic Disorders
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Q1) A 35-year-old man is examined in an urgent care clinic.His presenting symptoms suggest polycythemia vera.The laboratory value that would confirm this possible diagnosis is an extremely:
A) High hemoglobin level
B) Low white cell count
C) Low platelet count
D) High iron level
Q2) The nurse plans the interventions to prepare a patient for a bone marrow aspiration: (Place the options in the correct sequence.)
A) Assist the patient to lie on his or her abdomen, and drape the hip and lower limbs.
B) Confirm the presence of laboratory personnel to stain the specimen.
C) Apply a pressure dressing, and help the patient lie on his or her back.
D) Obtain a signed permission form.
E) Explain that the procedure will take about 30 minutes.
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Q1) When the nurse has assessed a neutrophil count of 900/mm³,the nurse begins to prepare the patient with acute leukemia for the initiation of:
A) A high-protein diet.
B) Increased doses of steroids.
C) Compromised Host Precautions.
D) Injections of blood-building medication.
Q2) After a bone marrow transplant,the patient is placed on a protocol of chemotherapy and radiation and the nursing diagnosis of risk for injury is added.The nurse will add the intervention of assessing for:
A) Increased urine output
B) Decreasing bilirubin levels
C) Increasing blood pressure
D) Increasing abdominal girth
Q3) The symptom that the nurse would recognize as being pertinent to a possible diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)is:
A) Butterfly rash of the face
B) Protruding abdomen
C) Thinning hair
D) Bloody diarrhea
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Chapter 34: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired
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Q1) The nurse explains that HIV is introduced to the systemic circulation by the ____________________,which is found in the mucous membranes.
Q2) The nurse removes a potted plant from the room of a patient with HIV as a preventive measure against:
A) Aspergillosis
B) Candidiasis
C) Coccidioidomycosis
D) Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Q3) The nursing diagnosis that would take priority in the care of an outpatient with AIDS would be:
A) Ineffective therapeutic regimen management
B) Impaired physical mobility
C) Impaired skin integrity
D) Social isolation
Q4) If the first ELISA is positive,then:
A) The diagnosis of AIDS is confirmed.
B) The test is repeated in 6 to 8 months.
C) Another blood sample must be obtained for testing.
D) A Western blot test is performed on the same sample.
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Chapter 35: Cardiac Disorders
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Q1) A 46-year-old patient is receiving propranolol (Inderal),a nonselective beta-adrenergic blocker for his heart condition.The nurse would teach the patient to:
A) Sit or lie down when taking the drug.
B) Limit caffeine intake.
C) Double the dose if symptoms occur.
D) Never stop taking the drug abruptly.
Q2) The nurse explains that cardiac rehabilitation lasts from the end of acute care to the return to home and beyond.This service includes:
A) One-on-one individualized care
B) Focus on the patient, rather than the family
C) Telemetry-monitored exercise
D) Rejection from the program for noncompliance
Q3) Laboratory tests are performed to identify damage to the heart muscle.The test that is elevated the earliest with heart damage is:
A) Creatine phosphokinase-MB (CPK-MB)
B) Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
C) Lipid profile
D) Troponin
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Q1) Because of the relationship between as deep-vein thrombosis (DVT)and other vascular problems,the nurse asks a patient with a DVT about the presence of:
A) An aneurysm
B) Rheumatoid arthritis
C) A peptic ulcer
D) Recurring chest pain
Q2) The nurse explains that the lining of a vessel that allows for smooth blood flow and also reduced resistance in the vessel is the ____________________ of the vessel.
Q3) The obese postsurgical patient complains of sudden discomfort in her leg.The nurse assesses the leg and finds it cold and pale with no pedal or popliteal pulse.These are signs of:
A) Venous thrombosis
B) Arterial occlusion
C) Vascular spasm
D) Paresthesia
Q4) The nurse explains that when the patient history reveals a recent episode of vomiting and diarrhea,the nurse anticipates that this fluid loss will cause ____________________ and increased blood viscosity.
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Chapter 37: Hypertension
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Q1) The nurse explains that hypertension in older adults is:
A) Age-related
B) Unavoidable
C) Progressively crippling
D) Improves with treatment
Q2) In a teaching plan for a patient with hypertension,the nurse would include:
A) Stopping medications if side effects occur.
B) Maintaining a diet high in unsaturated fat.
C) Advising no further visits if no other symptoms occur.
D) Encouraging relaxation techniques.
Q3) The nurse understands that when a patient who is taking antihypertensive therapy complains of fatigue and has a pulse of 54 bpm,this side effect is most likely caused by:
A) Diltiazem (Cardizem)
B) Furosemide (Lasix)
C) Hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL)
D) Methyldopa (Aldomet)
Q4) The nurse explains that the force against which the left ventricle must work to force the blood into the circulation is called ______________________________.
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Chapter 38: Digestive Tract Disorders
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Q1) The nurse explains that the newest endoscopic procedure for examining the small intestine is the:
A) Capsule camera
B) Fiber-optic light probe
C) Rigid lighted tubes
D) Flat plate
Q2) The nurse includes in the teaching plan information about when and where specific digestion of food takes place:
A) Renin breaks down milk protein in the stomach.
B) Lipase breaks down fats in the stomach.
C) Pepsin begins to break down proteins in the stomach.
D) Liver and pancreatic secretions break down fats in the small bowel.
E) Ptyalin (amylase) breaks down carbohydrates in the colon.
Q3) During an admission assessment,the nurse assesses a risk factor that increases the chances of developing oral cancer; it is:
A) Alcohol consumption
B) Chewing gum
C) Environmental pollution
D) Consumption of a high-fat diet
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Chapter 39: Disorders of the Liver, gallbladder, and Pancreas
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Q1) The goal of medical treatment for patients with cirrhosis is to prevent complications and limit cell damage.A major approach is to promote rest.The reason for this is to:
A) Allow time for a transplant.
B) Allow the liver to regenerate.
C) Prevent red cell destruction.
D) Decrease the risk of trauma.
Q2) The nurse assesses a dropping bilirubin level in a patient with hepatitis to mean that the:
A) Red blood cell destruction is decreasing.
B) Liver function is improving.
C) Kidneys are compensating for liver dysfunction.
D) Kupffer cell damage is continuing.
Q3) The patient with ascites is scheduled for a LeVeen peritoneal-venous shunt.The patient asks why this needs to be done instead of the paracentesis.The nurse replies:
A) "It helps the kidneys retain needed sodium."
B) "It will decrease the need for analgesics."
C) "This procedure will prevent the loss of protein."
D) "The risk of infection is lessened with this procedure."
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Chapter 40: Urologic Disorders
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Q1) The nurse recognizes that the patient with renal failure has entered the oliguric stage when:
A) Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level rises.
B) Serum calcium increases.
C) Blood volume decreases.
D) Urine osmolality increases.
Q2) The nurse assesses a Grey Turner sign in a patient who was admitted 2 days earlier after an automobile accident.This finding indicates:
A) Retroperitoneal bleeding and bruising over the flank
B) Hematuria with abdominal bruising
C) Distended bladder with painful urination
D) Bladder spasms on palpation of abdomen
Q3) The patient on dialysis asks why he is receiving aluminum hydroxide gel (Amphojel),a phosphate binder,for his renal disorder.The nurse explains that Amphojel will:
A) Calm the frequent upset stomach experienced by patients on dialysis.
B) Bind with phosphorus to increase the serum calcium level.
C) Increases the appetite.
D) Correct the pH of the bowel.
Q4) The major risk of peritoneal dialysis is _____________.
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Chapter 41: Connective Tissue Disorders
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Q1) The nurse explains to a patient with rheumatoid arthritis that the drug,leflunomide (Arava)is a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD),which will:
A) Retard the progress of the disease.
B) Builds new bone.
C) Decreases inflammation.
D) Increases flexibility.
Q2) The nurse includes in the teaching plan for a patient with gout the need to be alert for the signs of:
A) Kidney stones
B) Tophi
C) Visual disturbances
D) Facial lesions
Q3) The nurses assesses ischemic spots around the nail beds of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and recognizes that these are a complication of medical diagnosis,Rheumatoid arthritis,related to______________.
Q4) To decrease osteoporosis,the nurse explains that women can benefit from ____________________ for 15 years after the onset of menopause.
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Chapter 42: Fractures
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Q1) When the patient with a fractured pelvis says that she will not ambulate because of pain,the nurse cautions that early ambulation will prevent:
A) Back injury
B) DVT
C) Callus formation
D) Disuse syndrome
Q2) Two days after surgery for a crushed pelvis,the certified nursing assistant (CNA)reports that the patient is complaining of a shortness of breath and is demonstrating signs of confusion and restlessness.The nurse suspects,from these signs alone,that the patient has suffered:
A) Impending shock
B) Fat embolus
C) Anxiety
D) Neurovascular compromise
Q3) Because the patient has a compound fracture,the nurse should:
A) Limit narcotics for 8 hours after surgery.
B) Monitor the patient's respirations every hour.
C) Assess for pulses distal to the injury.
D) Verify that the patient is not allergic to sulfa.
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Q1) To prevent the loss of calcium and protein,the nurse reminds the patient with a recent below-the-knee amputation that he should:
A) Drink 1 to 2 L of fluid daily.
B) Ingest at least four milk products each day.
C) Ambulate 30 minutes a day.
D) Take vitamin supplements daily.
Q2) The nurse clarifies that the precise term for the patient's amputation,which will be through the knee joint,is called ____________________.
Q3) Late signs of hemorrhage in the postoperative period after an amputation include:
A) Restlessness and increased respirations
B) Cyanosis and hypotension
C) Confusion and seizures
D) Headache and hypertension
Q4) An amputation of a gangrenous limb that is left open for 10 days before closure is classified as a ________________ amputation.
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Chapter 44: Pituitary and Adrenal Disorders
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Q1) The nurse assesses a disturbance in body image when a woman with Addison disease says:
A) "Will I look like a zebra for the rest of my life?"
B) "I have found makeup to cover my rash."
C) "With this red face, I sure can't wear pink anymore."
D) "At last! I look like I have a suntan."
Q2) The patient inquires about the purpose of the laboratory test to measure the serum level of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).The nurse responds that the laboratory test will determine if the:
A) Pituitary gland is sending the correct message to the adrenal glands.
B) Thyroid gland is not stimulating the production of ACTH.
C) Adrenal glands are not responding to produce cortisol.
D) Androgen metabolites are low or borderline.
Q3) The patient with Addison disease asks why she must take hydrocortisone.The nurse clarifies that the drug will:
A) Increase cardiac output.
B) Regulate the excretion of potassium and sodium.
C) Decrease the level of cortisol.
D) Lower the blood sugar level.
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Chapter 45: Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders
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Q1) The patient has been given an antithyroid drug called propylthiouracil.Appropriate nursing implementations include:
A) Using special radioactive precautions for her urine for the first 24 hours.
B) Monitoring her vital signs and withholding the medications if her pulse is >100 beats/min.
C) Teaching her to watch for and report any signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism or infections.
D) Keeping her on a low-calorie, low-protein diet.
Q2) An older patient with hypothyroidism asks why her daily dose of thyroid hormone,which she has taken for 15 years,has been reduced.The nurse's best response would be that the decreased dose is related to:
A) Improved efficacy of the thyroid preparation
B) Age-related reduction in metabolic rate
C) Drug-related hypertrophy of the thyroid
D) Changes in your diet and activity level
Q3) To meet the nutritional needs of a patient with Graves disease,the nurse recommends a diet of ____________________ to ____________________ calories.
Q4) Congenital hypothyroidism,if left untreated,will result in _________________.
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Chapter 46: Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia
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Q1) A patient who has been diagnosed with endogenous hypoglycemia most likely has:
A) Taken an overdose of hypoglycemic drugs.
B) Been following a very restricted fasting diet or is malnourished.
C) Excessive secretion of insulin or an increase in glucose metabolism.
D) Exercised unwittingly without replenishing needed fluids and nutrients.
Q2) The patient has been admitted with hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (HHNS).Her blood glucose level is very high (880 mg/dl)on admission.The physician believes that her condition is the result of large amounts of glucose solutions administered intravenously (IV)during kidney dialysis.The nurse anticipates that the patient would exhibit:
A) Fruity breath and a high level of ketones in her urine
B) Severe dehydration and hypernatremia caused by the hyperglycemia
C) Exactly the same symptoms and signs as DKA
D) Kussmaul respirations, nausea, and vomiting
Q3) The nurse administering Humulin R 20 U at 7 AM is aware that this drug will peak in:
A) 15 minutes
B) 30 minutes
C) 1 hour
D) 2 hours
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Chapter 47: Female Reproductive Disorders
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Q1) The nurse who is demonstrating breast self-examination to a patient points out that the most common area in the breast for tumors to occur is:
A) Under the nipple
B) Upper outer quadrant
C) Six o'clock position
D) Axillary lymph nodes.
Q2) The nurse is aware that the medication used to stimulate or mimic actions of natural pituitary gonadotropins in the treatment of infertility is:
A) Estrogen only (diethylstilbestrol)
B) Danazol (Danocrine)
C) Clomiphene citrate (Clomid)
D) Raloxifene (Evista)
Q3) The nurse points out to a group of young women who are being treated for PID that because of the effect of this disease on their reproductive organs,they may become
Q4) Because small nonnodal metastases may be present,______________ is recommended after a lumpectomy.
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Q1) The nurse informs the 50-year-old patient who has been prescribed nilutamide (Nilandron),a testosterone blocker,that while on this drug he should expect:
A) His urine will have a fishy odor.
B) Liver functions will need to be monitored.
C) Skin rash will appear on his face.
D) Episodes of hypotension will occur.
Q2) After an accident at a track meet,a young male runner is brought to the emergency department complaining of intense pain in his scrotum and nausea and vomiting.Based on these initial findings,the nurse suspects:
A) Cryptorchidism
B) Testicular torsion
C) Varicocele
D) Epididymitis
Q3) The nurse explains to a young man being treated for infertility that the semen analysis will:
A) Determine the history of sexually transmitted infections.
B) Evaluate the potential for genetic problems.
C) Determine whether any urethral obstructions are present.
D) Microscopically assess the sperm for number and motility.
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Chapter 49: Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Q1) The nurse teaching a seminar on STIs points out that systemic (disseminated)gonorrhea may involve the:
A) Heart
B) Eyes
C) Meninges
D) Skin
E) Joints
Q2) A couple comes to the emergency department for the treatment of an STI.The man's presenting symptoms include a creamy penile discharge and frequent urination.The woman has lower abdominal pain and a vaginal discharge.The nurse recognizes that these symptoms are characteristic of:
A) Chlamydial infection
B) Gonorrhea infection
C) HSV type B
D) Trichomoniasis
Q3) Primary stage syphilis is characterized by:
A) Chancre
B) Alopecia
C) Pruritus
D) Dry skin
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Chapter 50: Skin Disorders
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Q1) A confused patient who has been restrained because of combativeness and hyperactivity might,because of the restraints,display:
A) Lentigines
B) Senile purpura
C) Senile angiomas
D) Seborrheic keratoses
Q2) An excited mother of a teenage boy with severe acne furiously reports to the nurse,"I've told him a thousand times he should bathe more often! I've kept after him about all that junk food he eats.I jump on him when I see him squeezing his zits.I tried to get him to scrub his face three times a day!" The complaint the nurse recognizes as a true statement about the cause of acne is:
A) Poor personal hygiene
B) Ingestion of junk food
C) Squeezing lesions
D) Need for facial scrubs
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Q1) The nurse explains to the patient who is to have a pneumatonometric study of the eye that this procedure requires that:
A) His eye may be anesthetized.
B) A pneumotonometer will be placed into his eye.
C) A puff of air will be directed at the surface of the eye.
D) An applanation will be performed with a slit-lamp microscope.
Q2) The nurse considers in planning care for a patient with glaucoma that this disorder is caused by:
A) Cloudiness in the lens
B) Increase in intraocular pressure.
C) Failed eye surgery
D) Retinal tears
Q3) The nurse assesses an 80-year-old patient for age-related changes to the eye,which are:
A) Decreased tear production
B) Eyeball sunk deep in orbit
C) Hyperopia
D) Eye lashes diminished
E) Arcus senilis
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Chapter 52: Ear and Hearing Disorders
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Q1) The patient undergoing a Weber test says that the sound is louder in her left ear.This means that the patient has:
A) Normal hearing
B) Nerve damage from listening to loud music
C) Blocked ear canal in the right ear
D) Conductive hearing loss in the left ear
Q2) When the nurse reads in the patient's history that the patient has experienced otalgia,the nurse knows that the patient has:
A) Difficulty hearing
B) Buildup of cerumen
C) Ear pain
D) Ringing in ears
Q3) The 75-year-old patient has normal age-related changes in his ear that include all except:
A) Dry and wrinkled skin on the auricle
B) Otitis externa
C) Dry cerumen
D) Hair in the ear canal
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Chapter 53: Nose, sinus, and Throat Disorders
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Q1) A patient who has cancer of the larynx has been told that he needs a total laryngectomy.To help the patient cope with the loss of his voice,the nurse would consider:
A) Offering to have a volunteer from a local laryngectomy organization visit the patient.
B) Explaining in detail the available vocalization aids and techniques.
C) Explaining to the patient what will happen directly after the surgery.
D) Notifying the hospital chaplain of the patient's needs.
Q2) The patient has had anterior nasal packing placed for severe epistaxis.The nurse notes that he is swallowing frequently and suspects that the:
A) Patient's throat is dry.
B) Posterior packing is uncomfortable.
C) Patient is bleeding.
D) Patient's saliva production is excessive.
Q3) The nurse points out that the most common causes of laryngitis are:
A) Smoking and highly seasoned foods
B) Alcohol and voice strain
C) Nasal congestion and frequent coughing
D) Respiratory infections and voice strain
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Chapter 54: Psychologic Responses to Illness
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Q1) The nurse explains that the difference between fear and anxiety is that fear is a(n):
A) Useless emotion
B) Ineffective coping strategy
C) Irrational feeling
D) Response to a specific threat
Q2) When the patient is given a diagnosis of cancer,his first statement is,"What did I ever do to deserve God punishing me?" This is an example of:
A) Maladaptive coping
B) Behavioral emotionalism
C) Spiritual distress
D) Spiritual maladaptation
Q3) The star quarterback on the high school football team is injured in a motorcycle accident.He will be unable to play football again.In planning his care,an appropriate nursing diagnosis for coping is:
A) Impaired physical mobility
B) Situational low self-esteem
C) Impaired social interaction
D) Impaired comfort
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Chapter 55: Psychiatric Disorders
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Q1) A patient admitted with a conversion disorder after an automobile accident insists he is paralyzed,although no physical cause for his paraplegia can be found.When the patient asks the nurse to push him to his room,the nurse's best response would be:
A) "There is nothing wrong with your arms. Roll yourself to your room."
B) "I will help you to walk to your room. I know you can walk."
C) "Let me lift the foot rests so you can move your chair with your feet."
D) "OK. I am going that way myself."
Q2) When the patient asks the nurse to touch him,the nurse asks why he needs this.The patient replies,"I just need to know that I am real." The nurse assesses that response as a primary sign of ____________________.
Q3) The nurse assessing the patient with an acute stress disorder will note the evidence of:
A) Diminished awareness of surroundings
B) Derealization
C) Depersonalization
D) Amnesia
E) Irritability
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Chapter 56: Substance-Related Disorders
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Q1) A patient has been diagnosed with alcoholism.The nurse tells him that he has a physical illness with a genetic predisposition to alcoholism,and the only effective treatment is total abstinence from alcohol.This type of approach characterizes which one of the following theories?
A) Biologic
B) Behavioral
C) Sociocultural
D) Intrapersonal
Q2) When an alcoholic,who was brought in 12 hours earlier in an intoxicated state,begins to exhibit tremors,has increased blood pressure,and is agitated,the nurse assesses that the patient is in:
A) Major withdrawal
B) Early withdrawal
C) Delirium tremens
D) Minor withdrawal
Q3) A nursing diagnosis that is appropriate for a patient with substance abuse is:
A) Anxiety
B) Chronic or situational low self-esteem
C) Risk for delayed development
D) Acute confusion
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