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The nurse is caring for a client with asthma who has developed gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Which of the following medications prescribed for the client may aggravate GERD?
- A. Anticholinergics
- B. Corticosteroids
- C. Histamine blocker
- D. Antibiotics
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: An anticholinergic medication will decrease gastric emptying and the pressure on the lower esophageal sphincter.
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A client is being followed in the rape-crisis clinic one week after being assaulted. The client is currently taking Xanax 0.25 mg PO q6h for anxiety. Which of the following statements, if made by the client to the nurse, reflects a correct understanding of this medication?
- A. I can take it whenever I feel upset.
- B. I should not take this with anything but water.
- C. I guess I need to stop drinking white wine.
- D. This medication will help me forget and go on.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Alcohol, including white wine, potentiates Xanax’s sedative effects, increasing risks. Avoiding it shows understanding. Options A, B, and D are incorrect.
What information is MOST important for the nurse to consider before administering a PRN IM dose of lorazepam (Ativan)?
- A. The patient is harmful to himself.
- B. The patient is psychotic.
- C. A restrictive intervention failed.
- D. The patient is harmful to others.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Strategy: Think about each answer choice. (1) use the least restrictive interventions in ascending order (2) use the least restrictive interventions in ascending order (3) correct-use the least restrictive interventions in ascending order (4) use the least restrictive interventions in ascending order
Which of the following responses by the nurse is BEST?
- A. Are you afraid of dying?'
- B. Why do you ask that question?'
- C. Only God knows that answer.'
- D. We won't leave you alone.'
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Strategy: Remember therapeutic communication. (1) correct-encourages ventilation of thoughts and feelings regarding the concern (2) inappropriate (3) ignores the child's concern with dying (4) ignores the child's concern with dying
The FIRST action the nurse should take is
- A. turn the mother on her right side, increase the intravenous flow rate, and call the physician.
- B. turn the mother on her left side, administer oxygen by nasal cannula, and start an IV.
- C. call the physician, and make preparations for an immediate emergency cesarean section.
- D. position the mother in Trendelenburg's position, administer oxygen, and force fluids.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Strategy: 'FIRST' indicates that this is a priority question. All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) should be placed on left side to increase blood flow to the uterus (2) correct-persistent fetal bradycardia may indicate cord compression or separation of the placenta, but always indicates fetal distress, left side reduces compression of vena cava and aorta (3) should be done after positioning patient (4) this position is used only if there is cord prolapsed
A 15-month-old child has just been diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. The mother is pregnant and asks if the child she is carrying will also have sickle cell anemia. She says that neither she nor her husband has sickle cell anemia. The nurse's reply should be based on which understanding?
- A. There is a 50% chance that each child they have will have sickle cell anemia.
- B. The chance of having another child with sickle cell anemia is 1 in 4.
- C. Parents do not usually have two children in a row with sickle cell anemia.
- D. If the child is a boy, there is a 50% chance that he will have sickle cell anemia.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Sickle cell anemia is autosomal recessive; if both parents are carriers (trait), there's a 25% (1 in 4) chance per child of inheriting the disease, independent of gender or prior children.