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A client with a history of a heart transplant is receiving Cyclosporine (Sandimmune). The nurse should monitor the client for:
- A. Infection
- B. Hypotension
- C. Hyperkalemia
- D. Weight loss
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Cyclosporine suppresses immunity, increasing infection risk, requiring vigilant monitoring. Hypotension, hyperkalemia, and weight loss are less common.
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The nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of postpartum hemorrhage. Which vital sign change is most likely to be observed?
- A. Tachycardia
- B. Hypotension
- C. Both A and B
- D. Neither A nor B
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Postpartum hemorrhage causes significant blood loss leading to tachycardia (to compensate for reduced volume) and hypotension (from decreased perfusion). Both are common vital sign changes.
The obstetric client's fetal heart rate is 80-90 during the contractions. The first action the nurse should take is:
- A. Reposition the monitor
- B. Turn the client to her left side
- C. Ask the client to ambulate
- D. Prepare the client for delivery
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A fetal heart rate of 80-90 during contractions indicates bradycardia possibly from cord compression or uteroplacental insufficiency. Turning the client to her left side improves placental perfusion and is the first action.
A client with benign prostatic hypertrophy has been started on Proscar (finasteride). The nurse's discharge teaching should include:
- A. Telling the client's wife not to touch the tablets
- B. Explaining that the medication should be taken with meals
- C. Telling the client that symptoms will improve in 1-2 weeks
- D. Instructing the client to take the medication at bedtime, to prevent nocturia
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Finasteride tablets should not be handled by pregnant women due to the risk of fetal harm. Symptom improvement takes months, not weeks, and the medication can be taken with or without food or at any time.
A physician tells the nurse that he wants to orally intubate a client with a No. 8 endotracheal tube. The finding of normal breath sounds on the right side of the chest and diminished, distant breath sounds on the left side of the chest of a newly intubated client is probably due to:
- A. A left hemothorax
- B. A right hemothorax
- C. Intubation of the right mainstem bronchus
- D. An inadequate mechanical ventilator
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The right mainstem bronchus is most frequently intubated in error because the angle of the right mainstem bronchus is very small as compared with that of the left mainstem bronchus. Because ventilation is only occurring on the right side, the nurse would auscultate diminished and distant breath sounds on the left.
The nurse is caring for a client with a history of a fractured humerus who is in a sling. The client complains of numbness. The nurse should:
- A. Apply ice to the arm
- B. Elevate the arm
- C. Notify the physician immediately
- D. Massage the arm
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Numbness in a slung humerus suggests neurovascular compromise, requiring immediate physician notification. Ice, elevation, and massage are insufficient or contraindicated.