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The nurse is working with parents to plan home care for a 2 year-old with a heart problem. A priority nursing intervention would be to
- A. Encourage the parents to enroll in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) class
- B. Assist the parents to plan quiet play activities at home
- C. Stress to the parents the need to avoid overexertion
- D. Instruct the parents to avoid contact with persons with infection
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Encourage the parents to enroll in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) class. While all suggestions are appropriate, the education of the parents/caregivers should include techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in order to provide for emergency care of their child.
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A patient with second- and third-degree burns. The client is receiving morphine sulfate 15 mg IV. The nurse notes a decrease in bowel sounds and slight abdominal distention.
Which of the following actions, if taken by the nurse, is BEST?
- A. Recommend that the morphine dose be decreased.
- B. Withhold the pain medication.
- C. Administer the medication by another route.
- D. Explore alternative pain management techniques.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) could indicate a possible impending ileus, this option is not ideal (2) inappropriate (3) inappropriate (4) correct-morphine is drug of choice for burn pain management; when side effect becomes apparent, exploration of alternative pain management techniques such as visualization becomes important
A client on a psychiatric unit is glaring across the room and pointing a finger at empty space and yelling. What is the nurse's best response to the client's behavior?
- A. Say to him, 'There is no one there. Keep your voice down.'
- B. Escort the client to his room
- C. Restrain the client
- D. Offer PRN haloperidol (Haldol) as ordered
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Escorting the client to a quieter space de-escalates agitation and ensures safety, addressing potential psychosis calmly.
The nurse knows that the MOST reliable client measure for evaluating the desired response diuretic therapy is to
- A. obtain daily weights.
- B. obtain urinalysis.
- C. monitor Na⺠and K⺠levels.
- D. measure intake.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: effectiveness of diuretic therapy is demonstrated by decreased edema and is measured by daily weights
The nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative day 1 after a cholecystectomy. Which of the following findings should the nurse report immediately?
- A. Mild pain at the incision site
- B. Temperature of 100.8°F (38.2°C)
- C. Bile-colored drainage from the T-tube
- D. Urine output of 40 mL/hour
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: A temperature of 100.8°F suggests infection, a serious post-cholecystectomy complication. Options A, C, and D are normal: pain is expected, bile drainage is typical, and urine output is adequate.
A client after an electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment.
The nurse should report which observation to the client's physician?
- A. Headache.
- B. Disruption in short- and long-term memory.
- C. Transient confusional state.
- D. Backache.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strategy: You are looking for something unexpected. (1) expected effect (2) expected effect (3) expected effect (4) correct-client undergoing ECT needs to be instructed about what s/he could experience during and after ECT; expected effects include headache, disrupted memory (short- and long-term), and general confused state; backache is not a usual effect; thorough description of the pain in relation to severity, duration, location, and what makes pain better needs to be assessed and reported to the physician