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Which comment indicates that the client lacks a clear understanding of syphilis?
- A. I need to take my antibiotic for several months.
- B. My sex partner should be tested for the disease.
- C. Syphilitic lesions may be present in my partner's vagina.
- D. One infection provides lifelong immunity.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Syphilis does not confer lifelong immunity; reinfection is possible, indicating a misunderstanding by the client.
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The nurse is teaching the client diagnosed with uterine prolapse. Which information should the nurse include in the discussion?
- A. Increase fluids and daily exercise to prevent constipation.
- B. Explain there is only one acceptable treatment for uterine prolapse.
- C. Instruct the client to visually check the uterine prolapse daily.
- D. Discuss limiting coughing and lifting heavy objects.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Limiting coughing and heavy lifting reduces pelvic pressure, preventing prolapse worsening. Fluids and exercise aid bowel health but are secondary, multiple treatments exist, and daily visual checks are unnecessary.
The client diagnosed with cancer of the uterus is scheduled to have radiation brachytherapy. Which precautions should the nurse implement? Select all that apply.
- A. Place the client in a private room.
- B. Wear a dosimeter when entering the room.
- C. Encourage visitors to come and stay with the client.
- D. Plan to spend extended time with the client.
- E. Notify the nuclear medicine technician.
Correct Answer: A,B
Rationale: Brachytherapy requires a private room and dosimeter use to minimize radiation exposure. Visitors are limited, extended nurse time is avoided, and nuclear medicine notification is unnecessary.
The office manager schedules a mandatory staff meeting for all nursing personnel. As the nurse enters the room, several documents containing the client's name, medical records number, mammogram results, and diagnosis are found unattended on the table. Which nursing actions are appropriate in this situation? Select all that apply.
- A. Notify housekeeping to come and dispose of the papers.
- B. Toss the papers in the trash.
- C. Put the papers into the shredder bin.
- D. Try to determine who left the papers unattended.
- E. State the papers neatly, placing them off to the side.
- F. Notify the office manager of the breach in confidentiality.
Correct Answer: C,F
Rationale: Shredding the papers ensures secure disposal of protected health information (PHI), and notifying the office manager addresses the confidentiality breach, as required by HIPAA regulations.
The HCP has prescribed two (2) IV antibiotics for the female client diagnosed with diabetes and pneumonia. Which order should the nurse request from the HCP?
- A. Request written information on antibiotic-caused vaginal infections.
- B. Request yogurt to be served on the client’s meal trays.
- C. Request a change of one of the antibiotics to an oral route.
- D. Request L. acidophilus, a probiotic medication, three (3) times a day.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Probiotics like L. acidophilus prevent antibiotic-associated vaginal yeast infections. Written information is less proactive, yogurt is insufficient, and changing routes is unnecessary.
The nurse correctly informs the client that the breast self-examination (BSE) technique involves palpating each breast moving in small concentric circles, following imaginary spokes in a wheel, or moving in rows from superior to inferior stress of the breast. Besides the breast, which other body area is essential to palpate?
- A. The axillae
- B. The sternum
- C. The clavicles
- D. The ribs
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The axillae (armpits) contain lymph nodes that drain the breast tissue, and palpating this area is essential to detect any abnormal lymph node enlargement, which could indicate breast pathology.