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Who should ideally do discharge planning?
- A. Practical nurse
- B. Professional nurse and the patient
- C. Patient and his family
- D. Public health nurse
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Collaboration between the professional nurse and the patient ensures personalized and effective discharge planning.
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Liz is an elderly woman brought in by concerned family members. After physical examination, she was diagnosed with dehydration. What assessment findings would you expect to see?
- A. Bradycardia,slowed respirations low body temperature and weight gain.
- B. Rales peripheral edema palpitations and diaphoresis.
- C. Tachypnea tachycardia hypotension poor skin turgor and decreased urinary output.
- D. Malaise lymphadenopathy fever shortness of breath and nausea.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is Tachypnea, tachycardia, hypotension, poor skin turgor, and decreased urinary output (C). Dehydration leads to reduced blood volume, causing compensatory mechanisms like tachycardia and tachypnea. Poor skin turgor and decreased urinary output are classic signs of fluid loss.
A patient is diagnosed with Bell's palsy and has signs of unilateral facial paralysis and is unable to close his right eye. What eye care is required?
- A. The patient will need to instill artificial teardrops and use an eye patch.
- B. None, since the symptoms will disappear in a few weeks.
- C. Increase fluid intake to prevent dryness of the eye.
- D. Wear sunglasses.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Protecting the exposed eye is crucial in Bell's palsy to prevent corneal damage.
What drugs are used to treat shock in MI, trauma, septicemia, renal failure, and cardiac decompensation?
- A. Dopamine
- B. Digoxin
- C. Epinephrine
- D. Dobutamine
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Dopamine is a vasopressor that supports blood pressure and improves cardiac output in various types of shock.
Jill Means, 36, has had a vaginal radium implant placed as one of the treatments for her cervical cancer. She calls to tell you that during a coughing spell it has 'been pushed out'. You should:
- A. place signs on the door stating radioactivity danger.
- B. have Jill reinsert the applicator like a tampon.
- C. call the physician and apprise him of the situation.
- D. use forceps to place the applicator in the receptacle.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Signs should be placed on the door after the implant has been done, and not just when the implant is dislodged. By picking the applicator up, Jill would experience burns on her fingers/hands that would be avoidable, so need to teach her not to do so. The applicator has been contaminated, it would not be replaced in any case. Calling the physician and apprising him would certainly be necessary, but would be done after the applicator has been taken care of. Lead containers should be available to place the applicator in, and forceps would be used to do so to protect from radiation burns.
Most of the danger associated with pneumoconioses is due to
- A. Unnecessary anxiety created by environmentalists
- B. The dark, wet mining environment
- C. Inhalation and retention of dust particles
- D. The fact that most miners also smoke cigarettes
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Inhaling dust particles damages lung tissue, leading to fibrosis.