MK is admited with COPD exacerbation. Your nursing care plan reads Impaired Gas Exchange, related to smoking 1 PPD of cigaretes. AED pursed lip breathing shortness of breath. Which is the best expected outcome for this diagnosis. A.Patient will exchange cigaretes for vaping in 5 days B.Patient will stop smoking cigaretes within 7 days C.Patient […]
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A nurse is preparing to administer erythromycin eye ointment to a newborn. What is the purpose of this intervention? A. To prevent dryness and irritation of the eyesB. To prevent ophthalmia neonatorum, a serious eye infection caused by gonorrhea or chlamydiaC. To prevent retinopathy of prematurity, a condition that can lead to blindness in premature
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A client undergoing burn debridement states, “You are the worst nurse I have ever seen. All you do is hurt me.” Which of the following responses should the nurse make? A. “That’s a hurtful thing to say.”B. “Tell me more about that.”C. “Well, that’s your opinion.”D. “Why would you say such a thing?”. The correct
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A nurse is preparing to administer digoxin 750 mcg IV bolus. How many mg should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest hundredth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) The Correct Answer and Explanation is: To convert micrograms (mcg) to milligrams (mg), you need to use
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A nurse is caring for a client who has wrist restraints after an episode of violent behavior. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A.Remove one restraint at a time. B.Tie the restraints to the side rail, C.Secure restraints with a square knot D.Remove the restraints every 3 hr The correct answer and
A nurse is about to administer an intermittent enteral feeding to a client who has an NG tube in place. Besides obtaining an x-ray, which of the following methods should the nurse use to verify the placement? A.Inject air and listen for bubbling. B.Test the pH of the gastric aspirate. C.Measure the gastric residual. D.Add
A nurse is caring for a client who is 3 hr postoperative following abdominal surgery.Which of the following assessment data should the nurse report to the provider?A.Serosanguineous drainage noted on the abdominal dressing. B.Postoperative laboratory results are Hgb 15% and Hct 40%. C.The client’s urine output has been 50 mL since surgery. D.The client’s pain
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Your patient is experiencing extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) from antipsychotic therapy. You understand that the following medications are used to reverse EPS. (Select All that Apply.). A.Benadryl (Diphenhydramine). B.Artane (Trihexyphenidyl). C.Flumazenil. D.Cogentin (Benztropine). E.Acetylcysteine. The correct answer and Explanation is : To address extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) induced by antipsychotic medications, the following medications are used to
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A nurse is preparing to administer ketorolac 0.4 mg/kg IM to an adolescent who weighs 96.8 Ib. The amount available is ketorolac 15 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) The Correct Answer and
A nurse is reviewing a client’s laboratory values and discovers the client has a serum potassium of 6.2 mEq/L. Which of the following interventions should the nurse anticipate? A.Administering a potassium-sparing diuretic. B.Administering sodium polystyrene sulfonate. C.Initiating an IV potassium infusion. D.Encouraging the client to eat bananas. The correct answer and Explanation is : The