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• What is the best goal for pain control in a client with rheumatoid arthritis?

• The client will have no pain throughout the entire day.
• The client will have more pain throughout the day.
• The client will eat three healthy meals today and stay hydrated.
• The client will have pain less than 3/10 for most of the day.

Answer The client will have pain less than 3/10 for most of the day.

• A client is in skeletal traction. With the nurse's assessment, it is noticed that

the pins appear red, and swollen, and there is purulent drainage. What action does the nurse take first?Joshua 1 / 8

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• Cleanse the skin around the pins.
• Collect a culture of the purulent fluid.
• Administer an antibiotic o Instruct the client to
• Complete exercises of the affected extremity.

Answer Collect a culture of the purulent fluid.

• What nursing intervention is best to improve communication with a hear-

ing-impaired client?

• Write down the message
• Talk loudly in the impaired ear
• Speak slowly and clearly while
• Facing the client
• Talk in a regular voice in the good ear

Answer Speak slowly and clearly while

• Facing the client

• A client just received a diagnosis of cancer. Which statement by the nurse

demonstrates empathy?

• "Tomorrow will be better."
• "This must be hard news to hear. Tell me about it."
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• "I believe you can overcome this because I've seen how strong you are."

Answer "This must be hard news to hear. Tell me about it."

• The nurse notices a new area of skin breakdown near the site of a dressing.

This would be an example of which phase of the nursing process.

• Diagnosis
• Assessment
• Implementation
• Evaluation

Answer Assessment

• A client is in the emergency room in critical condition and hypotensive. Her

spouse is distraught. What is the priority nursing action?

• Call a chaplain
• Maintain the client's blood pressure
• Provide the spouse with a chair
• Ask the client's spouse to explain what happened

Answer Maintain the client's blood pressure

• During a skin inspection at the outpatient clinic the nurse notices patches

of thick, red skin with silvery scales on the client's elbows and knees. What Joshua 3 / 8

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skin abnormality does the nurse suspect?

• Psoriasis
• Rosacea
• Scables
• Stasis dermatitis

Answer Psoriasis

• A client with lupus may experience Raynaud's phenomenon. What should

the nurse include when providing client education about this?

• "In order to avoid flare-ups of Raynaud's, ensure to keep cool."
• In order to avoid flare-ups of Raynaud's, ensure you wear

sunscreen."

• "In order to avoid flare-ups of Raynaud's, ensure you wear gloves in

winter."

• In order to avoid flare-ups of Raynaud s erasure you brush your teeth

for two minutes." Answer "In order to avoid flare-ups of Raynaud's, ensure you wear gloves in winter."

• A nurse caring for an intubated and sedated geriatric client What interven-

tion is most appropriate for reducing the risk for friction and shear injury?

• Postpone daily bed bath Joshua 4 / 8