ADULT MEDICAL SURGICAL PRACTICE A LATEST VERIFIED STUDY QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS | RATED A+
1. A nurse is assessing a client who has peripheral artery disease which of the following findings
should the nurse expect - Answer>>>Hair loss on the lower legs the nurse should expecta client
who is Peripheral arterial disease to have hair loss on the lower legs as a result of impaired
arterial circulation affecting follicular growth
2. A nurse is teaching a client who has atrial fibrillation about the purpose of wearing a Holter
monitor. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching -
Answer>>>This device can detect when you have an irregular heart rate because it reports and
transmits electrical impulses of the heart and alerts the nurse to dysrhythmias myocardial injury
or conduction defects a Holter monitor allows the client freedom of movement while cardiac
activity is recorded
3. A nurse in an emergency department is planning care for a client who has a flail chest on the
right side following a motor vehicle crash which of the following actions should the nurse plan to
take - Answer>>>Prepare the client for positive pressure ventilation to promote lung expansion
and stabilize the pressure within the client's chest then there should also administer analgesics to
alleviate pain while breathing to achieve optimal lung reexpansion
4. A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a new prescription for psyllium which ofthe
following information should the nurse include in the teaching - Answer>>>Drink 240
milliliters of water after Administration
5. A nurse is providing dietary teaching to a client who is post-operative following a
thyroidectomy with removal of the parathyroid glands the nurse should instruct the client to
include which of the following foods that has the greatest amount of calcium in her diet -
Answer>>>12 almonds because they are the best source of calcium to recommend because they
contain 36 milligrams of calcium removal of the parathyroid glands which regulate calcium in
the body can result in hypocalcemia
6. A pacu nurse is assessing a client who is post-operative following a right nephrectomy the
client's initial vital signs for heart rate 80 permanent blood pressure 130 over 70 respiratory rate
16 and temperature 96.8 which of the following Vital sign changes should alert the nurse the
client might be hemorrhaging - Answer>>>heart rate of 110 per minute because one of the first
signs of hemorrhage is an increase in the heart rate from the clients Baseline which occurs to
compensate for blood