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Healthstream 2026/2027 Test| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
Healthstream 2026/2027 Test| Questions and
Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
Q: A dose of 35 mg of a corticosteroid is ordered to be given IM to treat inflammation. The
medication is available as 250 mg/10 mL. How many milliliters should be administered?
Answer:
1.4 ml
Q: A practitioner's order prescribes levothyroxine 0.075 mg PO daily. The available medication
is levothyroxine 25-mcg tablets. What will the nurse administer?
Answer:
3 tabs
Q: The actions of nitroglycerin in the management of angina include
Answer:
coronary artery dilation and peripheral venous dilation.
Q: The most common cause of right heart failure is:
Answer:
left heart failure.
Q: The nurse is differentiating between right- and left-sided heart failure in an assigned patient.
For right-sided heart failure, the patient presents with edematous extremities, nausea/vomiting,
and:
Answer:
anorexia.
Q: The nurse is assigned to a patient with acute adrenal insufficiency (Addisonian crisis). The
practitioner orders the steroids to be discontinued quickly. The nurse knows to question the order
because:
Answer:
steroids should be withdrawn slowly to allow for pituitary production of ACTH
Q: The nurse is caring for a patient who has atrial fibrillation. The patient is attempting to
understand why this dysrhythmia developed in him. The nurse educates this patient about his risk
factors, including:
Answer:
diabetes mellitus.
Q: The nurse is assigned a patient who is experiencing chest pain resulting from coronary artery
spasms while at rest. The nurse quickly realizes that the patient is suffering from:
Answer:
variant (Prinzmetal's) angina.
Q: A blood transfusion is: indicated in cases of
Answer:
active hemorrhage resulting in shock
Q: Prior to administering digoxin to a patient, the nurse assesses the:
Answer:
apical pulse for 1 minute.
Q: The nurse has a patient who has sustained paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT).
The medication that is most effective for treatment is:
Answer:
adenosine.
Q: A patient with a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) has a chest tube in place. The nurse
suspects an air leak, because the collection unit displays:
Answer:
bubbling in the water seal chamber.
Q: A patient has been admitted to the telemetry unit with infective endocarditis. During the
nursing assessment, the nurse notes the confirmatory findings of petechiae, splinter hemorrhages,
and:
Answer:
Osler's nodes.
Q: A patient reports unrelenting, crushing chest pain; nausea; and dyspnea. The nurse suspects
an acute myocardial infarction. What change should the nurse expect to see on the patient's
ECG?
Answer:
ST-segment elevation
Q: During an acute lateral myocardial infarction, changes will be seen in which ECG leads?
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