Nclex readiness
1. What intervention is essential prior to starting a client
on atorvastatin therapy?
1. Assessing for muscle strength
2. Assessing the client's dietary intake
3. Determining if the client is on digoxin therapy
4. Monitoring liver function tests
2. Assessing the
client's dietary intake
2. The nurse provides discharge instructions to a client
at 14 weeks gestation who has received a prophylactic cervical cerclage. Which client statement indicates
an understanding of teaching?
1. "I need to be on bed rest for the duration of my
pregnancy."
2. "I will notify my health care provider if I start having
low back aches."
3. "Pelvic pressure is to be expected after cerclage
placement."
4. "The cerclage will be removed once my baby is at
28 weeks."
2. "I will notify
my health care
provider if I start
having low back
aches."
3. During the first prenatal assessment, the client reports the last normal menstrual period starting on
March 1 and ending on March 5, but also slight spotting on March 23. The client had unprotected intercourse on March 15. Using Naegele's rule, what is the
estimated date of birth?
1. December 8
2. December 12
3. December 22
4. December 30
1. December 8
4. A female client with liver cirrhosis and chronic anemia is hospitalized for a deep venous thrombosis. The
client is receiving a heparin infusion and suddenly
develops epistaxis. Which laboratory value would indicate that the heparin infusion needs to be turned
off?
1. Hematocrit of 30% (0.30)
2. Partial thromboplastin time of 110 seconds
2. Partial thromboplastin time of 110
seconds