NUR 2349 Professional Nursing 1
1. Before the nurse brings the client to the operating room for knee surgery, the client reports
to the nurse that the surgeon did not mark the knee that is being operated on. The nurse takes
which best actions?
A. Proceed with transferring the client OR as planned.
B. Call a time out so the site could be marked before surgery begins.
C. Call the surgeon to mark the site with the client before transfer to OR.
D. Have the client mark the site before transferring to OR.
Answer
C.Call the surgeon to mark the site with the client before transfer to OR.
2. The provider recommends a fluid intake of at least 2 L per day.The client's reported intake
over the past 24 hours is
12 ounces of coffee and 3 ounces of orange juice for breakfast, 8 ounces of sparkling water
throughout the morning, 8 ounces of tomato soup and 10 ounces of skim milk for lunch, 1/4 L
of flavored water in the afternoon, 10 ounces of ice tea for dinner. After calculating the 24 hour
intake, what does the nurse tell the client?
A. You should drink another cup of fluid per day to meet your recommended fluid intake.
B. You are meeting the recommended fluid intake of 2 L per day.
C. Your fluid intake is higher than the recommended fluid intake of 2 L per day.
D. Only fluids like water juice and milk should be counted in your daily recommended fluid
intake.
Answer
A.You should drink another cup of fluid per day to meet your recommended fluid intake.
3. A client issurprised to learn that his acute pain is caused by a kidney stone. The nurse should
instruct the client that the most common type ofrenal calculi is composed of which of the
following?
A. Calcium.
B. Cystine.
C. Struvite.
D. Uric acid.
Answer
A.Calcium