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1. A nurse is caring for a client with a below-the-knee amputation. What should the nurse encourage the client to do to prepare the residual limb for a prosthesis?
2. An IV infusion of magnesium sulfate is prescribed for a client with severe preeclampsia. The dose is twice the usual adult dose. When a nurse questions the dosage, the health care provider insists that it is the desired dose and directs the nurse to administer the medication. How should the nurse respond to this directive?
3. A client with severe preeclampsia is hospitalized. What should a nurse do first to ensure her physical safety?
4. A client is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of an exacerbation of asthma. What should the nurse plan to do to best help this client?
5. A nurse is assessing a newborn. What finding indicates the need for follow-up care?
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1. A client who is at 26 weeks’ gestation arrives at the clinic for her scheduled examination. Her blood pressure is 150/86. She tells the nurse that she has gained 5 pounds in the last 2 weeks. What is the priority nursing action?
2. A new mother refuses to look at her newborn who has a severe birth defect. What is the nurse’s most therapeutic approach?
3. An African-American woman is diagnosed with primary hypertension. She asks, “Is hypertension a disease of African- American people?” What is the nurse’s best response?
4. An infant born with hydrocephalus is to be discharged after insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Which common complication of this type of surgery should the nurse explain to the parents to prepare them for their child’s discharge?
5. Parents are considering a bone marrow transplant for their child who has recurrent leukemia. The parents ask the nurse for clarification about the procedure. What is the best response by the nurse?
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1. A nurse applies an ice pack to a client’s leg for 20 minutes. What clinical indicator helps the nurse determine the effectiveness of the treatment?
2. A client is admitted to the emergency department with a contaminated wound. The client is a poor historian, and the nurse realizes that it is impossible to determine whether the client is immunized against tetanus. Which medication does the nurse expect the health care provider to prescribe because it will produce passive immunity for several weeks with minimal danger of an allergic reaction?
3. A nurse is caring for a client on bed rest. How can the nurse system is important for the nurse to consider? help prevent a pulmonary embolus?
4. A nurse is caring for a client with ascites. What does the nurse consider to be the cause of the ascites?
5. After abdominal surgery a client reports pain. What action should the nurse take first?
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1. An infant who was just circumcised is to be discharged with his parents. What should the nurse include in the discharge instructions about postcircumcision care?
2. A nurse is caring for a client with a spinal cord injury during the immediate postinjury period. What is the primary focus of nursing care during this immediate phase?
3. A client asks for and receives instruction regarding birth control methods. She elects to use a diaphragm with a spermicide. What disadvantage of using a diaphragm should be explained to the client?
4. A nurse is caring for a client in labor. What client response indicates that the transition phase of labor probably has begun?
5. A male client receiving hemodialysis undergoes surgery to create an arteriovenous fistula. Before discharge, the nurse discusses care at home with the client and his wife. Which statement by the client’s wife indicates that further teaching is required?
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1. A health care provider informs a client that a T-tube will be in place after an abdominal cholecystectomy and a choledochostomy. What should the nurse include in the preoperative teaching for this client regarding the primary reason why a T-tube is necessary?
2. In the immediate postoperative period after a gastrectomy, the client’s nasogastric tube is draining a light-red liquid. For how long should the nurse expect this type of drainage?
3. A nurse is caring for a client who is scheduled for a gastric bypass to treat morbid obesity. Which diet should the nurse teach the client to maintain because it will help minimize clinical manifestations of dumping syndrome?
4. An external monitor is placed on the abdomen of a client admitted in active labor. The nurse identifies that during each contraction, the fetal heart rate decelerates as the contraction peaks. What should the nurse do next?
5. A client who has had thoracic surgery is admitted to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). What should the nurse do after the chest tube is attached to a disposable plastic waterseal drainage system?
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