304 MEDSURG FINAL EXAM REVIEW CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

304 MEDSURG FINAL EXAM REVIEW

CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1.      Nurse in ED caring for a client who is having an acute asthma attack. How can she tell the client in in respiratory distress (Select all)

A. 95% O2

B.      Wheezing

C.      Retraction of sternal muscles

D.     Pink mucous membranes

E.      Premature ventricular complexes (PVCs)

2.      Morning

3.      Newly admitted patient w/diagnosis of ascites. What order would the nurse question? (select all)

a.      High sodium

b.      Spironolactone

c.       Paracentesis

d.      Administration of salt-poor albumin

e.     Assisted ambulation

4.      A client is administered to the emergency department with several large kidney stones. What is the nursing priority of this patient?

a.      Administer a Foley catheter

b.      Have the patient transferred to the ER to have the stones surgically removed

c.       Administer hydrochlorothiazide

d.      Administer acetaminophen

5.      A student nurse is completing a pain assessment. The patient states that the pain is located in his abdomen, and relieved by defecation. After reviewing his chart she noticed the consistency of his stools also changed. What would the student suspect his diagnosis to be?

a.      Appendicitis

b.      Irritable bowel syndrome

c.       Irregular diet

d.      Abdominal hernia