PN 3 Exam 5 Review (110 Questions and Answers) Guarantee Pass| Verified Answers

PN 3 Exam 5 Review (110 Questions and Answers) Guarantee Pass| Verified Answers

The best site for the nurse to use when assessing the pulse rate in a 12-month-old infant is the ________ pulse

A. Brachial

B. Apical

C. Radial

D. Femoral

The nurse preparing to administer medication to a 2-month-old infant discovers there is no ID bracelet on the child. The nurse should:

A. Give the medication after confirming the child's name from the foot of the crib.

B. Ask the charge nurse to give the medicine.

C. Confirm the identity with the charge nurse, make a new bracelet, and give the medicine.

D. Delay the medication until the admissions office can supply a new ID bracelet.

The nurse instructed an adolescent female about collecting a clean-catch urine specimen. The nurse determined the adolescent understood the instructions when she stated:

A. "I should wash my perineum with soap and water, then begin to urinate."

B. "I clean the perineum from front to back with an antiseptic wipe before I urinate."

C. "i'll collect the first stream of urine in a sterile container."

D. "I will discard the first void and collect a freshly voided specimen 30 minutes later."

The strategy the nurse might use when administering oral medications to a young child who is reluctant to take it is to:

A. Mix the medication with chocolate milk.

B. Tell the child that the medication is candy.

C. Give the medication quickly if the child is crying.

D. Offer the child fruit juice after the medication is swallowed.

A parent tells the nurse, "I'm not sure how to give this medicine to my infant." The nurse would teach the parent to best administer an oral suspension by:

A. Pouring the medication into a small cup and allowing the infant to drink it.

B. Placing the medication in a nipple and having the infant suck the nipple.

C. Using an oral syringe and placing the medication in the side of the infant's mouth.

D. Administering the medication with a dropper onto the back of the infant's tongue.

Gentamicin ear drops are prescribed for a 4-year-old child. To administer the ear drops, the nurse would pull the auricle:

A. Up and back.

B. Down and back.

C. Up and out.

D. Down and out.

The nurse explains that the tympanic thermometer is considered more accurate because:

A. The thermometer probe is blunt and wide.

B. It takes a brief time to register.

C. The tympanic membrane shares circulation with the hypothalamus.

D. The tympanic membrane and the brain have the same temperature.