ATI RN Medical-Surgical Proctored Exam 2019

ATI RN Medical-Surgical Proctored Exam 2019

A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has a new prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?

I should lie down when I take this medication

A nurse is providing discharge teaching to an older adult client following total hip arthroplasty. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? Install a raised toilet seat in your bathroom

A nurse is planning care for a client following a cardiac catheterization. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Maintain the client's affected extremity in extension

A nurse is caring for a client who has a lower extremity fracture and a prescription for crutches. Which of the following client statements indicates that the client is adapting to their role change?

I will need to have my partner take over shopping for groceries and cooking the meals for us

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has an impaired immune system due to chemotherapy. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching? Change your pet’s litter box daily

A nurse is caring for a client who has a contusion and reports thirst. The client's urinary output was 4,000 ml over past 24 hr. the nurse should anticipate a prescription for which of the following IV medications?

Desmopressin

A nurse in a clinic receives a phone call from a client who recently started therapy with an ACE inhibitor and reports nagging dry cough. Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?

Sucking on a lozenge may reduce the frequency of your cough

A nurse is taking an admission history from a client who reports Raynaud's disease. Which of the following assessment findings should the nurse identify as a parenteral trigger for exacerbation of Raynaud's?

Using nicotine transdermal patch

A nurse is caring for a client who has a central venous device and notes the tubing has become disconnected. the client develops dyspnea and tachycardia. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

Clamp the catheter