Comprehensive Review

Comprehensive Review

1.       A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of a client who is taking cyclosporine following a kidney transplant. Which of the following findings should the nurse report?

a.       Urine specific gravity 1.023 b. Serium creatinine 1.6 mg/dL

c.       Urine pH 6.2

d.      BUN 18 mg/dL

2.       A nurse is providing discharge instructions about a newborn safety to a client who is 2 days postpartum. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

a.       Use a car seat when traveling by airplane.

b.      Lay the baby on his stomach to nap during the daytime.

c.       Change smoke detector batteries every other year

d.      Place a plastic waterproof sheet over the crib bedding

3.       Math question

4.       A nurse is caring for a client who has major depressive disorder. The client tells the nurse, “No one cares about me. I’m completely alone”. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

a.       “What makes you think that”?

b.      “Can you give me an example of how others are making you feel this way?”

c.       “You should join a community support group.”

d.      “Don’t worry. You should be feeling better in a couple weeks.”

5.       A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is caring for a client who states that she plans to leave the facility against medical advice. For which of the following actions by the nurse should the charge nurse intervene?

a.       Asks the client to sign a form releasing the hospital from legal responsibility b. Asks security to detain the client until the provider is notified

c.       Show the client for abnormal laboratory results

d.      Asks the client what her plans are for follow-up care