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Questions # 201:

When planning care for the passive-aggressive client, the nurse includes the following goal:

Options:

A.

Allow the client to use humor, because this may be the only way this client can express self.

B.

Allow the client to express anger by using “I” messages, such as “I was angry when . . .,” etc.

C.

Allow the client to have time away from therapeutic responsibilities.

D.

Allow the client to give excuses if he forgets to give staff information.

Questions # 202:

While the RN is assessing a mother’s perineum on her 2nd postpartum day after having a vaginal delivery, the RN notes a large ecchymotic area located to the left of the mother’s perineum. Which one of the following interventions should the RN initiate at this time?

Options:

A.

Have the client expose the area to air.

B.

Apply ice to the perineum.

C.

Encourage the client to take warm sitz baths.

D.

Inform the physician.

Questions # 203:

At 38 weeks’ gestation, a client is in active labor. She is using her Lamaze breathing techniques. The RN is coaching her breathing and encouraging her to relax and work with her contractions. Which one of the following complaints by the client will alert the RN that she is beginning to hyperventilate with her breathing?

Options:

A.

“I am cold.”

B.

“I have a backache.”

C.

“I feel dizzy.”

D.

“I am nauseous.”

Questions # 204:

The physician is preparing to induce labor on a 40-week multigravida. The nurse should anticipate the administration of:

Options:

A.

Oxytocin (Pitocin)

B.

Progesterone

C.

Vasopressin (Pitressin)

D.

Ergonovine maleate

Questions # 205:

A 35-year-old client is admitted to the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis. Results of arterial blood gases are pH 7.2, PaO2 90, PaCO2 45, and HCO3 16. The nursing assessment of arterial blood gases indicate the presence of:

Options:

A.

Respiratory alkalosis

B.

Respiratory acidosis

C.

Metabolic alkalosis

D.

Metabolic acidosis

Questions # 206:

A laboring client presents with a prolapsed cord. The nurse should immediately place the client in what position?

Options:

A.

Reverse Trendelenburg

B.

Fowler’s

C.

Trendelenburg

D.

Sims’

Questions # 207:

A pregnant client during labor is irritable and feels the urge to vomit. The nurse should recognize this as the:

Options:

A.

Fourth stage of labor

B.

Third stage of labor

C.

Transition stage of labor

D.

Second stage of labor

Questions # 208:

The nurse is assessing and getting a history from a client treated for depression with a monoamine oxidase (MAO) antidepressant. The most serious side effect associated with this antidepressant and the ingestion of tyramine in aged foods may be:

Options:

A.

Hypertensive crisis

B.

Severe rash

C.

Severe hypotension

D.

Severe diarrhea

Questions # 209:

A client calls the prenatal clinic to schedule an appointment. She states she has missed three menstrual periods and thinks she might be pregnant. During her first visit to the prenatal clinic, it is confirmed that she is pregnant. The registered nurse (RN) learns that her last menstrual period began on June 10. According to Nägele’s rule, the estimated date of confinement is:

Options:

A.

March 17

B.

June 3

C.

August 30

D.

January 10

Questions # 210:

A client is diagnosed with organic brain disorder. The nursing care should include:

Options:

A.

Organized, safe environment

B.

Long, extended family visits

C.

Detailed explanations of procedures

D.

Challenging educational programs

Questions # 211:

A premature infant needs supplemental O2 therapy. A nursing intervention that reduces the risk of retrolental fibroplasia is to:

Options:

A.

Maintain O2at <40%

B.

Maintain O2at>40%

C.

Give moist O2at>40%

D.

Maintain on 100% O2

Questions # 212:

A 3-month-old infant has had a unilateral cleft lip repair. He has resumed feedings of oral formula. The nurse should feed the infant with:

Options:

A.

Gavage tube

B.

Nipple and bottle

C.

A straw and cup

D.

Syringe

Questions # 213:

After the RN is finished the initial assessment of a newborn baby and after the initial bonding between the newborn and the mother has taken place in the delivery room, the RN will bring the newborn to the well-baby nursery. Before the newborn is taken from the delivery room and brought to the well-baby nursery, the RN makes sure that which of the following interventions was completed?

Options:

A.

The physician verifies the exact time of birth.

B.

The nurse counts the instruments and sponges with the scrub nurse.

C.

The nurse instills prophylactic ointment in the conjunctival sacs of the newborn’s eyes.

D.

The nurse makes sure the mother and her newborn have been tagged with identical bands.

Questions # 214:

After performing a sterile vaginal exam on a client who has just been admitted to the unit in active labor and placed on an electronic fetal monitor, the RN assesses that the fetal head is at 21 station. She documents this on the monitor strip. Fetal head at 21 station means that the fetal head is located where in the pelvis?

Options:

A.

One centimeter below the ischial spines

B.

One centimeter above the ischial spines

C.

Has not entered the pelvic inlet yet

D.

Located in the pelvic outlet

Questions # 215:

At 30 weeks’ gestation, a client is admitted to the unit in premature labor. Her contractions are every 5 minutes and last 60 seconds, her cervix is closed, and the suture placed around her cervix during her 16th week of gestation, when she had the MacDonald procedure, can still be felt by the physician. The amniotic sac is still intact. She is very concerned about delivering prematurely. She asks the RN, “What is the greatest risk to my baby if it is born prematurely?” The RN’s answer should be:

Options:

A.

Hyperglycemia

B.

Hypoglycemia

C.

Lack of development of the intestines

D.

Lack of development of the lungs

Questions # 216:

Nursing care of the infant prior to surgical closure of a meningomyelocele would include:

Options:

A.

Cover sac with dry sterile dressing

B.

Cover sac with saline-soaked sterile dressing

C.

Do not apply dressing; keep sac open to air

D.

Aspirate any fluid from sac

Questions # 217:

In client teaching, the nurse should emphasize that fetal damage occurs more frequently with ingestion of drugs during:

Options:

A.

First trimester

B.

Second trimester

C.

Third trimester

D.

Every trimester

Questions # 218:

A 55-year-old client is unconscious, and his physician has decided to begin tube feeding him using a smallbore silicone feeding tube (Keofeed, Duo-Tube). After the tube is inserted, the nurse identifies the most reliable way to confirm appropriate placement is to:

Options:

A.

Aspirate gastric contents

B.

Auscultate air insufflated through the tube

C.

Obtain a chest x-ray

D.

Place the tip of the tube under water and observe for air bubbles

Questions # 219:

A 1000-mL dose of D5W 1⁄2 normal saline is to be infused in 8 hours. The drop factor for the tubing is 60 gtt/min. How many drops per minute should the nurse administer?

Options:

A.

75 gtt/min

B.

100 gtt/min

C.

125 gtt/min

D.

150 gtt/min

Questions # 220:

A client had a myocardial infarction 5 days ago. His physician has ordered an echocardiogram to determine how his myocardial infarction has affected his ventricular wall motion. When the client asks if this test is painful, an appropriate response is:

Options:

A.

“No, but you must be able to ride on a stationary bicycle while the test is being performed.”

B.

“No, but you will have to lie still and the gel that is used may be cool.”

C.

“Yes, but your physician will be there and will order pain medicine for you.”

D.

“Your physician has ordered medicine, which you will be given before you go for the test, which will make you sleepy.”

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