A

client with chronic renal failure is experiencing

central nervous system changes caused by uremic toxins. Which nursing

intervention would be most appropriate for addressing the changes?

The

nurse is auscultating the lungs in a postoperative client and hears something

that sounds like a cellophane bag being wrinkled when the client takes in a

breath. What nursing care is essential

because of the finding?

A

primary reason for infusing blood at a rate of 60ml / hour is to help prevent

which of the following complications?

A

client in the intensive care unit is on a volume cycled mechanical

ventilator. The high pressure alarm begins to sound repeatedly. The client is

sleeping quietly. What is the most most appropriate initial response by the

nurse?

A client

receives a Thrombolytic agent. The expected outcome of this drug therapy

includes:

What

features separate a hypertensive urgency from an emergency?

A

patient with negative troponins and stress test results reports recurring

chest pain that is similar to the patient's pain on admission. The

cardiovascular nurse next action is to:

Mr. T.

has a ventricular demand pacemaker that is set at 72 beats per minute. The

nurse knows that Mr. T. pacemaker is functioning correctly if which of the

following appears on the ECG?

Which

of the following classes of drugs is most widely used in the treatment of

cardiomyopathy?

An

important responsibility for a patient after an invasive cardiovascular

diagnostic study:

Which

structure is called as the 3 order pacemaker?

All the

following are pathophysiological mechanisms for respiratory failure

except

You

assist your patient with using their inhaler. The inhaler contains the

medication Budesonide. Before administering the inhaler, you will want to

connect what device to the inhaler to help decrease the patient from

developing ________?

Infants of mothers with diabetes (IDMs) are

at higher risk for developing:

The nurse would assess that the client is

demonstrating a typical adverse reaction to lidocaine hydrochloride when the

client complains of:

NTG

post MyocardiaI Infarction has what

benefit?

A nurse

is caring for a client with renal failure. Blood gas results indicate a pH of

7.30; a PCO2 of 32 mm Hg, and a bicarbonate concentration of 20 mEq/L. The

nurse has determined that the client is experiencing metabolic acidosis.

Which of the following laboratory values would the nurse expect to note?

You

suspect kidney transplant rejection when the patient shows which symptoms?

The

nurse is working on a surgical ICU. The nurse must logroll a male client

following a:

The

nurse is assessing a person with long standing chronic obstructive pulmonary

disease(COPD) . Which findings would the nurse expect to find?

The

nurse is caring for Baby M. age 2 year old who is showing clinical

manifestations of heart murmur, widened pulse presure, cardiomegaly, bounding

pulses, and tachycardia. The assessment findings indicate that which of the

following shunt systems from fetal circulation has failed to close?

The

nurse is reading an ECG rhythm strip notes that there are 8 QRS complexes in

a 6 second strip. The heart rate is:

A

client has the following ABG values. pH=7.52; PaO2= 50mm Hg; PaCo2= 28mmHg;

HCO3= 24meq/L. From the clients PaCO2 level the nurse determines that the

client is experiencing which of the following conditions?

An older

adult is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The client asks the nurse what

causes Parkinson’s disease. In addition to telling the client that we are not

really sure what causes it, the nurse should include which information?