Nursing Review

1. A client has been admitting to the ER following a MVA. The client has a temperature of a 102.6 What would be the reason for the high temperature:

An infection has developed from abrasions

He will require a cooling blanket to decrease the temperature

The fronal lobe has been damaged

The hypothalamus had been damaged

2. A patient is admitted with DT's to a private room. What is the nursing intervention priority?

Administer thiamine and zinc

Seizure precautions in place

Make sure the room is quiet and dark

Administer Valium

3. The client has a bull eye's rash. what quesitons would you ask:

Have you been out of the country in 6 months

Have you found any ticks on your body recently

What have you ate or drank recently

Have you had a fever in the last few days

4. The nurse has a pre-op order to administer Valium and Phenergan. The correct method of administering is:

Mix in the same sygrine

Give the valium and wait 5 minutes and give the phenergan

Question the order because they should not be given to the same client

Administer them separatley

5. What are the clinical manifestations of hyperthyroidism:

Fatique,weight gain,decreased libido

Insomnia,tachycardia,shortness of breath

Hypokalemia,diuresis,fatique

Restlessness,weight loss,fatique

6. A post burn injury client should have what type of diet:

High protein,high sodium,high carbs

High protein,low sodium,low carbs

Low fat,high calories,high sodium

Low calorie,low fat, low protein

7. The nurse is performin trachestomey care. What should the nurse do if he coughs the inner canula out:

Call the doctor

Begin rescue breathing

Replace it

Hold the stoma open with forceps

8. The cllient in active labor has vaginal drainage What does normal look like:

Bright red

Green tinged

Straw colored

Brown

9. A client with lung cancer has had a pneumonectomy. What prescription would be ordered:

Supplement oxygen

Closed chest tube

Head of the bead elevated

Coughing and deeping breathing exercises

10. A patient who is in labor is being monitored. What should be reported to the MD:

Scant bloody discharge

Green vaginal drainage

Moderate uterine contractions

Umbilical cord in discending from the vaginal opening