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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FACIAL RASH UNIQUE TO THE PATIENT WITH SLE?

BUTTERFLY/ MALAR RASH

YOUR PATIENT NEEDS ONE UNIT OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS. THE BLOOD BANK NOTIFIES YOU THAT THE BLOOD IS READY TO BE PICKED UP. YOU PICK UP THE BLOOD AND ARRIVE AT YOUR UNIT AT 09:35. YOU KNOW YOU MUST START TRANSFUSION OF THE BLOOD NO LATER THAN?

10:05

CALCULATE THE PATIENTS TOTAL URINARY OUTPUT FOR THE SHIFT

2170 ML

A PATIENT WITH A DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT) HAS AN ORDER FOR HEPARIN 1500 UNITS PER HOUR. THE SOLUTION STRENGTH IS 45,000 UNITS IN 1000ML D5W. WHAT RATE SHOULD THE NURSE SET THE INFUSION PUMP?

30ML/HR ORDER/AVAILABLE TIMES SOLUTION ML

YOU ARE THE CLINIC NURSE CARING FOR A PATIENT WITH A RECENT DIAGNOSIS OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS, THE PATIENT HAS BEGUN TREATMENT WITH PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE (MESTINON). WHAT CHANGES IN STATUS WOULD MOST CLEARLY SUGGEST THERAPEUTIC BENEFIT OF THIS MEDICATION?

INCREASED MUSCLE STRENGTH

A NURSE ASSISTS A PHYSICIAN WITH THE PLACEMENT OF A CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER. THE NURSE NOTICED THE PHYSICIAN BRUSH HIS STERILE GLOVES AGAINST THE PATIENT BEDSPREAD. WHICH ACTION BY THE NURSE DEMONSTRATES PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT?

INFORM THE DR OF THE BREAK IN STERILE PROCEDURE AND PROVID NEW STERILE GLOVES.

A NURSE APPROACHES A PATIENT WHO NEEDS NASOTRACHEAL SUCTIONING THE NURSE EXPLAINS THE PROCEDURE TO THE PATIENT AND WASHES HER HANDS, WHICH STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN BY THE NURSE WHEN PERFORMING NASOTRACHEAL SUCTIONING? PRIORITIZE THE NURSES ACTIONS BY PLACING EACH STEP IN THE CORRECT ORDER

INSERT CATHETER UNTIL PT COUGHS APPLY SUCTION WHILE SLOWLY WITHDRAWING MONITOR VITAL SIGNS RETTACH BAG VALVE MASK

THE HOSPITAL NURSE IS CARING FOR A PATIENT WHO IS IN STATUS EPILEPTICUS, WHAT MEDICATION DOES THE NURSE KNOW MAY BE GIVEN TO HALT THE SEIZURE IMMEDIATELY ?

INTRAVENOUS DIAZEPAM (VALIUM)

THREE YEARS AGO, A CLIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. HE NOW PRESENTS WITH LOWER EXTREMITY WEAKNESS AND HEAVINESS. DURING THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS. THE CLIENT PRESENTS HIS ADVANCED DIRECTIVE THAT STATES HE DOES NOT WANT INTUBATION MECHANICAL VENTILATION OR TUBE FEEDING SHOULD HIS CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. HOW WOULD THE NURSE RESPOND?

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THE INFORMATION. YOU SHOULD REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN AT EVERY ADMISSION.

A 32 YR OLD PATIENT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SCLERODERMA AND HAS BREATHING DIFFICULTIES INCLUDING WHEEZING AND DRY COUGH. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SKIN CHANGES WOULD THE NURSE ALSO EXPECT TO SEE UPON ASSESSMENT OF THIS PATIENT?

STIFF TIGHT SKIN THAT IS LIGHTER OR DARKER THAN SURROUNDING SKIN

WHEN POSITIONED PROPERLY, THE TIP OF THE CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER SHOULD LIE IN THE

SUPERIOR VENA CAVA

WHEN THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER GENTLY SQUEEZES A PATIENTS HAND. THE PATIENT CRIES OUT IN PAIN, THE FINGER JOINTS ARE SWOLLEN AND SPONGY TO PALPATION. WHICH ADDITIONAL FINDINGS IS MOST CONSISTENT WITH DIAGNOSIS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS?

SWAN NECK DEFORMITY OF THE FINGERS

A NURSE IS DISCHARGING A PATIENT AFTER BILIROTH SURGERY. THE NURSE IS INSTRUCTING THE PATIENT TO MONITOR FOR THE EARLY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DUMPING SYNDROME. WHAT FINDINGS INDICATE THIS OCCURRENCE? SELECT ALL

SWEATING AND PALLOR

AFTER UNERDOING SMALL BOWEL RESECTION, A CLIENT IS ORDERED METRONIDAZOLE 500MG IVPB. THE MIXED IV SOLUTION CONTAINS 100ML. THE NURSE IS TO RUN THE DRUG OVER 30 MINUTES. THE DROP FACTOR OF THE AVAILABLE IV TUBING IS 15GTT/ML WHAT IS THE DRIP RATE?

100ML/30MIN X 15GTT/ML = 50 DROPS/ MIN SOLUTION X DROP OVER TIME IN MINUTES

WHAT TOPICS SHOULD THE NURSE INCLUDE IN A PATIENTS TEACHING FOR A PATIENT WITH A VENOUS STATIS ULCER ON THE LEFT LOWER LEG?

APPLICATION OF ELASTIC COMPRESSION STOCKINGS

WHEN THE NURSE TALKS WITH A CLIENT WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS WHO HAS SLURRED SPEECH, WHICH NURSING INTERVENTION IS CONTRA INDICATED?

ASKING THE CLIENT TO SPEAK LOUDER WHEN TIRED

WHAT IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR CHOLINERGIC CRISIS?

ATROPINE AND OXIMES

WHEN PROVIDING DISCHARGE TEACHING FOR A CLIENT WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, THE NURSE SHOULD INCLUDE WHICH INSTRUCTIONS?

AVOID HOT BATHS AND SHOWERS

A 33 YEAR OLD PATIENT PRESENTED THE CLINIC WITH COMPLAINTS OF WEAKNESS DIZZINESS AND LOSS OF BALANCE. THE PATIENT IS HOSPITALIZED AND DIAGNOSED WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS. WHAT CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS REVEALED DURING THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT IS TYPICAL OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS?

BLURRED VISION, INTENTION TREMOR AND URINARY HESITANCY

A MALE CLIENT WITH ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS RECEIVES A PRESCRIPTION FOR CO-TRIMOXAZOLE (SEPTRA) P.O. TWICE DAILY FOR 10 DAYS. WHICH FINDING BEST DEMONSTRATES THAT THE CLIENT HAS FOLLOWED THE PRESCRIBED REGIMEN?

BACTERIA ARE ABSENT ON THE URINE CULTURE

WHICH ASSESSMENT FINDING ALERTS THE NURSE TO PROVIDE PATIENT TEACHING ABOUT CATARACT DEVELOPMENT?

BLURRED VISION AND LIGHT SENSITIVITY

A PATIENT HAS JUST UNDERGONE INSERTION OF A CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER AT THE BEDSIDE ULTRASOUND. THE NURSE WOULD BE SURE TO CHECK WHICH RESULTS BEFORE INITIATING THE FLOW RATE OF THE CLIENTS IV SOLUTION AT 100ML/HOUR

CHEST RADIOLOGY RESULTS

THE NURSE IS PLANNING TO TEACH A PATIENT WITH GERD ABOUT SUBSTANCES TO AVOID. WHICH ITEMS SHOULD THE NURSE INCLUDE ON THIS LIST? SELECT ALL

COFFEE CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT FRIED CHICKEN

WHILE COMPLETING A HEALTH HISTORY ON A NEWLY DIAGNOSED PATIENT WITH GENERALIZED SEIZURE DISORDER THE NURSE WOULD ASSESS FOR A WALK CHARACTERISTIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE POST-ICTAL STATE?

CONFUSION

A TRIPLE LUMEN INDWELLING CATHETER IS INSERTED FOR CONTINUOUS BLADDER IRRIGATION FOLLOWING A TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE. IN ADDITION TO BALLOON INFLATION THE NURSE IS AWARE THAT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE 3 LUMENS INCLUDE?

CONTINUOUS FLOW AND INTERMITTENT OUTFLOW OF IRRIGATION SOLUTION

THE CLINIC NURSE CARING FOR A PATIENT WITH PARKINSONS DISEASE NOTES THAT THE PATIENT HAS BEEN TAKING LEVODOPA AND CARBIDOPA (SINEMET) FOR 7 YEARS. WHAT COMMON SIDE EFFECTS OF SINEMET WOULD THE NURSE ASSESS FOR THIS PATIENT?

DYSKINESIA

YOU ARE PROVIDING CARE TO A PATIENT WHO RECENTLY RECEIVED 2 UNITS OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS. WHICH LAB RESULT BELOW DEMONSTRATES THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION WAS SUCCESSFUL?

HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL 15G/DL

A NURSE IS SUCTIONING A PATIENT WITH AN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE CORRECT TECHNIQUE FOR THIS PROCEDURE?

HYPEROXYGENATE BEFORE AND AFTER SUCTIONING

A 38 YR OLD WOMAN COMES TO THE CLINIC WITH COMPLAINT OF DOUBLE VISION AND FEELING AS IF SHE IS DRAGGING HER LEFT LEG WHEN AMBULATING, BASED ON THIS FINDING THE NURSE SHOULD ANTICIPATE THE PHYSICIAN ORDERING?

EEG

A NURSE IS PROVIDING DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS TO A PATIENT GASTRECTOMY AND SHOULD INSTRUCT THE PATIENT TO TAKE WHICH MEASURE TO ASSIST IN PREVENTING DUMPING SYNDROME?

ELIMINATE FLUIDS TAKEN WITH MEALS

A CLINIC NURSE IS CARING FOR A PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. THE PATIENT TELLS THE NURSE THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN TAKING HIS MEDICATION BECAUSE HE USUALLY CANNOT REMOVE THE CHILDPROOF MEDICATION LID. HOW CAN THE NURSE BEST FACILITATE THE PATIENT'S ADHERENCE TO THE MEDICATION REGIMEN?

ENCOURAGE HER TO HAVE HER PHARMACY REPLACE THE TOPS WITH ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE EASIER TO OPEN

A PATIENT WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AN ACUTE EXACERBATION, WHEN PLANNING THE PATIENT CARE THE NURSE ADDRESSES THE NEED TO ENHANCE THE PATIENT BLADDER CONTROL, WHAT ASPECT OF THE NURSING CARE IS MOST LIKELY TO MEET THIS GOAL?

ESTABLISH A TIMED VOIDING SCHEDULE

THE NURSE HAS INSTRUCTED THE CLIENT WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS ABOUT WAYS TO MANAGE THE CLIENTS OWN HEALTH AT HOME. THE NURSE DETERMINES THAT THE CLIENT NEEDS MORE INFORMATION. IF THE CLIENT MAKES WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS?

GOING SKIING IN THE ALPS WILL BE A NICE RELAXING FORM OF ACTIVITY OR GOING TO THE BEACH OR SAUNA (ANYTHING TO DO WITH HEAT AND MYASTHENIA IS A NO)

WHICH STATEMENT INDICATES THAT THE FAMILY HAS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHANGES IN MOTOR MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH PARKINSONS DISEASE?

I CAN OFFER SMALLER MEALS WITH BITE SIZE PORTIONS AND A LIQUID SUPPLEMENT

WHICH PATIENT STATEMENT TO THE NURSE IS MOST CONSISTENT WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY?

I CANT GET MY SHOES ON AT THE END OF THE DAY

A HOME HEALTH NURSE WHO SEES A CLIENT WITH DIVERTICULITIS IS EVALUATING TEACHING ABOUT DIETARY MODIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO PREVENT FUTURE EPISODES. WHICH STATEMENT INDICATES EFFECTIVE TEACHING?

I SHOULD INCREASE MY INTAKE OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES DURING REMISSIONS.

THE NURSE IS REVIEWING THE MEDICATION RECORD OF A FEMALE CLIENT WITH ACUTE GASTRITIS. WHICH MEDICATION IF NOTED ON THE RECORD WOULD THE NURSE QUESTION?

IBUPROFEN

A 78YR OLD HAS OSTEOARTHRITIS, WHICH SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WOULD THE NURSE EXPECT TO FIND ON A PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT?

JOINT PAIN, CREPITUS, HEBERDENS NODES

A PATIENT WITH DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF SEIZURE DISORDER, IS EXPERIENCING A GENERALIZED SEIZURE, WHAT NURSING ACTION IS MOST APPROPRIATE?

LOOSEN THE PATIENT'S RESTRICTIVE CLOTHING

A NURSE IS PROVIDING CARE FOR A CLIENT WHO WAS JUST DIAGNOSED IN THE EARLY STAGES OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. THE NURSE SHOULD ANTICIPATE ADMINISTRATION OF WHAT MEDICATION?

METHOTREXATE (RHEUMATREX)

WHILE WORKING IN THE OUTPATIENT CLINIC THE NURSE NOTES THAT A PATIENT HAS A HISTORY OF INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION. WHICH STATEMENT WOULD SUPPORT THIS INFORMATION?

MY LEGS CRAMP WHEN I WALK MORE THAN A BLOCK

WHICH ASSESSMENT FINDING FOR A PATIENT WHO HAS BEEN ADMITTED WITH A RIGHT CALF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ACTION BY THE NURSE?

NEW ONSET SHORTNESS OF BREATH

YOUR 37 YEAR OLD PATIENT WITH ACUTE LEUKEMIA HAS AN IMPLANTED PORT. WHAT TYPE OF NEEDLE SHOULD BE USED TO ACCESS IT?

NONCORING NEEDLE

BEFORE STARTING THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION, A BASELINE OF VITAL SIGNS SHOW THE FOLLOWING. APICAL PULSE 112, BLOOD PRESSURE 116/70, RESPIRATIONS 18, AND TEMPERATURE 100.8F. NEXT ACTION IS TO?

NOTIFY THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER BEFORE STARTING THE TRANSFUSION

THE CLIENT IS UNDERGOING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING TO DETERMINE THE ETIOLOGY OF RECENT JOINT PAIN. THE CLIENT ASKED THE NURSE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OSTEOARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. WHAT IS THE BEST RESPONSE BY THE NURSE?

OA IS CONSIDERED A NONINFLAMMATORY JOINT DISEASE RA IS CHARACTERIZED BY INFLAMED SWOLLEN JOINTS

IF YOUR MALE CLIENT HAS EXPERIENCED AN EPISODE OF MYASTHENIC CRISIS THE NURSE WOULD ASSESS WHETHER THE CLIENT HAS PARTICIPATING FACTORS SUCH AS?

OMITTED DOSES OF MEDICATIONS

THE NURSE IS DOING AN ADMISSION ASSESSMENT ON A PATIENT WITH A HISTORY OF DUODENAL ULCER. TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROBLEM IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE, THE NURSE SHOULD ASSESS THE PATIENT FOR WHICH SIGNS/SYMPTOMS OF DUODENAL ULCER?

PAIN RELIEVED BY FOOD INTAKE

IN REVIEWING A 55-YEAR OLD PATIENTS MEDICAL RECORD, THE NURSE NOTES THAT THE LAST EXAMINATION REVEALED AN INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE OF 28MM HG. THE NURSE WILL PLAN TO ASSESS?

PERIPHERAL VISION

A LABYRINTHECTOMY CAN BE PERFORMED TO TREAT MENIERES SYNDROME. THIS PROCEDURE RESULTS IN?

PERMANENT IRREVERSIBLE DEAFNESS

A NURSE IDENTIFIES THAT THE PATIENT HAS OVERFLOW INCONTINENCE, WHICH FACTOR CONTRIBUTES TO THIS CLINICAL MANIFESTATION?

PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT

IN ORDER TO PREVENT VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN AN INTUBATED PATIENT, THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SHOULD?

PROVIDE ORAL CARE AND SUCTION INTO THE PATIENT

THE CRITICAL CARE NURSE IS ADMITTING A PATIENT IN A MYASTHENIC CRISIS TO AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, THE NURSE SHOULD PRIORITIZE WHAT NURSING ACTIONS IN THE IMMEDIATE CARE OF THIS PATIENT?

PROVIDING VENTILATORY ASSISTANCE

THE NURSE IS PROVIDING CARE TO A CLIENT WHO WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS, WHICH IS A GOAL OF CARE FOR THIS CLIENT? SELECT ALL

REDUCE PAIN REDUCE INFLAMMATION PREVENT INFECTIONS MAINTAIN SKIN

A PATIENT WITH AN ACUTE ATTACK OF GOUT IS TREATED WITH COLCHICINE, THE NURSE DETERMINES THAT THE DRUG IS EFFECTIVE UPON FINDING?

RELIEF OF JOINT PAIN

A NURSE IS SUPERVISING A STUDENT NURSE WHO IS PERFORMING TRACHEOSTOMY CARE FOR A CLIENT. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS BY THE STUDENTS SHOULD THE NURSE INTERVENE?

REMOVING THE INNER CANNULA AND CLEANING USING STANDARD PRECAUTIONS

WHAT CHARACTERISTICS DESCRIBE POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION? SELECT ALL

REQUIRE AN ARTIFICIAL AIRWAY MOST FREQUENTLY USED WITH CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS

THE NURSE HAS INSTRUCTED THE CLIENT WITH MYASTHENIA GRAVIS ABOUT WAYS TO MANAGE HIS OR HER OWN HEALTH AT HOME. THE NURSE DETERMINES THAT THE CLIENT NEEDS FURTHER TEACHING IF THE CLIENT MAKES WHICH STATEMENT?

RESTING IN SAUNA WILL BE RELAXING FORM OF ACTIVITY

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A PRIORITY NURSING DIAGNOSIS WITH A SEIZURE DISORDER?

RISK FOR INJURY RELATED TO SEIZURE ACTIVITY

AFTER TERMINATING THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION DURING A REACTION, WHICH ACTION BY THE NURSE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BE TAKEN?

RUN NORMAL SALINE AT A KEEP VEIN OPEN RATE

A PATIENT WITH PARKINSONS DISEASE IS UNDERGOING A SWALLOWING ASSESSMENT BECAUSE SHE HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED ADVENTITIOUS LUNG SOUNDS. THE PATIENT NUTRITIONAL NEEDS SHOULD BE MET BY WHAT METHOD?

SEMISOLID FOO WITH THICK LIQUIDS

THE CLIENT WITH PARKINSONS DISEASE HAS A NURSING DIAGNOSIS OF RISK FOR FALLS RELATED TO AN ABNORMAL GAIT DOCUMENTED IN THE NURSING CARE PLAN. THE NURSE ASSESSES THE CLIENT EXPECTING TO OBSERVE WHICH TYPE OF GAIT?

SHUFFLING AND PROPULSIVE

THE PATIENT IS HAVING A LUMBAR PUNCTURE (LP) PERFORMED. THE NURSE WOULD PLAN TO PLACE THE PATIENT IN WHICH POSITION FOR THE PROCEDURE?

SIDE LYING WITH LEGS PULLED UP AND HEAD BENT DOWN INTO THE CHEST

WHAT CAN A NURSE ASK A PATIENT TO DO BEFORE SUCTIONING TO PREVENT HYPOXEMIA?

TAKE SEVERAL DEEP BREATHS

THE RN IS TEACHING A PATIENT ABOUT CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE TEACHING PLAN?

THE DOSE WILL BE REDUCED OVERTIME

A PATIENT RECEIVING MECHANICAL VENTILATION IS VERY ANXIOUS AND AGITATED AND A NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT ARE USED TO PROMOTE VASODILATION. WHAT SHOULD THE NURSE RECOGNIZE ABOUT THE CARE OF THIS PATIENT?

THE PATIENT SHOULD ALWAYS BE ADDRESSED AND EXPLANATIONS OF CARE GIVEN

THE NURSE IS CARING FOR AN 84 YEAR OLD PATIENT WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS. WHEN PLANNING THE PATIENTS CARE WHAT GOAL SHOULD THE NURSE PRIORITIZE?

THE PATIENT WILL EXPRESS SATISFACTION WITH HER ABILITY TO PERFORM ADL'S

THE NURSE IS ASSESSING THE RISK FACTORS KNOWN TO CONTRIBUTE TO OSTEOARTHRITIS. WHAT ASSESSMENT FINDING SHOULD THE NURSE INTERPRET IS A RISK FACTOR?

THE PATIENTS BODY MASS INDEX IS 34 (OBESE)

THE NURSE OBSERVES THAT ONE CLIENT WITH PARKINSONS DISEASE WHEN BUTTONS THE SHIRT THE ARM TREMORS DISAPPEAR. WHICH STATEMENT BEST GUIDES THE NURSES ANALYSIS OF THIS OBSERVATION ABOUT THE CLIENT'S TREMORS?

THE TREMORS SOMETIMES DISAPPEAR WITH PURPOSEFUL AND VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS

THE NURSE IS PROVIDING HEALTH PROMOTION TEACHING TO A GROUP OF OLDER ADULTS. WHICH INFORMATION WILL THE NURSE INCLUDE WHEN TEACHING ABOUT ROUTINE GLAUCOMA TESTING?

TONO-PEN WILL BE APPLIED TO THE SURFACE OF THE EYE

WHEN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH GOUT AND A RED AND PAINFUL LEFT GREAT TOE, WHICH NURSING ACTION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN OF CARE?

USE A HEADBOARD TO HOLD BEDDING AWAY FROM TOE

THE NURSE IS CARING FOR A PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSONS DISEASE. THE PATIENT IS HAVING INCREASED PROBLEMS WITH RISING FROM THE SITTING TO THE STANDING POSITION. WHAT SHOULD THE NURSE SUGGEST TO THE PATIENT TO USE THAT WILL AID IN GETTING FROM THE SITTING TO THE STANDING POSITION AS WELL AS AID IN IMPROVING BOWEL ELIMINATION?

USE OF A RAISE TOILET SEAT

WHEN EDUCATING A PATIENT WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS ABOUT USING CAPSAICIN (ZOSTRIX) CREAM, THE NURSE SHOULD INSTRUCT THE PATIENT TO?

WASH HANDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER APPLYING THE CREAM

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LABORATORY RESULTS WOULD BE EXPECTED IN A CLIENT WITH PERITONITIS?

WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT ABOVE 15,000 MICROL

WHICH STATEMENT BEST PREPARES THE PATIENT FOR COMPUTERIZED THERMOGRAPHY (CT) SCAN OF THE HEAD WITHOUT CONTRAST TO BE COMPLETED THE NEXT MORNING?

YOU WILL NEED TO HOLD YOUR HEAD VERY STILL DURING THE SCAN