Patho Prep U

A client has a stroke volume of 70 mL and a heart rate of 72 beats/min. The nurse evaluates that the client's cardiac output is?

5040

A client at 32 weeks' gestation is admitted to the birthing unit because she is having regular labor contractions. A prescription for 6 mg of intramuscular dexamethasone, twice a day for 2 days, is issued. The client asks why she needs this medicine. The nurse explains that this corticosteroid is prescribed because it does what?

"The medication accelerates fetal lung maturity."

Which information would the nurse include in response to a client's questioning a protein-restricted dietary change required for his or her acute kidney injury?

"This diet supplies only essential amino acids, reducing the amount of metabolic waste products, thus decreasing stress on the kidneys."

A client is admitted to the hospital with severe flank pain, nausea, and hematuria caused by a ureteral calculus. What should be the nurse's initial intervention?

Administer the prescribed analgesic

Which finding in a client with a diagnosis of stable angina is most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?

Angina episodes are occurring more frequently.

A nurse is taking care of a client with cirrhosis of the liver. Which clinical manifestations should the nurse assess in the client?

Ascites, pruritus, and jaundice

Which assessment finding on a client who has just had a thoracentesis for a right pleural effusion would require the most rapid action by the nurse?

Decreased right side breath sounds

When teaching a client with heart failure about signs and symptoms that indicate a need to contact the primary health care provider, which clinical manifestations would the nurse include?

Extreme fatigue, coughing at night, and difficulty breathing

A nurse is assessing a client in the oliguric phase of acute kidney injury. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

Hyperkalemia. (The nurse should expect the client to have an increase in the serum concentration of potassium during the oliguric phase. Potassium can rise to a life-threatening level during this phase and should be monitored closely.)

Which type of shock would the nurse monitor for in a client with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm?

Hypovolemic

The nurse is reviewing a lost of current medications with a client who has developed gastrointestinal bleeding. Which prescription would the nurse discuss with the primary health care provider

Ibuprofen

Which finding in a client with pulmonary edema requires the most rapid action by the nurse?

O2 sat 82%

Which term would the nurse use to document a drop in blood pressure when a client moves rapidly from a lying to a standing position?

Orthostatic hypotension

A child is admitted to the pediatric unit with nephrotic syndrome. What measures should the nurse expect to include in the plan of care for this child? Select all that apply.

Providing symptomatic care, Eliminating high-sodium foods, and Monitoring response to steroids

A client is admitted to the hospital with a history of cancer of the liver and jaundice. In relation to the jaundice, the nurse expects the client to report the presence of what symptom?

Pruritus

Which process is a function of the kidney hormones?

Renin raises blood pressure as result of angiotensin (local vasoconstriction) and aldosterone secretion (volume expansion

Which assessment finding for a client with pneumonia would be most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?

Respiratory rate 38 breaths per minute

Which laboratory test provides evidence consistent with a client having renal impairment?

Serum creatinine: 2.0 mg/dL (176.8 µmol/L) Serum potassium: 5.9 mEq/L (5.9 mmol/L) Blood urea nitrogen: 32 mg/dL (11.424 mmol/L)

A client is experiencing severe acute respiratory distress. Which response would the nurse expect the client to exhibit?

tachycardia

A nurse is caring for several school-aged children with cystic fibrosis. Why does the nurse anticipate that these children will probably be small and underdeveloped for their age?

These children digest little food because pancreatic enzymes are blocked

Hemoptysis is a clinical manifestation of which disease process? quizlet

Tuberculosis

A client is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of intestinal obstruction. The healthcare provider prescribes intestinal suction via a nasoenteric decompression tube. The loss of which constituents associated with intestinal suctioning is most important to consider when caring for this client?

Water and electrolytes

which action would the nurse take when a client with tuberculosis is admitted to the nursing unit

Wear a particulate respirator when caring for the client

After a spontaneous pneumothorax, a client's assessment findings include extreme drowsiness, tachycardia, and tachypnea. The nurse suspects which condition?

hypercapnia