Community Health Nursing Quiz 4

A nurse is assigned to care for an anxious client who has an open pneumothorax and sucking chest wound. An occlusive dressing has been applied to the site. Which of the following action of the nurse would best relieve the client’s anxiety?

A female client is to have arterial blood gases drawn. While the nurse is performing the Allen test, the client asks the nurse about the significance of the test and what procedure she is doing because no one else has done the same procedure before. The nurse makes which therapeutic response to the client.

A physician scheduled a male client for an arteriogram using a radiopaque dye. The nurse assesses which most critical item before the procedure/

A nurse has given medication instruction to client who is receiving furosemide (lasix).

The nurse determines that the client needs further instructions if the client states that:

A nurse is assisting in planning care to a newly admitted client. On entering the room of the client, the nurse notes that the client’s legs are elevated, the trunk is position flat and the head and shoulder are slightly elevated. The position of the client is appropriate for prevention of:

A nurse is caring for a 12-year old client with chest pain. As she is making her rounds, she enters the room of her client and finds that the toy is on fire. The nurse immediately assists the client to get out of the room. What would be the next nursing action in this event?

A nurse has just finished suctioning the tracheostomy of a female client. The nurse plans to monitor the effectiveness of the procedure of which of the following item?

A nurse is monitoring the status of a client with chest tube. The chest tube is attached to a Pleur-Evac drainage system. The nurse notes that the fluid in the water seal chamber is less than 2cm mark. The nurse determines that:

A client is admitted to a surgical unit postoperatively with a wound drain in place. A nurse assesses the client’s surgical incision for sign of infection. Which finding by the nurse would be interpreted as s normal finding at the surgical site?

A nurse in a surgical unit receives a postoperative client form the post anesthesia care unit. After the initial assessment of the client, the nurse plans to monitor and continue with post operative assessment activities. Which of the following would be appropriate?