Quiz4 Flashcards
A nurse is instructing a client Who is newly diagnosed with pulmonary TB about the use of antitubercular medications
Which of the folloming information should the nurse indude in the teaching?
A typical course of treatment involves 6 to 9 months of consistent medication use
A nurse is caring for a client who has just developed a pulmonary embolism which of the following medications should the nurse anticipate to administer?
Heparin
A nurse is caring for a client Who develops an airway obstruction from a foreign body but remains conscious which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
Administer the abdominal thrust maneuver
A nurse is preforming tracheostomy care for a client and suctioning to remove copious secretions which of the following actions should the nurse take?
suction two to three times
with a 60 second pause between passes
A nurse is admitting a client
Who has influenza and is reporting numbness and tingling of the toes and fingers the nurse should recognize the client is expenencing which acid-base imbalance?
Metabolic alkalosis
A nurse in the trauma unit has received report on a client who has multiple injuries following a MVA. Which of the following actions shold the nurse plan to take fist?
Evaluate chest expansion
A charge nurse is reviewing guidelines for initating airborne precautions. which of the following clients should the nurse identify as requiring airborne precautions?
A patient with measles
A nurse in a provider’s office is assessing a client. The nurse should identify that which of the folloning findings are manifestations of pulmonary TB?
(SATA) 3 answers!
- Night sweats
- Low-Grade fever
- Blood in the Sputum
A nurse is assessing a client
Who has a femur fracture. The nurse obtains vitals on admission
§ again in 2 hours. which of the following changes indicates to the nurse the client could be developing a serious complication?
increased respiratory rate from 18 to 44 min
A nurse is caring for a client who has active pulmonary TB and is to be started on IV rifampin therapy. The nurse should instruct the client that this medication can cause which of the following adverse effects?
body secretions turning a
red-orange color
