RN Adult Medical Surgical Online Practice 2019 A

1. A home health nurse is assigned to a client who was recently discharged from a

rehabilitationcenter after experiencing a right-hemispheric stroke. Which of the

following neurologic deficits should the nurse expect to find when assessing the

client? ( select all that apply)

Visual spatial deficits

Left hemianopsia ( blindness in the left half of the visual

field)One-sided neglect

2. A nurse is reviewing the health record of a client who is scheduled for allergy skin

testing. Thenurse should postpone the testing and report to the provider which of the

following findings?

Current medications

3. A nurse is caring for a group of clients. The nurse should plan to make a referral to

physicaltherapy for which of the following clients?

A client who is receiving preoperative teaching for a right knee arthroplasty

4.A nurse is caring for a client who is having a seizure. Which of the following

interventions isthe nurse’s priority?

Turn the client to the side

5.A nurse is caring for a client who is 12 hr postoperative following a total hip

arthroplasty.Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Place a pillow between the client’s leg

6. A nurse is preparing to admit a client who has dysphagia. The nurse should plan

to placewhich of the following items at the client’s bedside?

Suction machine

7.A nurse is planning teaching for a client who has bladder cancer and is to undergo a

cutaneous diversion procedure to establish a ureterostomy. Which of the following

statementsshould the nurse include in the teaching?

“You should cut the opening of the skin barrier one-eight inch wider than the stoma”

8.A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who reports vomiting and

diarrhea for the past 3 days. Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse

that the client isexperiencing fluid volume deficit?