NURS 123 LATEST FINAL EXAM 2024/2025
WITH 190 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+ / NURS 123 FINAL
EXAM 2024 LATEST
The nurse is monitoring the status of a postoperative client in the immediate postoperative period. The nurse would become most concerned with which sign that could indicate an evolving complication?
1.Increasing restlessness
2.A pulse of 86 beats/minute
3.Blood pressure of 110/70 mm Hg
4.Hypoactive bowel sounds in all 4 quadrants - ANSWER-1
The nurse is reviewing a surgeon's prescription sheet for a preoperative client that states that the client must be nothing by mouth (NPO) after midnight. The nurse should call the surgeon to clarify that which medication should be given to the client and not withheld?
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1.Prednisone
2.Ferrous sulfate
3.Cyclobenzaprine
4.Conjugated estrogen - ANSWER-1
A client has just returned to a nursing unit after an above-knee amputation of the right leg. The nurse should place the client in which position?
1.Prone
2.Reverse Trendelenburg's
3.Supine, with the residual limb flat on the bed
4.Supine, with the residual limb supported with pillows - ANSWER-4 2 / 4
The nurse has conducted preoperative teaching for a client scheduled for surgery in
- week. The client has a history of arthritis and has been taking acetylsalicylic
acid. The nurse determines that the client needs additional teaching if the client makes which statement?
1."Aspirin can cause bleeding after surgery."
2."Aspirin can cause my ability to clot blood to be abnormal."
3."I need to continue to take the aspirin until the day of surgery."
4."I need to check with my health care provider about the need to stop the aspirin before the scheduled surgery." - ANSWER-3
The nurse assesses a client's surgical incision for signs of infection. Which finding by the nurse would be interpreted as a normal finding at the surgical site?
1.Red, hard skin
2.Serous drainage 3 / 4
3.Purulent drainage
4.Warm, tender skin - ANSWER-3
The nurse is reviewing the blood tests of a generally healthy client who is scheduled for orthopedic surgery under general anesthesia. Besides a complete blood count (CBC), what preadmission blood tests would the preoperative nurse expect to be prescribed? Select all that apply.
1.D-dimer assay
2.Clotting studies
3.Glucose fasting
4.Electrolyte levels
5.Arterial blood gas (ABG)
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