PN 4003 FINAL BASED PRE- QUIZZES

PN 4003 FINAL BASED PRE- QUIZZES

Question: You are caring for a client diagnosed with large

adenoids, what symptom is portrayed with someone who has large adenoids?

CORRECT ANSWER : noisy breathing

Question: A client comes into emergency with epistaxis, what

intervention should be performed?

CORRECT ANSWER : direct pressure

Question: The nurse is caring for a client that has expected

laryngeal trauma, post respiratory assessment what adventitious sound do you hear?

CORRECT ANSWER : stridor

Question: What is the cardinal sign of lung cancer?

CORRECT ANSWER : mucopurulent sputum (containing

both infectious, and pus like material in sputum)

Question: You are caring for a patient that has been submitted

and diagnosed for smoke inhalation, what are they most susceptible to?

CORRECT ANSWER : acute respiratory syndrome

Question: What should a nurse do first during an acute asthma

attack?

CORRECT ANSWER : administer bronchodilator, then

corticosteroid

Question: True or false? Coarseness for greater than 2 weeks

is a symptom that should be further investigated

CORRECT ANSWER : true

Question: Laryngitis is always caused by bacterial infection

CORRECT ANSWER : false - can be also viral, or physical

trauma

Question: Chest tubes allow for drainage of air, and liquids

from the abdominal cavity

CORRECT ANSWER : true

Question: Pneumonia may be caused by bacterial/viral or

airborne irritants

CORRECT ANSWER: true

Question: The nurse is obtaining a history from a client who

is admitted to the hospital, the client states that they have a history of rheumatic heart disease as a child, which long- standing changes can occur with rheumatic heart diseases?

CORRECT ANSWER : valvular changes

Question: Before administering digoxin to a client with

valvular disease, the nurse assesses the apical point and records 62 bpm, his usual is 66-72, what is the best action for the nurse to take?

CORRECT ANSWER : administer digoxin

Question: The nurse is working with a client who has been

diagnosed with an aneurysm, what should the nurse educate this patient on?

CORRECT ANSWER : avoid straining during a bowel

movement or coughing

Question: The nurse is at the mall and has observed someone

slumped on the floor, upon assessment the nurse feels no pulse and calls for help and requests a piece of equipment, what is it?

CORRECT ANSWER : AED

Question: What is blood pressure?

CORRECT ANSWER : the volume of blood and its force

against the arterial wall

Question: The nurse is providing discharge instructions for a

client who has been diagnosed with heart failure who is to leave the following day, what type of diet should the patient be on?

CORRECT ANSWER : low sodium

Question: True or false? An early sign of impending heart

failure may be the presence of S3 sounds?