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101
The nurse wants to check the popliteal pulse. This pulse can be better palpated if the nurse does which of the following things?
[A]
Ask the client to extend the knee.
[B]
Have the client flex the knee.
[C]
Press lightly on the right side of the front of the knee.
[D]
Palpate more deeply than for other pulses.
Answer: Have the client flex the knee.
102
The nurse positioning a client after surgery will take into account that the position, which most often predisposes a client to physiologic processes that suppress respiration, is which of the following positions?
[A]
Fowler's position
[B]
Prone
[C]
Supine
[D]
left side lying down
103
The nurse is taking the client's blood pressure. The physician asks for the pulse pressure. To obtain the pulse pressure, the nurse will have to do which of the following things?
[A]
Obtain a pulse-pressure machine.
[B]
Subtract the diastolic blood pressure from the systolic.
[C]
Subtract the systolic blood pressure from the diastolic.
[D]
Take client's apical pulse and subtract it from systolic.
Answer: Subtract the diastolic blood pressure from the systolic.
104
The nurse notices that the client has a hematocrit of 70 percent. This level of hematocrit will most likely affect the vital signs in which of the following ways?
[A]
The blood pressure will be elevated.
[B]
The pulse will be low.
[C]
Temperature will be elevated.
[D]
Blood pressure will be low.
Answer: The blood pressure will be elevated.
105
The nurse finds that a newborn has a mean systolic pressure of 75 mmHg. How would this blood pressure be best described?
[A]
Normal
[B]
slightly low
[C]
very low
[D]
slightly high
106
When working with clients experiencing pain, you will define their pain in regard to whether they have pain or not and how intense it is based on which of the following things?
[A]
nursing experience and expertise
[B]
the underlying cause of the pain
[C]
whatever the experiencing person says it is.
[D]
current medical and pharmacological research
Answer: whatever the experiencing person says it is.
107
When pain impulses are transmitted via the A-delta fibers, which of the following types of pain will your client have?
[A]
sharp, pricking pain
[B]
throbbing pain
[C]
burning pain
[D]
intermittent stabbing pain
Answer: sharp, pricking pain
108
Your assigned client, who has been talking with the doctor about pain control, later asks you what the doctor meant by "pain threshold." Which of the following would be the best reply?
[A]
the point at which pain medication brings relief
[B]
the maximum amount of pain a person can tolerate
[C]
the amount of pain the average person can tolerate
[D]
the amount of pain stimulation that it takes to cause pain
Answer: the amount of pain stimulation that it takes to cause pain
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