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When restraining a client in bed with a sleeveless jacket (vest) with straps, you will do which of the following things?
A
Tie the straps to the side rails.
B
Tie the straps to the movable part of the bed frame.
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Which of the following words represents the basic unit of all life and is the simplest structure that possesses all the characteristics of life: organization, metabolism, responsiveness, homeostasis, growth, and reproduction?
70
When the nurse's assigned client is being discharged to another institution or a home setting where a visit by the community health nurse is required, which of the following information is most likely to be included in the discharge and referral summaries?
A
unresolved health-care problems and continuing care needs
B
an assessment of the family's financial assets and deficits
C
a copy of the discharge order signed by the physician
D
a new plan of care for the client and the family
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the person or persons who may contribute to the problem list representing the client's physiologic, psychologic, social, cultural, spiritual, developmental, and environmental needs?
Answer: Document a follow-up telephone call verifying the receipt of information and who received it.
74
When the physician telephones to order a therapy such as a medication for the client of a student nurse, who is the best person to take this telephone order?
75
One of your assigned clients gets up to go to the bathroom without calling you. The client falls to the floor and calls for help. You answer the call and alert your supervisor. After assuring that the vital signs are normal and there does not appear to be any injuries, you are told to fill out an incident report. In addition to noting that the client was found on the floor, which of the following statements would you most need to record in the nursing notes for the client?
77
The skeletal system acts as a storehouse for calcium, which is a very important component in muscle contractions, as well as which of the following activities in the body?
78
When reading an autopsy report, the nurse encounters the term "mid-sagittal plane." This nurse understands that this means the body was viewed using a plane that matched which of the following descriptions?
A
This plane cuts the body horizontally.
B
This plane divides the body into front and back portions.
C
The body is separated into left and right equal portions.
D
The body is divided using an X across the chest.
Answer: The body is separated into left and right equal portions.
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The nurse receives a report at the beginning of the shift and learns that the client scores 7 on the Glasgow Coma Scale. The nurse realizes that this client is at which of the following levels of consciousness?
80
You partially darken a room and ask the client to look straight ahead. You use a penlight and, approaching from the side you shine the light, it constricts. You remove the light and then shine it on the same pupil again. You also observe the response of the other pupil. You would normally find the other pupil doing which of the following things?
A
not make any change in size
B
dilate in an oppositional response to the light
C
first constrict, then dilate larger than the other pupil
