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You are ready to take the client's oral temperature. You ask this client how long it has been since drinking something hot or cold or smoking. The client admits having just drunk a cup of hot coffee. You will wait how long before taking the temperature?
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A nurse getting report at the beginning of shift learns that an assigned client has hyperpyrexia. The nurse realizes that this client is experiencing which of the following signs or symptoms?
Answer: Apply pressure directly to the eye with a small rubber bulb.
86
You are preparing to bathe and wash the hair of an African American woman. Which of the following questions would be most important to ask the client?
A
"Will you please unbraid your hair?"
B
"Do you have or want oil put on your hair and scalp?"
Answer: "Do you have or want oil put on your hair and scalp?"
87
When assessing the client's hair, you are especially looking for pediculosis capitis. If it is present, which of the following signs will you most likely find?
A
Oval particles looking like dandruff on the hairs.
B
Crusts on the scalp, especially at the client's hairline.
Answer: Oval particles looking like dandruff on the hairs.
88
You are working with a client who has dentures but does not wear them. When questioned about the reason for not wearing the dentures, the client says it makes him feel old. Which of the following responses would be best?
Answer: "Wearing dentures helps gums not to shrink."
89
The skin produces and absorbs which of the following vitamins in conjunction with the ultraviolet rays of the Sun, which activate this particular vitamin's precursor present in the skin?
90
To protect the client's skin from injury during hygiene care, including bathing or showering, application of lotion, and bed making, you most need to do which of the following things?
A
Cover your rings and bracelets with gloves.
B
Briskly dry client's skin after bath to ensure dryness.
Answer: supine with small pillows beneath knees and head
94
While listening to a client's lung sounds, you hear something that you believe is not normal, and you note that it is a continuous sound. You will chart this as which of the following findings?
95
When counting the apical pulse during the physical assessment, it is the most accepted practice for the nurse to count the apical pulse in which of the following ways?
A
for 15 seconds and multiply by four
B
for 30 seconds and multiply by two
C
for one minute, checking radial pulse at the same time
97
The physician of your assigned client tells you that the client has a heart murmur that can be detected by direct auscultation. You realize that the physician is telling you which of the following things?
A
Use of a stethoscope is necessary to hear the murmur.
B
The murmur can be heard by using only the ear.
C
An ultrasound is necessary to find this murmur.
D
A Doplar device will be needed to find the murmur.
Answer: Use of a stethoscope is necessary to hear the murmur.
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The nurse is preparing to do a focused assessment of the abdomen on an assigned client. Which of the following is most important for the nurse to do prior to the examination?
