Exam 1: NUR242/ NUR 242 (Latest 2023/ 2024) Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- Galen
Q: A pt asks you why what he eats has anything to do with wound healing. What is your response?
Answer:
Successful healing of pressure injuries depends o...
Exam 1: NUR242/ NUR 242 ( Latest 2023 / 2024 ) Medical -Surgical Nursing Exam | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A Q: A pt asks you why what he eats has anything to do with wound healing. What is your response? Answer: Successful healing of pressure injuries depends on adequate intake of calories protein, vitamins, minerals and water. Q: After receiving shift report, the night nurse looks at the lab values for a patient with cellulitis. What abnormal lab values might you see? Answer: -WBC - elevated -Creatinine - elevated -Bicarbonate - low -Albumin - low -Calcium - low Q: What pain rating scale might you use for a child or a nonverbal patient? Answer: Wong Baker -Faces Scale Q: When assessing a pt's pain. He tells you that the pain comes and goes. What part of the pain assessment is he describing? A. Quality B. Intensity C. Onset and Duration D. Location Answer: C. Onset and Duration Q: When explaining to a pt what an intraspinal analgesic the pt states "So the medication will be given to me through the IV in my arm." How would you correct him? Answer: instraspinal analgesics are delivered into the epidural space of the spine, also known as the subarachnoid space. Q: When adjusting a TENs machine on a patient, how do you know the conduction of electricity has reached a therapeutic level? Answer: The patient will verbalize feeling a sensation of pins and needles. Q: Your pt verbalizes a pain of 2/10 and requests their dose of morphine. How would you educate your pt? Answer: Morphine is an opioid analgesic used for moderate to severe pain. Q: What is the most common side effect of analgesic use and how can we prevent it? Answer: Constipation. A high fiber diet, plenty of fluids, and stool softeners are prophylactic measures.
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