What is the best way to recognize a hospitalized patient is on fall precautions? They are wearing a fall precaution arm band
Advocacy can be described as: Supporting a client above all else
What can a CNA do? Bath a client, vital signs, feeding pts, turning pts
You accidentally give a client the...
NURS 141 Final Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
What is the best way to recognize a hospitalized patient is on fall precautions? ✅They
are wearing a fall precaution arm band
Advocacy can be described as: ✅Supporting a client above all else
What can a CNA do? ✅Bath a client, vital signs, feeding pts, turning pts
You accidentally give a client the wrong dose of a medicine what do you do next?
✅Assess the client
A client states that he knows all there is to know about having high cholesterol. What
question is important to ask first? ✅What do you know about cholesterol?
After administering a PO dose of BP medication, when does a nurse reassess a clients
response? ✅30-60 minutes
What is a priority, safety intervention for a fall risk patient? ✅Play nonskid socks on
their feet
A nurse is asked to write an incident report after a patient falls. The nurse knows that:
✅Incident reports are used to report adverse client safety events
A nurse knows that incident reports should include: ✅The facts of what occurred
After teaching a client about insulin injections what is the best way to ensure
understanding? ✅Have them demonstrate
A nurse helps a client create a list of concerns to discuss with the physician. This is an
example of: ✅Advocating
A client has been having difficulty sleeping. Which intervention is the most helpful?
✅Establish a bedtime routine
Restraint should be used when: ✅The patient is at risk of harming themselves or
others
The nurse enters the room to administer medication's. What is the best approach?
✅Please take your full name and date of birth
, A patient refuses a medication during administration. What is the nurses best action?
✅Document that the patient refused the medication
A patient states that the meds you're giving don't seem bright. What is your priority
action? ✅Stop and check the MAR
What are the six rights of medication administration? ✅Right person, right medication,
right dose, right route, right time right documentation
The single most important action to decrease the spread of infection is?
✅Handwashing
What type of PPE would a nurse use with C-diff and Mrsa? ✅Contact precautions:
gloves, gown, facemask, washing hands before leaving the room
Vitals: T 99.2°F, BP 180/110, PR 98, RR 20; what is the priority? ✅Blood pressure
Vital signs in the middle of the night reveal a patient with a body temp of 96.2°F. The
nurse knows that: ✅Body temperature is usually lowest between 1-4 AM
If a radio pulse feels a regular on an adult what is the nurses best action? ✅Listen to
the apical pulse for one minute
If you find a patient unresponsive, where is the best location to obtain a pulse?
✅Carotid
Rate, rhythm, strength and equality are all assessments of? ✅Pulses
What action should the nurse take first before performing dressing change? ✅Assess
clients level of pain
What is the best way for a nurse to determine if the client is getting effective pain
management? ✅The client rates pain at an acceptable level of 3 on a scale of 0 to 10
A patient complains of pain 10/10 while talking on the cell phone. What do you do?
✅Ask the patient to describe their pain
Which pain management is given around the clock to prevent breakthrough pain
✅Chronic pain
A patient is crying in pain after a MVA in rates it at a 7/10. What is the nurses best
action? ✅Believe what the patient says
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