Question

Please Answer the Following Nursing Questions

1) A nurse is providing teaching to the parent of a 6-month-old infant who is teething and having difficulty sleeping. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?
a. “Rub your child’s gums with an aspirin tablet before bedtime.”
b. “Place an amber teething necklace on your child before bedtime.”
c. “Administer acetaminophen drops to your child before bedtime.”
d. “Apply a teething product containing benzocaine to your child’s gums before bedtime.”

2) A nurse is planning care for a client following gastric bypass surgery. The nurse should include which of the following dietary instructions when preparing the client for discharge?
a. “Limit your meals to three times per day.”
b. “Consume at least 25 grams of fiber daily.”
c. “Start each meal with a protein source.”
d. “Check your blood glucose level before each meal.”

12) A nurse is planning care for a client who has schizophrenia and is having difficulty expressing their feelings. Which of the following referrals should the nurse make?
a. Art therapist
b. Speech-language pathologist
c. Social worker
d. Recreational therapist

3) A nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse irrigate a client’s wound. Which of the following actions should the nurse identify as an indication that the newly licensed nurse understands wound irrigation?
a. Cleanses the wound with povidone-iodine on cotton balls
b. Administers PO analgesia 20 min prior to irrigation
c. Warms the irrigation solution in the microwave oven prior to application
d. Irrigates the wound from the top to the bottom

4) A nurse is assessing a client 1 week after a successful bone marrow transplant. The client reports peeling of skin on her hands and feet. The nurse should recognize this desquamation as an indication of which of the following complications?
a. Failure to engraft
b. Veno-occlusive disease
c. Graft-versus-host disease
d. Pancytopenia

5) A charge nurse on a pediatric unit is making assignments for a float nurse from the medical unit. Which of the following clients is appropriate to assign to the float nurse?
a. A 10-year-old client who has pneumonia and is receiving respiratory treatments.
b. A 4-year-old client who has a Wilms tumor and is receiving chemotherapy
c. An 8-month-old client who is scheduled for a surgical repair of a ventricular septal defect tomorrow.
d. A 14-year-old client who is scheduled for discharge today following placement of a Herrington rod.

6) A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving systematic desensitization therapy to treat agoraphobia. Which of the following client statements should indicate to the nurse that the treatment has been effective?
a. “I have been able to watch a church service on television without anxiety.”
b. “I was able to sit on a park bench for 30 minutes.”
c. “I enjoyed a visit from four of my work friends at my house.”
d. “I had a panic attack when driving by the grocery store.”

Answer 1

ANSWER 1: APPLY A TEETHING PRODUCT CONTAINING BENZOCAIN TO YOUR CHILD'S GUMS BEFORE BEDTIME.

EXPLANATION: BENZOCAIN PRODUCES SOOTHING EFFECT TO THE CHILD'S GUMS BY CAUSING NUMBNESS.

ANSWER 2:c.)START EACH MEAL WITH A PROTEIN SOURCE.

EXPLANATION:THE MEAL PLAN SHOULD BE HIGH IN PROTEIN AS IT INCREASES THE HEALING PROCESS, WEIGHT LOSS AND MAINTENANCE.

ANSWER 12:DECREASED EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS OR FEELINGS REFERS TO THE FLAT EFFECT IN SCHIZOPHRENIA WHICH IS A HALLMARK SYMPTOM.THE ANSWER IS d.) RECREATIONAL THERAPIST

ANSWER 3: IRRIGATES THE WOUND FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AS IT WILL FACILITATE CLEANING OF THE WOUND FROM CLEANER TO DIRTIER AREA .