ATI RN Custom Med Surg Surgical Patient Proctored Exam Practice Questions

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• Paralytic ileus
• Incisional infection
• Fecal impaction
• Health care-associated Clostridium difficile

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• Refer Questions to the nursing supervisor
• Transfer calls directly to the patient’s room
• Acknowledge that the person is a patient on the unit, but give no specific details about the patient’s condition
• Contact the patient’s provider

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• Notify the facility’s security department
• Call the patient’s family
• Insist that the patient exit the hospital via a wheelchair
• Make sure the patient understands that they are leaving against medical advice

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• A patient who has a colostomy
• A patient who has an ileostomy
• A patient receiving enteral feedings through an NG tube
• A patient who has a chest tube following a motor vehicle crash

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• Intractable
• Phantom
• Referred
• Cramping

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• Encourage increased fluid intake
• Keep the affected knee flexed
• Promote bed rest for 5 days
• Massage the patient’s calf on the affected side .
• None
• None

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• Assist the client back into bed.
• Notify the client’s provider.
• Inform the client’s family member.
• Obtain the client’s vital signs.

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• Obtain vital signs.
• Notify the registered nurse.
• Administer diphenhydramine.
• Stop the transfusion.

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• A patient who is awaiting biopsy results.
• A patient who is anxious.
• A patient who is having difficulty sleeping in the hospital setting.
• It is the same for all patients who have had surgery.

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• Chronic pain could cause restlessness, pacing, grimacing, and other facial expressions of pain.
• Chronic pain is limited and short in duration.
• A patient with chronic pain may have physical signs of tissue injury.
• Chronic pain may not manifest in a change of vital signs.

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• Hypovolemic
• Obstructive
• Cardiogenic
• Distributive