NUR 250 Med Surg Proctored Exam (Care of Patients Across Life Span) (Excelsior University) Practice Questions

A nurse is caring for client who has sepsis and a prescription for vancomycin 1 g in 250 ml dextrose 5% (DW) over 2 hr by IV intermittent bolus. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse on a surgical unit is caring for a group of clients. Which of the following is the priority action of the nurse?

A nurse is preparing to administer metoprolol 5 mg IV bolus to a client for heart rate control. Available is metoprolol injection 1 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is preparing to administer haloperidol 5 mg IM to a client. The amount available is haloperidol 20 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest hundredth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is caring for a client who reports an area of redness, warmth, tenderness and pain in the right calf. The nurse anticipates which of the following orders when notifying the provider of this finding?

A nurse is interviewing a client who states, "I am at a total loss and don't know what to do anymore. I feel hopeless." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is caring for a client who has been admitted to the medical- surgical unit.

A nurse is assessing a client who has pulmonary edema. Which of the following findings should the nurse understand is indicative of pulmonary edema? Select all that apply.

A nurse is caring for a client who experienced a femur fracture 8 hr ago and now reports sudden onset dyspnea and severe chest pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A client is admitted to the emergency room with a respiratory rate of 7/min. Arterial blood gases (ABG) reveal the following values. Which of following is an appropriate analysis of the ABGs?

PH 7.22

PaCO2 68 mm Hg

Base excess -2

PaO2 78 mm Hg

Saturation 80%

Bicarbonate 26 mEq/L

A nurse is caring for a client who has been admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

A nurse is caring for a 2-month-old infant who is postoperative following surgical repair of a cleft lip. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?