NURS 400 Cni Complex Health Concepts Proctored Exam (Med Surg Exam) Practice Questions

A nurse is reviewing the arterial blood gas values for a client. The pH is 7.32, PaCO2 48 mm Hg and the HCO3 is 23 mEq/L. The nurse should recognize that these findings indicate of which of the following acid-base balances?

A nurse is caring for a client who has an endotracheal tube and is receiving mechanical ventilation. Which of the following interventions should the nurse take to reduce the risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia?

A nurse is caring for a client who is scheduled to receive heparin 3,800 units subcutaneously. Available is heparin 5,000 units/mL How many ml. should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth.)

A nurse is caring for a client who is 1-day postoperative following a left lower lobectomy of the lung. When assessing the client's closed chest drainage system, the nurse notes that there is no bubbling in the suction control chamber. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is admitting a client who has sustained severe burn injuries in a house fire. The nurse shades in a diagram indicating the burned surface areas. Using the Rule of Nines, the nurse should estimate that the client has burned what percentage of body surface area? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailling zero.)

A nurse is creating a plan of care for a client who has a history of tonic-clonic seizure disorder. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include? (Select all that apply)

A nurse is caring for a client who develops a ventricular fibrillation rhythm. The client is unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. Which of the following actions is the nurse's priority?

A nurse is caring for a client who has symptomatic sinus bradycardia. The Atropine was given but was not successful. Which one of the following is the next intervention?

A nurse in the PACU is assessing a client who has an endotracheal tube (ET) tube in place and observes the absence of left-sided chest wall expansion upon respiration. Which of the following complications should the nurse suspect?

A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and is experiencing ventricular dysrhythmias. The nurse should identify which of the following as the cause of the client's dysrhythmias?

A nurse is assessing a client who has disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a traumatic brain injury. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an Indication of increased intracranial pressure (ICP)?

A nurse enters a client's room and finds him on the floor in the clonic phase of a tonic-clonic seizure. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

You note the cardiac electrical rhythm below (see 6-second EKG strip). Which of the following would BEST describe the client's rhythm?

A nurse is caring for a client who reports heart palpitations. An ECG confirms the client is experiencing ventricular tachycardia (VT). The nurse should anticipate the need for taking which of the following actions?