Exam 1: Mosbys Canadian Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 1st Canadian Edition

After returning from colonoscopy, a patient complains of increasing abdominal pain.What is an appropriate nursing intervention?

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After a lumbar puncture, a nursing priority is to prevent a spinal headache.Which of the following activities is to be avoided?

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Immediately after undergoing kidney biopsy, a patient notices gross hematuria.What is the most appropriate nursing intervention?

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A 5-year-old patient has fallen and injured her right arm during play therapy.Why does the physician order radiographs of both arms?

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A patient has been diagnosed with primary hypothyroidism.Her triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) levels are decreased.What would a clinician expect the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels to be?

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A patient is scheduled for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Which of the following factors is a contraindication to this procedure?

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A woman in her first trimester of pregnancy develops pain consistent with gallbladder disease.What is the most appropriate diagnostic test?

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Before mammography, which of the following is or are appropriate information to give a patient?

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Which of the following is a possible cause of hyperkalemia?

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A patient is scheduled for lumbar puncture.Which of the following conditions is a contraindication to this procedure?

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What is the best time of the day for obtaining a sputum specimen?

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What is the most specific test for identifying recurrent prostate cancer?

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After a liver biopsy, the patient should:

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The serum creatinine level is usually elevated in patients with which of the following?

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A "shift to the left" in white blood cell production indicates an acute bacterial infection.Which of the following cells are increased in this situation?

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A patient underwent a tuberculin skin test 48 hours ago.He returns to the clinic for the nurse to read the test results.Which of the following is considered a positive result?

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Which of the following foods may interfere with determining the results of urinary vanillylmandelic acid or catecholamines?

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Cortisol levels normally rise and fall during the day.This fluctuation is referred to as the diurnal variation.At what time of the day are levels the highest?

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Which of the following statements best describes the Sims-Huhner test?

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A patient's leg has become swollen 1 week after arthroscopy.For what should he be evaluated?

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Exam 1: Mosbys Canadian Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 1st Canadian Edition

After returning from colonoscopy, a patient complains of increasing abdominal pain.What is an appropriate nursing intervention?

After a lumbar puncture, a nursing priority is to prevent a spinal headache.Which of the following activities is to be avoided?

Immediately after undergoing kidney biopsy, a patient notices gross hematuria.What is the most appropriate nursing intervention?

A 5-year-old patient has fallen and injured her right arm during play therapy.Why does the physician order radiographs of both arms?

A patient has been diagnosed with primary hypothyroidism.Her triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) levels are decreased.What would a clinician expect the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels to be?

A patient is scheduled for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Which of the following factors is a contraindication to this procedure?

A woman in her first trimester of pregnancy develops pain consistent with gallbladder disease.What is the most appropriate diagnostic test?

Before mammography, which of the following is or are appropriate information to give a patient?

Which of the following is a possible cause of hyperkalemia?

A patient is scheduled for lumbar puncture.Which of the following conditions is a contraindication to this procedure?

What is the best time of the day for obtaining a sputum specimen?

What is the most specific test for identifying recurrent prostate cancer?

After a liver biopsy, the patient should:

The serum creatinine level is usually elevated in patients with which of the following?

A "shift to the left" in white blood cell production indicates an acute bacterial infection.Which of the following cells are increased in this situation?

A patient underwent a tuberculin skin test 48 hours ago.He returns to the clinic for the nurse to read the test results.Which of the following is considered a positive result?

Which of the following foods may interfere with determining the results of urinary vanillylmandelic acid or catecholamines?

Cortisol levels normally rise and fall during the day.This fluctuation is referred to as the diurnal variation.At what time of the day are levels the highest?

Which of the following statements best describes the Sims-Huhner test?

A patient's leg has become swollen 1 week after arthroscopy.For what should he be evaluated?

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