Exam 3: Reviewers

A patient is preparing to undergo Coombs' indirect antiglobulin testing (IAT).Which of the following is the most common indication for this test?

A prenatal patient has a negative rubella titer.Which patient education should the nurse provide?

A patient is undergoing computed tomography (CT)scanning of the brain to assess cerebral blood flow.Which of the following is the odorless, colorless, radioactive gas that is used to enhance the CT scan for this purpose?

The nurse is providing care for a patient who just returned from a barium enema and states, "I wish they would have told me what they found, I'm just so worried." Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?

The nurse would provide additional teaching related to hearing loss based on which of the following audiometry results?

A nurse is discussing with a patient the need for a colonoscopy.The nurse reviews the patient's health history to determine any contraindications for this procedure.Which of the following conditions contraindicate this patient from having this procedure? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for an individual whose magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a brain tumor.Which of the following statements by the nurse is best?

A patient with possible exposure to tuberculosis (TB)returns to a clinic 48 hours following an intradermal (Mantoux)test.How should the nurse determine the results of the Mantoux test?

A patient's laboratory test results indicate a decreased blood calcium level.Which of the following symptoms should the nurse expect to see in this patient? Select all that apply.

A nurse is reviewing a patient's computed tomography (CT)scan of the thorax.Which of the following are critical findings that the nurse should report to the requesting health-care provider immediately? Select all that apply.

A female patient's laboratory test results indicate elevations in immunoglobulin (Ig)G and IgM, indicating a Chlamydia infection.Because the antigen used in this test is not species-specific, it is not clear whether the infection is C.trachomatis or C.pisttacti.Which of the following symptoms would specifically tend to indicate C.trachomatis? Select all that apply.

In preparation for a kidney stone panel, a nurse is assessing a patient for risk factors related to kidney stones.Which of the following should the nurse assess for? Select all that apply.

A nurse is helping prepare a 9-month-old patient for blood chromosome analysis for a suspected chromosomal disorder.The patient's mother is concerned because he is not able to turn over from his back to his belly, sit upright, or crawl.The nurse observes that the patient startles dramatically to loud noises.Which of the following autosomal chromosome defects is most associated with these findings?

A patient's laboratory test results indicate an increased ionized calcium level, but the health-care provider is concerned that an interfering factor may be causing a false-positive reading.Which of the following factors could cause such a reading?

A patient is suspected of having a brain hemorrhage.Which of the following tests would be most appropriate to confirm this suspicion?

The nurse is completing a chart review of patients who received a proctosigmoidoscopy in the past 3 months.Which of the following findings would indicate a need for additional investigation?

The nurse is caring for a 7-year-old child involved in a motor vehicle accident who may have suffered foreign matter in the left eye.Which of the following diagnostic tests would the nurse anticipate?

A patient's laboratory test results indicate red blood cell (RBC)agglutination of 4+.Which of the following conditions could this finding indicate? Select all that apply.

A nurse is reviewing a patient's laboratory test results regarding blood chloride level.Which of the following results would indicate critical findings that the nurse should report to the health-care provider immediately? Select all that apply.

The nurse could safely schedule an intravenous pyelogram for which of the following patients?