Exam 3: Reviewers

The nurse receives a report on several patients on a medical-surgical unit.Which of the following patients should the nurse see first?

A nurse is giving a patient pretest instructions to a patient who will be undergoing capsule endoscopy.Which of the following should the nurse tell the patient? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for a 39-year-old whose renogram indicates rejection of a recently transplanted kidney.Which of the following statements by the nurse is best?

A nurse is assisting with a voiding cystourethrography procedure.Which of the following should the nurse do? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for an individual with a colostomy who just completed a barium enema.Which of the following patient statements indicates the need for further teaching?

The nurse is caring for a patient scheduled to receive a Meckel's diverticulum scan.Which of the following would be included in the preprocedure instructions?

A patient's kidney stone panel indicates the composition of the stones.The nurse should expect the majority of stones to contain which of the following substances?

A nurse is applying povidone-iodine to a patient's back in preparation for a puncture procedure to obtain a cerebrospinal fluid specimen.The nurse should apply this solution to the area between which of the following vertebrae?

A nurse is obtaining a blood specimen from a patient for testing for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)level.This screening test is useful for which of the following purposes? Select all that apply.

The nurse is providing care to a patient who returned from a mediastinoscopy 4 hours ago.The nurse recognizes further teaching is necessary if which of the following is observed?

The nurse is providing care for a woman who has returned from a uterine fibroid embolization.Which of the following symptoms would be most concerning to the nurse?

The nurse is providing care for a patient with a heart murmur detected during his annual physical.Which of the following diagnostic tests would the nurse expect to be ordered?

The nurse caring for a patient scheduled for an intravenous pyelogram would assess which of the following laboratory results prior to the procedure?

While working in the emergency room, the nurse admits an individual who fell from a rooftop.Initial assessment reveals the patient is alert and oriented, has a patent airway, and reports, "I can't feel my feet." Which of the following diagnostic tests would the nurse anticipate?

The nurse receives a call from a patient who had a cystoscopy the day before.The patient reports consistent sharp pain in the lower back.Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?

The nurse working in the oncology center would question the order for a stereotactic breast biopsy in which of the following individuals?

A patient is preparing to undergo renal computed tomography (CT).Which of the following are indications for this procedure? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for an individual scheduled for a kidney, ureter, and bladder (KUB)study.The nurse would base instruction on knowledge that the test:

The nurse is caring for a patient scheduled for a cystoscopy.Which of the following would indicate the need for further instruction?

A nurse is explaining the computed tomography (CT)of the pancreas procedure, which the patient is about to undergo.Which of the following descriptions should the nurse provide?