Exam 2: Preface

A patient needs to undergo initial testing of thyroid function.Which test, in addition to TSH, would be most appropriate for this purpose?

A patient has been diagnosed with rickets.The nurse is aware that this condition is associated with a deficiency in which vitamin?

A geriatric patient asks a nurse about the significance of a bone mineral densitometry (DEXA)T-score measurement of -0.75.What response by the nurse is most accurate?

A nurse is assessing a child with a possible ear infection.When inserting an otoscope into the ear of a child, the nurse should hold the child's head steady and:

A patient diagnosed with prostatic hypertrophy has a suprapubic catheter to manage chronic urinary retention.A urine culture shows a bacterial colony count of less than 100,000 organisms/mL.Which intervention by the nurse is appropriate?

A patient has just undergone a bone scan and the results show no bone abnormalities.However, the health-care provider is concerned that the result may be a false negative.Which of the following factors would likely cause a false negative? Select all that apply.

A patient is suspected of having an ovarian carcinoid tumor.Which test would be most appropriate for confirming this suspicion?

A patient is preparing to undergo liver biopsy.Which of the following conditions can be potentially diagnosed by this procedure? Select all that apply.

A nurse is positioning a patient for hysterosalpingography.Which position should the patient be placed in?

While transferring a blood specimen from a syringe into a specimen container, a nurse feels a drip that has splashed from the container onto the nurse's face.Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

A patient is preparing to undergo transabdominal chorionic villus biopsy.In which position should the nurse place this patient?

A patient undergoing a bladder biopsy with cystoscopy has just been given general anesthesia.Which position should the nurse now place the patient in for the remainder of the procedure?

A nurse is assisting with cystoscopy for a patient undergoing bladder biopsy.The urologist has just inserted the cystoscope into the patient's urethra.Which of the following is the next step the nurse should expect in this procedure?

A patient is undergoing evaluation for possible Addison's disease.Which test should the nurse anticipate?

A nurse checks a hospital's supply of donor blood and finds ample units of type A positive.Patients with which of the following blood types can receive type A positive blood? Select all that apply.

A patient is suspected of having Graves' disease.Which test would be most appropriate for confirming this suspicion?

A nurse has just completed venipuncture on a patient and collected a plasma specimen for bilirubin testing.Which of the following special precautions should the nurse take when transporting this specimen to the laboratory?

The nurse is collecting a urine sample from a patient with an indwelling Foley catheter and notes the urine has a strange odor.To determine the significance of these findings, which question should the nurse ask this patient?

A patient has a spinal tap to obtain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)to test for Alzheimer's disease (AD)markers.When planning care for this patient after the specimen is collected, a nurse's priority should be to:

When collecting any specimen for laboratory analysis, what should be a nurse's first priority?