Question of the Week Archive

1. When assessing a client with osteoporosis the nurse should recognize that most observable changes will occur in
   
   
2. The mental process most sensitive to deterioration with aging seems to be
   
   
3. When caring for a dying client who is in the denial stage of grief, the best nursing approach is to
   
   
4. In the recovery room after a below-the-knee amputation, a female client begins crying while feeling for her involved lower leg. The nurse should
   
   
5. A client is to be transferred from the coronary care unit to a progressive care unit. The client asks the nurse, " Are you sure I'm ready for this move?" From this statement the nurse ascertains that the client is most likely experiencing
   
   
6. When monitoring for hyponatremia, the nurse should assess the client for
   
   
7. Serum albumin is to be administered intravenously to a client with ascites. The expected outcome of this treatment will be a decrease in
   
   
8. When a client is experiencing hypovolemic shock with decreased tissue perfusion, the body initially attempts to compensate by
   
   
9. The physician orders 2 units of blood to be infused into a client who is bleeding. Before blood administration the nurse's highest priority should be
   
   
10. A client develops an infection at a catheter insertion site. The nurse uses the term iatrogenic when describing this infection because it resulted from
    
    
11. When teaching older adults how to limit the itching that results from dry skin, the nurse should instruct them to
    
    
12. Clients who have casts applied to lower extremities must be monitored for complications. Therefore the nurse should assess the extremities of these clients for
    
    
13. A client is scheduled for a laminectomy. Preoperatively the nurse should demonstrate the
    
    
14. When assessing trigeminal nerve function the nurse should evaluate
    
    
15. The nurse should explain to a client with diabetes mellitus that self-monitoring of blood glucose is preferred to urine glucose testing because it is
    
    
16. A client arrives in the emergency room with multiple crushing wounds of the chest, abdomen, and legs. The assessments that assume the greatest priority are
    
    
17. To determine the status of a client's carotid pulse, the nurse should palpate
    
    
18. Twenty-four hours after a penile implant the client's scrotum is edematous and painful. The nurse should