NO.40 An elderly patient is admitted to the hospital with swollen ankles. The best way to limit edema of the feet is for the nurse to:

NO.41 The nurse should place the automatic external defibrillator (AED) electrodes on the patient’s anterior chest with one electrode placed:

NO.42 When preparing to administer a medication the nurse should first:

NO.43 While preparing the midday medications, the nurse finds difficulty reading the label on a medicine bottle. The best action by the nurse is to:

NO.44 In caring for a woman and baby day 3 postnatally, she tells you that her baby has not had a bowel action since delivery. Your appropriate response would be:

NO.45 A nurse has been working in a general hospital on the same medical unit for 6 years. The Behavioral Unit is desperately short staffed and the nurse is asked to work her shift in this other unit. What would be the expected response of the nurse to this request?

NO.46 The nurse should observe for which of the following symptoms in a patient who has just undergone a total thyroidectomy:

NO.47 A patient is ordered 75mg of pethidine which comes in an ampoule of 100mg/2ml. What would the nurse do with the remaining pethidine after drawing up the required dose?

NO.48 The police bring a prisoner into the emergency department who is in severe pain. When the nurse is assigned to this patient, the nurse should:

NO.49 Collection urine bag should be emptied as necessary and at least every 8 – 9 hours to prevent:

NO.50 A 3-month-old infant is admitted with a diagnosis of ventricular septal defect. The physical assessment for this infant would reveal:

NO.51 A patient becomes angry and threatens to leave the hospital unless the physician reviews the reason for the patient’s delay in discharge. The patient has a medication order for agitation available p.m.. but refuses the medication and requests a drink of orange juice instead. What should the nurse do?

NO.52 Immediately after a craniotomy for head trauma, the nurse must monitor the drainage on the dressing. Which of the following should be reported?

NO.53 After application of a cast in the upper extremity, the patient complains of severe pain in the affected site. Which of the following would the nurse initiate?

NO.54 A 21 year old woman is being treated for injuries sustained in a car accident. The patient has a central venous pressure (CVP) line insitu. The nurse recognizes that CVP measurements:

NO.55 A patient arrives at the emergency department with slurred speech and a right facial droop. The patient’s relative states the patient “is not himself.” Upon assessment, the nurse finds paresthesia to the right side of the body, receptive aphasia, hemianopia and altered cognitive abilities. The nurse should suspect:

NO.56 The best example of documentation of patient teaching regarding wound care is:

NO.57 The patient with liver cirrhosis receives 100 ml of 25% serum albumin intravenously. Which of the following findings would best indicate that the albumin is having its desired effect?