Medical surgical Nursing in Canada EXAM 2023 PACKAGE DEAL ALREADY GRADED A+

A new patient is seen at an outpatient clinic for a routine health examination. During the patient's initial visit, which technique would the nurse use to assess the patient's blood pressure (BP)? a. Have the patient sit with the arm supported at heart level, and measure the BP in each arm first...

1. A 45-year-old woman has breast cancer that has spread to her liver and spine. She has been taking oxycodone (Percodan) and amitriptyline (Elavil) for pain control at home, but she now has constant severe pain and is hospitalized for pain control and development of a pain management program. Dur...

1. Which is the most common infection causing acute pharyngitis? a. Fungal b. Viral c. Acute follicular d. Peritonsillar - ANS: B Viral pharyngitis accounts for approximately 70% of all cases of acute pharyngitis. PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: page 641 OBJ: 3 TOP: Nursing Proces...

1. The nurse obtains all of the following information about a 65-year-old patient in the clinic. When developing a plan to decrease stroke risk, which risk factor is most important for the nurse to address? a. The patient smokes a pack of cigarettes daily. b. The patient's blood pressure is chro...

1. Following assessment of a patient with pneumonia, the nurse documents a nursing diagnosis of ineffective airway clearance. On which of the following data would the nurse base this nursing diagnosis? a. SpO2 of 85% b. Respiratory rate of 28 breaths/min c. Presence of greenish sputum d. Weak, ...

1. During the preoperative interview, a patient scheduled for an elective hysterectomy to treat benign tumours of the uterus tells the nurse that she does not know whether she can go through with the surgery because she knows she will die in surgery, as her mother did. What is the most appropriate...

1. A patient with a history of a 4-cm fusiform abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is admitted to the emergency department with severe back pain and bilateral flank ecchymosis. His vital signs are blood pressure (BP) 90/58 mm Hg, pulse 138 beats/min, and respiration 34 breaths/min. The nurse plans in...

A physician who has never been immunized for hepatitis B is exposed to the hepatitis B virus (HBV) through a needle stick from an infected patient. What should the infection control nurse inform both the physician and patient that treatment for the exposure should include? a. Evaluation of liver ...

When reading a patient's chart, the nurse notes that the patient has had dysuria. To assess whether there is any improvement, which question will the nurse ask? a. "Do you have any blood in your urine?" b. "Do you have to get up at night to urinate?" c. "Do you have any pain when you urina...

The nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and encourages the client to alternate rest and activity periods to reduce cardiac workload. Which phase of the nursing process is the nurse demonstrating? a. Planning b. Diagnosis c. Evaluation d. Implementation - d. Implementation The n...

Fred Kingsley, a 52-year-old country and western singer, has been diagnosed with vocal cord polyps, requiring surgical laser removal. What is the practical nurses priority assessment in Mr. Kingsley's immediate postoperative period? - Hemorrhage. The throat is a vascular area, and even with lase...

Patient cantered approach - care that is focused on the whole person as a unique individual and not just their illness or disease. patient safety - is a critical part of patient-centred care, the nurse must be able to assess and manage situations that may compromise patient safetyANS: B The PR i...