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Question 1 of 5
A nurse is caring for a postoperative patient who is complaining of severe pain. What is the priority intervention?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct answer is A: Administer pain medications. Severe pain can lead to increased stress and complications in postoperative patients. Administering pain medications is the priority intervention to provide comfort, improve patient outcomes, and ensure adequate pain management. Antiemetics (B) are used to treat nausea and vomiting, not pain. Administering fluids and electrolytes (C) is important but not the priority in this scenario. Administering a platelet inhibitor (D) is unrelated to managing severe pain in a postoperative patient.
Question 2 of 5
After being hit by a baseball, a patient arrives in the emergency department with a possible nasal fracture. Which finding by the nurse is most important to report to the health care provider?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Clear nasal drainage could indicate cerebrospinal fluid leak, a serious complication requiring urgent reporting.
Question 3 of 5
An hour after a thoracotomy, a patient complains of incisional pain at a level 7 (based on 0 to 10 scale) and has decreased left-sided breath sounds. The pleural drainage system has 100 mL of bloody drainage and a large air leak. Which action should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Pain management is priority to improve breathing effort and prevent complications; morphine addresses the severe pain.
Question 4 of 5
A patient has acute bronchitis with a nonproductive cough and wheezes. Which topic should the nurse plan to include in the teaching plan?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Cough suppressants may relieve a nonproductive cough, but their use must be balanced to avoid suppressing airway clearance.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is admitting a patient diagnosed with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). How should the nurse determine the appropriate O₂ flow rate?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Maintaining O₂ saturation ≥90% balances oxygenation needs while avoiding suppression of respiratory drive in COPD.