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Patient Care Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
The health care team is managing the care of a client with terminal cancer. The client's spouse says, 'I don't want him to suffer anymore.' Which member of the team should develop a plan to provide optimal comfort?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The primary nurse should develop the comfort plan. Nurses coordinate palliative care, managing pain and symptoms, per scope. Social workers offer emotional support, dietitians nutrition, and providers prescribe, but B integrates holistic comfort, making it the best choice.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a history of falls. Which intervention should the nurse implement to promote safety?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Placing the call bell within reach promotes safety for a fall-risk client. It ensures assistance access, reducing unnecessary movement, per standards. High bed increases risk, restraints harm dignity, and socks slip. B enhances safety, making it best.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse instructs the client taking dexamethasone (Decadron) to take it with food or milk. The physiological basis for this instruction is that the medication
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Dexamethasone stimulates hydrochloric acid production , increasing gastric irritation risk, per pharmacology. Taking it with food or milk buffers this effect, protecting the stomach lining. Pepsin isn't primarily affected, emptying time isn't slowed, and acid production isn't decreased . B explains the physiological need for this instruction.
Question 4 of 5
A client has been admitted with complaints of lower abdominal pain, difficulty swallowing, nausea, dizziness, headaches and fatigue. The client is agitated, fearful, tachycardia and complains of being 'too sick to return to work.' The client is diagnosed as having somatoform disorder. In formulating a plan of care, the nurse must consider that the client's behavior
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Behavior controlled by the subconscious mind fits somatoform disorder. Symptoms are involuntary, physical manifestations of psychological stress, per psychiatric standards. Manipulation implies intent, psychoeducation aids but doesn't control, and reality therapy may help but isn't primary. A guides care toward addressing underlying stress.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is teaching a client with metastatic bone disease about measures to prevent hypercalcemia. It would be important for the nurse to emphasize
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Emphasizing walking as much as possible prevents hypercalcemia in metastatic bone disease. Mobility reduces bone resorption, per oncology nursing. Dairy increases calcium, fluid restriction risks dehydration, and tetany is hypocalcemia. C targets the cause effectively.