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Question 1 of 5

A nurse assesses a terminally ill patient with a DNR order, with findings of decreased blood pressure, urinary and bowel incontinence, loss of reflexes, and Cheyne-Stokes respirations. Based on these findings, the nurse recognizes which of the following?

A. These are signs of impending death.

B. These signs do not indicate any abnormality.

C. The patient requires immediate resuscitation.

D. The patient's family should be asked to leave.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: These are signs of impending death.

Question 2 of 5

The responsibility of taking a 47-year-old female client's vital signs who was diagnosed with right breast cancer post-mastectomy has been assigned to the newly graduated nurse. Which of the following vital sign procedures should be considered?

A. Attaching pulse oximeter on the left index finger.

B. Attaching pulse oximeter on the right index finger.

C. Taking BP on the left arm.

D. Taking BP on the right arm.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Attaching pulse oximeter on the left index finger.

Question 3 of 5

What is the term for the change that takes place in response to a stressor?

A. rehabilitation

B. adaptation

C. positive movement

D. negative movement

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: adaptation

Question 4 of 5

A patient who previously was a smoker has recently stopped smoking but reports having a lot of trouble sleeping at night. How would the nurse respond?

A. You have to decide what is more important: smoking or sleep.

B. If you are sleep deprived, it might be better to smoke.

C. Sleep problems from stopping smoking are temporary.

D. Since you were a smoker, this will always be a problem.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Sleep problems from stopping smoking are temporary.

Question 5 of 5

Which client is most likely to develop a potassium level of 6.2 mEq/L (6.2 mmol/L)?

A. The client who abuses laxatives

B. The client who had a traumatic burn

C. The client with colitis

D. The client with Cushing's syndrome

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The client who had a traumatic burn

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