Question: A nurse who works on the pediatric unit wants to help a child cope with the loss of a leg. What would the nurse implement to help the child express feelings?
Answer Choices:
A Dolls or animals
B Story books
C Support from other family members
D Television cartoons
Answer: A – Dolls or animals.
Question: After assessing a client, a nurse documents the state of awareness as confused. What part of the brain controls awareness?
Answer Choices:
A Reticular activating system
B Medulla
C Cranial nerves
D Hypothalamus
Answer: A – Reticular activating system.
Question: The wound care clinical nurse specialist has been consulted to evaluate a wound on the leg of a client with diabetes. The wound care nurse determines that damage to the subcutaneous tissues has occurred. How would the nurse document this wound?
Answer Choices:
A stage 1 pressure injury
B stage 4 pressure injury
C stage 2 pressure injury
D stage 3 pressure injury
Answer: D – stage 3 pressure injury.
Question: What are functions of the skin? Select all that apply.
Answer Choices:
A Vitamin C production
B Sensation
C Protection
D Immunologic
E Temperature regulation
Answer: B – Sensation, C – Protection, D – Immunologic, E – Temperature regulation.
Question: The parents of a 10-year-old child are worried about the child’s sleepwalking (somnambulism). What topic should the nurse discuss with the parents?
Answer Choices:
A privacy
B sleep deprivation
C schoolwork
D safety
Answer: D – safety.
Question: A client is taking a diuretic that increases urinary output. What nursing concern is appropriate to base an educational plan?
Answer Choices:
A altered skin integrity
B decreased fluid volume risk
C altered urinary elimination
D urinary retention
Answer: B – decreased fluid volume risk.
Question: A client is diagnosed with narcolepsy. What is a characteristic of this disorder?
Answer Choices:
A uncontrollable desire to sleep
B waking during sleep
C restless leg syndrome
D decrease in the amount or quality of sleep
Answer: A – uncontrollable desire to sleep.