NUR 242 Medical-Surgical Nursing Concepts
Exam 1
Question:
A pt asks you why what he eats has anything to do with wound healing.What is your response?
Answer:
Successful healing of pressure injuries depends on adequate intake of calories protein, vitamins, minerals and water.
Question:
After receiving shift report, the night nurse looks at the lab values for a patient with cellulitis. What abnormal lab values might you see?
Answer:
-WBC - elevated -Creatinine- elevated -Bicarbonate- low -Albumin- low -Calcium- low
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Question:
What pain rating scale might you use for a child or a nonverbal patient?
Answer:
Wong Baker-Faces Scale
Question:
When assessing a pt's pain. He tells you that the pain comes and goes. What part of the pain assessment is he describing?
- Quality
- Intensity
- Onset and Duration
- Location
Answer:
- Onset and Duration
Question:
When explaining to a pt what an intraspinal analgesic the pt states "So the medication will be given to me through the IV in my arm." How would you correct him?
Answer:
instraspinal analgesics are delivered into the epidural space of the spine, also known as the subarachnoid space.
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