NCLEX Questions - Strategy - Umbrella Option

The emergency department (ED) nurse receives a telephone call and is informed that a tornado has hit a local residential area and that numerous casualties have occurred. The victims will be brought to the ED. The nurse ...

The emergency department (ED) nurse receives a telephone call and is informed that a tornado has hit a local residential area and that numerous casualties have occurred. The victims will be brought to the ED. The nurse should take which initial action? Activate the emergency response plan. In an external disaster (a disaster that occurs outside of the institution or agency), many victims may be brought to the ED for treatment. The initial nursing action must be to activate the emergency response plan. Once the emergency response plan is activated, the actions in the other options will occur. The nurse is preparing to administer a dose of naloxone intravenously to a client with an opioid overdose. Which supportive medical equipmentshould the nurse plan to have at the client's bedside ifneeded? Resuscitation equipment The nurse administering naloxone for suspected opioid overdose should have resuscitation equipment readily available to support naloxone therapy if it is needed. Other adjuncts that may be needed include oxygen, a mechanical ventilator, and vasopressors (a drug causing the constriction of blood vessels) The nurse provides an educational session on client rights. Which statement by a member of the session demonstrates the best understanding of the nurse's role regarding ensuring that each client's rights are respected? "Being respectful and concerned will ensure that I'm attentive to my clients'rights." The nurse needs to respect and have concern for the client; this is vital to protecting the client's rights. While it is true that autonomy is a basic client right, there are other rights that must also be both respected and facilitated. State and federal laws do protect a client's rights, but it is sensitivity to those rights that will ensure that the nurse secures these rights for the client. It is a fact that safeguarding a client's rights is a nursing responsibility, butstating that fact does not show understanding or respect forthe concept. The nurse observesthat a clientis pacing, agitated, and presenting aggressive gestures. The client'sspeech pattern is rapid, and affect is belligerent. Based on these observations, which is the nurse'simmediate priority of care? Provide safety for the client and other clients on the unit. Safety of the client and other clients is the immediate priority. The correct option is the only one that addresses the safety needs of the client as well as those of the other clients. This study source was downloaded by 100000818190527 from CourseHero.com on 08-20-2021 02:28:20 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/30343995/NCLEX-Questions-Strategy-Umbrella-Option/ The client who is beginning an exercise programasksthe nurse why his heart "feelslike it's pounding"when he is exercising vigorously. The nurse provides education to the client about increased cardiac response based on which physiological concept? Cardiac output is the body's attempt to meet metabolic demands. The client's symptoms are the direct result of the body's attempt to meet the metabolic demands generated during exercise. An adequate cardiac output is needed to maintain perfusion to the vital organs of the body. With exercise, these demands increase, and the heart must beat faster (increased heart rate) and harder (increased stroke volume) to meet them. Cardiac index is an artificial number used to determine the adequacy of the cardiac outputfor a given individual. Itis calculated by adjustingthe cardiac output for body surface area. The nurse creates a plan of care for a client with a diagnosis of Ménière's disease who is being admittedto the hospital. The priority nursing intervention in the plan of care should focus on which item? Measures that will ensure safety Ménière's disease can cause severe vertigo in the client. The priority in the nursing care plan for the hospitalized client with Ménière's disease should be safety issues to prevent falls or injury. Although client knowledge and psychosocial needs may be components of the plan of care,safety is the priorityissue. The nurse gives a dose of diazepam to an assigned client. What is the most important action to be taken by the nurse before leaving the room? Instituting safety measures Diazepam is a sedative hypnotic that also has anticonvulsant and skeletal muscle relaxant properties. The nurse should institute safety measures before leaving the client's room to prevent injury as a result of medication side effects, which include dizziness, drowsiness, and lethargy. The other options listed are useful but not essential to the client's safety in this situation