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VATI QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED A newly licensed nurse has just completed orientation on a medical-surgical unit. The nursing supervisor asks the nurse to float to the labor and delivery ... unit. Which of the following actions should the newly licensed nurse take? ✔✔Request to float to an adult medical-surgical unit instead. Rationale::The nurse should recognize that this assignment is unsafe due to a lack of experience and orientation to the labor and delivery unit. The nurse should confer with the supervisor for an alternative assignment. A client is admitted to the surgical unit after sustaining a compound fracture of the left femur. The client is alert and oriented with the following vital signs: T 99.4 F, P 88, R 20, B/P 94/58. The nurse notes a 4 cm. area of bright red blood on the pressure dressing on the left lower extremity. The client is receiving intravenous fluids of normal saline at 150 ml/hr. One hour after being admitted to the unit, the nurse finds the client confused and combative. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the change in the client's condition? ✔✔Hypoxia related to fat embolism from the fractured bone. The nurse is planning care for a client who is prescribed antiembolic stocking following abdominal surgery. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include? ✔✔Remove stockings one to three times per day for skin care and inspection A nurse is caring for a client with Addison's disease. Which of the following diets should the nurse teach the client to follow? ✔✔High Sodium, low potassium and increased fluids A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing a sodium level of 119 mEq/L. Which nursing action would be most appropriate at this time? ✔✔Administer 0.9% Normal Saline. A nurse is reviewing a client's lab results. Which finding would lead the nurse to suspect the client is experiencing dehydration? ✔✔Hematocrit 55% A client is admitted to the medical unit from the convalescent center for treatment of urosepsis. The client's adult daughter reports to the nurse, "I don't know what to do. I love my mom and would like to have her live in my home, but I just can't be with her every minute, and that's what she needs now." Which of the following would be the best approach to improve integration of the elderly mother into the family structure? ✔✔Determine if the daughter would consider having the client visit in her home one day a week. specific gravity ✔✔1.010-1.030 A nurse is caring for a client recovering from an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. Which of the following findings would have the highest priority? ✔✔Blood pressure 136/90 mmHg A nurse is caring of a client recently diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM). Which of the following is the physiologic basis for the polyuria manifested by individuals with untreated DM? ✔✔Hyperosmolarity of the extracellular fluids secondary to hyperglycemia A client diagnosed with atrial fibrillation has a pacemaker set at a ventricular rate of 70 beats per minute. Which of the following findings should the nurse immediately report to the provider? ✔✔60 beats /minute and regular A client presents to the emergency department with an abdominal stab wound. The nurse visualizes intestines protruding through the wound. Which of the following is an appropriate action for the nurse? ✔✔Cover the wound with warm saline-soaked gauze A nurse is caring for a client who has just u [Show More]

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