Nursing law and patient rights
27. State laws that govern the scope and practice of nursing are called:
A. Nurse practice acts
44. A patient taking Vasotec (ACE inhibitor) should experience which positive outcome?
B. Decreased blood pressure
49. The specific purpose of an incentive spirometer is to:
C. Promote lung expansion
35. Clindamycin palmitate 225 mg PO is ordered. Available is 75 mg/5 mL. How many mL should be given (nearest whole number)?
15 ml
30. Administration of tube feedings is referred to as:
C. Enteral nutrition
28. Which document has become a standard of care for patients’ expectations?
A. Patient Bill of Rights
43. A patient is ordered nimodipine 60 mg every 4 hours. Pre-dose pulse is 82. The nurse should:
A. Give the full dose as prescribed
38. Expected findings in a client with emphysema include:
A. Barrel chest and prolonged expiration
34. Amoxicillin 300 mg PO is ordered. Available is 250 mg/5 mL. How many mL should be given (nearest tenth)?
6.0 ml
31. A client with a history of pancreatitis should avoid which food?
D. Cheddar cheese
26. An LPN helps an older woman stand after a fall in a parking lot; she then twists and sprains her ankle. The LPN is protected from litigation by:
C. Good Samaritan law
36. Teaching about enteric-coated naproxen is incomplete when the client states:
B. “It’s okay to crush a tablet if I dissolve it completely in water first.”
41. CBC results expected in a patient with chronic bronchitis include:
D. Increased red blood cells
48. Selection of an antimicrobial drug must be based primarily on:
A. Culture and sensitivity of the microorganism to the drug
32. For a client with type 1 diabetes, the most appropriate sweetener recommendation is:
C. Nonnutritive sugar substitute
29. A competent client refuses further treatment and wants to leave AMA. The provider recommends restraints if needed. Restraining the client would constitute which tort?
false improsenment
45. Which drug class should not be used with nitrates?
D. Erectile dysfunction drugs
39. To confirm a diagnosis of tuberculosis the nurse should review which diagnostic test result?
C. Sputum culture
40 Education for a patient taking rifampin after TB exposure should include which side effect?
C. Body fluids turning red-orange
47. A blood pressure of 135/87 mm Hg is classified as:
A. Stage 1 hypertension
37. The two major factors that most commonly cause falls in at-risk patients are:
A. Impaired mobility and cognitive impairment
46. Which action of ACE inhibitors makes them effective in heart failure?
D. Increase cardiac output
42. The most appropriate emergency intervention for a pneumothorax is:
B. Apply a vented dressing sealed on three sides
33. After penicillin G procaine injection a client begins an anaphylactic reaction. The nurse’s first action is:
D. Administer epinephrine subcutaneously
50. Which of the following is an invasive diagnostic procedure used to assess the vascular system?
C. Angiography