Q1: A 25-year-old client is admitted to labor and delivery in active labor. This is her second pregnancy and she has a two-year old son at home. Which description of gravity and parity is correct for the client?

Q2: While changing the dressing of a client who is immobile, the practical nurse (PN) observes a red and swollen wound with a moderate amount of yellow and green drainage and a foul odor. Before reporting this finding to the healthcare provider, the PN should evaluate which of the client’s laboratory values?

Q3: Following the dressing change of an abdominal surgical wound, a client expresses concern to the practical nurse (PN) about the scar that might result from the wound. Which response is best for the PN to provide?

Q4: A male client with bipolar disorder reports to the practical nurse (PN) that has not taken his prescribes medication, divalproex sodium, for the last 6 months. Assessments of which parameter is most important for the PN to obtain?

Q5: When caring for a child with sickle cell disease, the practical nurse (PN) expects that the child will most likely describe which symptom when experiencing a sickle cell crisis?