Practice Question
A nurse is admitting a client who has pneumonia. The nurse should initiate which of the following isolation precautions for the client?
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Droplet
Rationale:
Pneumonia caused by bacterial or viral pathogens (e.g., influenza, COVID-19) spreads via respiratory droplets. Droplet precautions include wearing a mask, maintaining spatial separation, and proper hand hygiene.
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A rural community health nurse is developing a plan to improve healthcare delivery for migrant farmworkers. To identify health services data for this minority group, the nurse should gather information from which of the following sources?
Answer Choices:
A. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
B. National Institutes of Health
C. Department of Agriculture
D. World Health Organization
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) via mechanical ventilation. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following adverse effects of PEEP?
Answer Choices:
A. Hypoxemia
B. Tension pneumothorax.
C. Malignant hypertension
D. Atelectasis
A nurse must recommend clients for discharge in order to make room for several critically injured clients from a local disaster. Which of the following clients should the nurse recommend for discharge?
Answer Choices:
A. A client who has cellulitis and is receiving oral antibiotics every 8 hours.
B. A client who is postoperative following an upper endoscopy procedure and is alert but does not have a gag reflex
C. A mother and their newborn 12 hr post delivery
D. A client who has lower extremity weakness and is newly admitted for observation
A nurse is reviewing the ABG values of a client. The client has a pH of 7.2, PaCO2 of 60 mm Hg, and HCO3 of 25 mEq/L. The nurse should identify that the client has which of the following acid-base imbalances?
Answer Choices:
A. Respiratory alkalosis
B. Metabolic alkalosis
C. Respiratory acidosis
D. Metabolic acidosis
A client is receiving IV fluids at 150 mL/hr. Which of the following findings indicates that the client is experiencing fluid overload?
Answer Choices:
A. Oliguria
B. Bradycardia
C. Dyspnea
D. Poor skin turgor
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- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI EXIT Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI Comprehensive Predictor Exam(s)~2019
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