ADMISSION-Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools Set 2

A nurse is preparing a patient for discharge following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Which of the following statements, if made by the patient, would indicate the need for further teaching about the immediate postoperative period?

Which of the following findings, if identified in a patient in the immediate postoperative period following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), would indicate the need for immediate follow- up by the nurse?

Which of the following blood values on the laboratory report should a nurse expect when assessing a patient who has emphysema?

Which nursing diagnosis would receive priority for a preeclamptic woman who is six hours post delivery?

A nurse observes a nurse's aide taking all of the following measures when caring for a patient who has had a right modified radical mastectomy. Which measure requires immediate intervention by the nurse?

When monitoring a patient who has respiratory acidosis, a nurse would expect which of the following arterial blood gas levels?

A woman who has been taking oral contraceptives is planning to conceive. A nurse would counsel the woman to seek health care advice if she should not become pregnant within how many months?

A patient says to the nurse, "If you give me a cigarette, I'll go to group therapy." Which of the following responses by the nurse would be therapeutic?

During the initial phase of a therapeutic relationship, a nurse should discuss which of the following topics with the patient?

A six-year-old child who has celiac disease is selecting food items from a hospital menu. Based on an understanding of celiac disease, a nurse would discourage the child from selecting which of the following foods?