1.
A four-month-old infant who has acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and is living with the biological mother would receive the injectable form of polio vaccine for which of the following reasons?
2.
Which of the following parameters should be given priority when caring for a patient with hypoadrenalism (Addison's disease)?
3.
Which of the following comments, if made by the spouse of a patient who has been newly diagnosed with schizophrenia, would indicate that the spouse has a correct understanding of the disorder?
4.
A physician has written all of the following orders for a patient who has a diagnosis of septic shock. Which order should the nurse carry out first?
5.
A child presents with periorbital edema, darkcolored urine and decreased urine output. A priority question for the nurse to ask when obtaining the history from the parent is,
6.
When assessing a 14-year-old girl who has mittelschmerz, a nurse would expect the girl to have which of the following symptoms?
7.
A 30-year-old primigravida at 38 weeks gestation is admitted to the hospital in labor. The woman and her husband both attended education- for-childbirth classes. In the labor room, the husband is timing the frequency of his wife's contractions. If he is timing the frequency accurately, he is noting the time from
8.
Because a woman is planning to breastfeed her infant, measures to prevent her nipples from becoming sore are discussed with her. Which of the following comments, if made by the woman, would indicate that she understood the instructions?
9.
Which of the following laboratory results, if identified in a patient who is experiencing vomiting and diarrhea, is most suggestive of hypovolemic shock?
10.
Nursing care for a patient who has polycythemia vera would focus on preventing