ADMISSION-Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools Set 5

A patient does not swallow medication, but holds the tablet in her mouth until she is able to expectorate. The nurse should

A child has just undergone a shunting procedure for hydrocephalus. A nurse would question the placement of which of the following patients in the child's room?

A nurse should include which of the following strategies in the care plan of a child who is receiving cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) for treatment of Hodgkin's disease?

A nurse teaches self-care management to a teenaged patient who is being treated for scoliosis using a Milwaukee brace. Which of the following statements, if made by the patient, indicates a correct understanding of the instructions?

A patient who has disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is administered heparin sodium. Which of the following responses, if identified in the patient, would indicate that the heparin is effective?

Which of the following manifestations would a nurse expect to identify when assessing a patient who has atrial fibrillation?

A nurse should inform a patient who is taking hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiuril) that it is important to make which of the following dietary changes?

Which of the following findings, if identified in a patient who is administered procainamide hydrochloride (Procan SR), would indicate that the patient is experiencing an adverse effect of the medication?

Which of the following actions would a nurse take first when caring for a patient experiencing a cardiac arrest?

Which of the following comments by a nurse would be most effective in dealing with a patient who has a diagnosis of severe (+3) anxiety?