Advanced Nursing Concepts
A nurse is caring for a child who is 24 hr postoperative following a supratentorial
craniotomy. the nurse should maintain the child in which of the following
positions? - answer-supine with head of the bed (hob) elevated to 30 degrees
a nurse working in a hospice facility is talking to a client's son who is distressed
because his mother cries frequently and says she wants to die. which of the
following responses by the nurse is appropriate? - answer-"let's discuss some
strategies you can use when this happens again."
a nurse working in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a client who is
14 weeks of gestation. the nurse should instruct the client to immediately notify
the provider if she experiences which of the following? - answer-facial edema
a nurse is caring for an adult client who has attempted suicide. the client tells the
nurse he is calling his family to come pick him up. which of the following actions
by the nurse is appropriate when the client insists on leaving the facility against
medical advice? - answer-discuss risks associated with leaving
a nurse is caring for a client who is receiving parenteral nutrition through a
nontunneled central venous catheter and reports hearing a gurgling sound on the
side of the catheter. the nurse suspects the catheter has migrated to the jugular
vein. which of the following actions should the nurse take first? - answer-stop the
infusion
a nurse is reinforcing teaching with the caregiver of a client who has aphasia. the
nurse should include which of the following communication strategies in the
teaching? - answer-cue client by providing cards that portray common needs