HLTH 320 (surgery) Final Exam Q&A Athabasca University.
1. What is the most important question to ask a
client when obtaining pre-op information?:
2. Nurse assessing a client with right-sided heart
failure. Which assessment finding would the
nurse expect to observe? (SELECT ALL):
3. A nurse is taking initial vital signs for a client
with fatigue and notices an irregular apical pulse
of 130. What are contributing factors for fatigue?
(SELECT ALL):
4. Which interventions are affected for a client with
a potential for pulmonary edema caused by HF?
(SELECT ALL):
5. A school nurse is giving a presentation to high
school seniors about skin cancers. What is the
best recommendation to prevent skin cancer?:
6. Which condition contributes to abdominal ascites?:
7. A client has lymphedema, what would be a priority?:
8. Instructions to a UAP for a client with an arterial
venous fistula:
9. 9What assessment data would be a priority to tell
the HCP when providing care for a patient who
had a paracentesis?:
When was the last
time you ate or drank?
Dependent edema
JVD
Hepatomegaly
Anemia
Hypovolemia
Fever
Stress
Loop diuretics
Semi fowlers position
to high fowlers
Slow infusion for hypotonic saline
Salt and fluid restrictions
Preform skin assessments monthly
Cirrhosis
Protect from injury
(keep extremity injury
free)
Avoid taking blood
pressure on the arm
with the fistula
O2 88% on room air