The nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with shingles who complains of constant pain along the sciatic nerve. What intervention best helps to provide pain relief?
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What is the most effective way for a nurse to help a patient with contact dermatitis decrease pruritus?
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An adolescent is experiencing severe acne and has recently been diagnosed with prediabetes. Which medication does the nurse educate the adolescent about?
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A nurse assesses an older client who is scratching and rubbing white ridges on the skin between the fingers and on the wrists. Which action should the nurse take?
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A patient in the dermatology clinic is scheduled for removal of a 10-mm, multicolored, irregular mole from the upper back. The nurse will plan to teach the patient about a(an)
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Which individual would most likely experience the skin disorder pseudofolliculitis barbae (shaving bumps)?
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A patient in the dermatology clinic has a thin, scaly erythematous plaque on the right cheek. Which action should the nurse take?
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The nurse is caring for a patient who sustained chemical burns. What would have caused these injuries?
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Which statement best describes the scientific rationale for the nurse holding the otoscope with the hand in a pencil-hold position when examining the client's ear?
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A nurse cares for a client with burn injuries who is experiencing anxiety and pain. Which nonpharmacologic comfort measure should the nurse implement?
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Which of the layers picks up sensory stimuli?
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What instruction should the nurse teach regarding NSAIDs for OA?
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The nurse teaches burn prevention to a community group. Which statement by a member of the group should cause the nurse the greatest concern?
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The clinic nurse is assessing a child who had a tick bite for tick-borne disease. What assessment finding indicates to the nurse the child may have Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and not Lyme disease?
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The nurse is assessing the client's perception of safety issues in the home. Which of the following questions and statements will best assist the nurse in obtaining the needed data?
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The nurse is teaching a female client with a leg ulcer about tissue repair and wound healing. Which of the following statements by the client indicates effective teaching?
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A patient is diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma. What should the nurse expect to assess in this patient?
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The home health nurse assessing skin lesions uses the PQRST mnemonic as a guide. What does the S in this guide indicate?
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The client is admitted to rule out Cushing's syndrome. Which laboratory tests should the nurse anticipate being ordered?
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Which nursing intervention is priority for the client experiencing acute pain?
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A patient is suspected as having a fungal infection. What should the nurse have available during the evaluation of this skin area?
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The nurse is planning care to meet the patient's pain management needs related to burn treatment. The patient is alert, oriented, and follows commands. The pain is worse during the day when various treatments are scheduled. Which statement to the physician best indicates the nurse's knowledge of pain management for this patient?
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A nurse in a busy emergency department provides care for many patients who present with contusions, strains, or sprains. What treatment modality is common to all of these musculoskeletal injuries?
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A client in ventricular fibrillation is about to be defibrillated. To convert this rhythm effectively, the monophasic defibrillator machine should be set at which energy level (in joules, J) for the first delivery?
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Which nursing intervention should the nurse implement for a client with gangrenous right toe scheduled for below-the-knee amputation?
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The client who has been experiencing the clinical manifestations associated with menopause voices an interest in using alternative and complementary therapies to manage them. What initial response by the nurse is indicated?
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The client who is debilitated and has developed multiple pressure ulcers complains to the nurse during a dressing change that he is 'tired of it all.' Which is the nurse's best therapeutic response?
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Following assessment and diagnostic evaluation, it has been determined that the client has Stage II of Lyme disease. The nurse expects to note which assessment finding that is most indicative of this stage?
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A school nurse is assessing a student who was kicked in the shin during a soccer game. The area of the injury has become swollen and discolored. The triage nurse recognizes that the patient has likely sustained what?
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A male client arrives at the emergency room and has experienced frostbites to the right hand. Which of the following would the nurse note on assessment of the client's hand?
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The nurse is assigned to care for a female client with herpes zoster (Shingles). Which of the following characteristics would the nurse expect to note when assessing the lesions of this infection?
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Which laboratory data indicate to the nurse the client's pancreatitis is improving?
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After teaching a client who expressed concern about a rash located beneath her breast, a nurse assesses the client's understanding. Which statement indicates the client has a good understanding of this condition?
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The nurse is caring for a client admitted to the emergency department with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). In the acute phase, the nurse plans for which priority intervention?
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A client is seen in the health care clinic and the physician suspects herpes zoster. The nurse prepares the items needed to perform the diagnostic test to confirm this diagnosis. Which item will the nurse obtain?
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A female client is brought to the emergency department with second- and third-degree burns on the left arm, left anterior leg, and anterior trunk. Using the Rule of Nines, what is the total body surface area that has been burned?
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The client diagnosed with a stage 2 pressure ulcer is prescribed a hydrogel dressing. Which statement indicates the client understands the teaching about the hydrogel dressing?
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An unresponsive Caucasian patient has been brought to the emergency room by EMS. While assessing this patient, the nurse notes that the patients face is a cherry-red color. What should the nurse suspect?
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When assessing a 75-year-old client, which findings would require immediate action by the nurse? A statement about:
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The nurse is preparing the preoperative client for a total hip replacement (THR). Which intervention should the nurse implement postoperatively?
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The nurse is caring for an elderly female client preoperative for facial reconstruction. Which client problem should the nurse include in the plan of care?
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The nurse manager observes a new nursing graduate caring for a burn client in protective isolation. Which action by the new nurse indicates improper technique?
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Which patient instruction should the nurse include in the teaching plan relative to the management of systemic lupus erythematosus?
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Which skin condition would most likely occur in the highlighted areas?
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Which assessment technique should the nurse use to assess the client's optic nerve?
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The nurse describes common complications that burn patients may experience. Which description best fits tissue hypoxia?
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The nurse is assessing the casted extremity of a client. Which sign is indicative of infection?
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The female client diagnosed with acne is prescribed tetracycline. Which intervention should the nurse include in the medication teaching?
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Which of the following manifestations would the nurse expect to see with a client who has had previous knee surgery who suffered a surgical infection with signs of systemic manifestations?
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A dermatologist has asked the nurse to assist with examination of a patients skin using a Woods light. This test will allow the physician to assess for which of the following?
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What is the alternative name for a keratoacanthoma?
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The client diagnosed with rule-out osteosarcoma asks the nurse, 'Why am I having a bone scan?' Which statement is the nurse's best response?
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The nurse is caring for a patient in a wound clinic who is treated with plastic wrap dressings. Which finding indicates a complication related to prolonged application of the dressings?
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Question 54 of 55
Which of the following statements are correct regarding Marjolin's ulcer?
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Question 55 of 55
First aid for minor burns of the limbs includes:
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