Ben, a novice RPN, is working on a medical surgical unit. The unit is always busy, there is a high turnover of patients, and there are many novice nurses who have just been hired, but today most of the staff are experienced RNs. Ben has been assigned three patients today, all post op day 2. […]

What should the nurse do if a patient asks to see their entire medical record? Question 66 options: The nurse should ask the charge nurse to review the chart with the patient. The nurse should give the patient their medical record because it legally belongs to the patient. The nurse should print out their entire […]

expain what is Tyrosinemia – Inherited disorder that leads to tyrosine accumulation. – Loss/defect in enzyme that catabolizes tyrosine in liver ■ Type I- most severe (decreased levels of fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase) ■ Type II- (rare) deficiency of tyrosine aminotransferase. ■ Type III- (very rare) Deficiency of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (build up of tyrosine) failure to thrive, […]

An NP is performing an annual well-adolescent check on a 16 year old transgirl. The NP knows that obtaining a sexual history: QID: 4265100Mark For Review Should not be done due to potential discomfort. Should focus on male partners only. Should be done with consideration for the patient’s sexual identity. Should not be completed because […]

A nurse is assessing a client who has received oxycodone. The nurse notes that the client’s respiratory rate is 8/ min. The nurse should identify that which of the following is the pathophysiology for the client’s respiratory rate? Oxycodone blocks the sodium channel suspending nerve conduction Oxycodone causes central nervous system depression. Oxycodone promotes vasodilation […]

What would be an appropriate reason for someone to make a complaint about a nurse to the CNO? Question 61 options: A family member of a nurse is upset that they are not participating in family duties A patient is unhappy with visiting hour restrictions placed by the organization A patient does not want to […]

A team on a palliative care unit is caring for a terminally ill patient. The patient is near death and has an advance directive which states they do not want CPR, antibiotics, feeding tube or fluids. Which of the following situation is an example of an ethical dilemma that can arise for the team caring […]

If the client’s daughter was not with the father (code was un-witnessed), and he did not have a living will or an advanced directive, should the nurse and medical team have then provided CPR to the patient? (Question 3/3) Question 54 options: No, because it would be considered futile care and they could be charged […]

You are the RPN working in an emergency department. An elderly patient comes in unconscious and not breathing and his daughter is with him. She says “you have to save him, he is dying”. The physician asks her more about her father and learns that he is 92 years old with end stage cancer. He […]

76. Which task would be the most appropriate for the nurse to delegate/assign when caring for patients on a surgical unit? A. Instruct the LPN to feed a patient who is one day postoperative for a vaginal hysterectomy B. Ask another RN to administer an IVP pain medication to a patient in severe pain -C. […]