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Multi Dimensional Care | Final Exam
1. The nurse is assessing a client who had a cast placed 4 hours ago. What assessment finding is cause for concern?
- A. The nurse assesses capillary refill of 2 seconds
- B. The nurse cannot insert one finger between the cast and the skin
- C. The nurse finds 2+ pulses distal from the cast
- D. The nurse does not observe any drainage
Correct answer: B
Rationale: Inability to insert a finger between the cast and skin indicates the cast is too tight, risking circulation problems.
2. A nurse assesses an audible grating sound (Crepitus) when a client with osteoarthritis moves his knees. What is the cause of this sound?
- A. A herniated disk in the diseased joint
- B. Pieces of bone and cartilage floating
- C. Popping bursae from standing
- D. Years of an autoimmune process
Correct answer: A
Rationale:
3. What complication of wound healing is an abnormal passage that connects two body cavities or a cavity and the skin?
- A. Fistula
- B. Hemorrhage
- C. Evisceration
- D. infection
Correct answer: A
Rationale:
4. What nursing intervention is best to improve communication with a hearingimpaired client?
- A. Talk in a regular voice in the good ear
- B. Talk loudly in the impaired ear
- C. Write down the message
- D. Speak slowly and clearly while facing the client
Correct answer: D
Rationale:
5. A nurse is teaching a client who has out about dietary recommendations. The nurse should teach the client which of the following beverages can trigger an attack?
- A. Fruit juice
- B. Alcohol
- C. Milk
- D. Coffee
Correct answer: B
Rationale:
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