CLS QUIZZES

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  • Which documentation would include a computerized record of client’s protected health information generated for two consecutive acute hospitalizations?
    Electronic Health Record (EHR)
  • which step is first in developing cultural competence in clinical nursing care?
    self-assessment and reflection
  • A Nigerian man comes to Canada to visit his adult son. The sun tries to encourage his father to have testing and treatment for a chronic, productive cough. The son has a positive attitude and believes in Canadian medical treatment. Which term is best to describe this situation?
    Acculturation
  • during an assessment of a newly admitted client, the nurse notices that the client often does not answer questions and remains silent. Which action is the best action of the nurse in response to this silence?
    clarify what the client’s silence means
  • The nurse is assessing a Chinese Canadian client who wears a jade bracelet on the left wrist. The nurse asks the client about the significance of the bracelet, and whether it can be removed before the clients schedule diagnostic procedure which practice has the nurse demonstrated?
    cultural competence
  • Which level of social support is the nurse included?
    Third - formal system of social welfare agencies
  • Which approach aims to improve the quality of life of clients, with life-threatening illnesses, and their families, through the relief of pain and suffering?
    Hospice palliative care
  • The nurse should provide which type of document to a terminally ill client that wishes a “no code“ status
    Do not resuscitate
  • Which immunoglobulin is primarily responsible for allergic reactions in a client who had an asthma attack due to an unknown allergen?
    IgE
  • Which term describes a disease when the body identifies self proteins as foreign substances triggering in immune response?
    Autoimmunity
  • A nurse is providing care for a client client who is scheduled for surgery to remove a growth in the peritoneal cavity which time is the minimum fasting period for clear liquids before the surgery?
    Two hours
  • Which instruction would the nurse tell the client who calls the clinic about a stye in the upper eyelid that has not improved with warm, moist compress?

    “Come in so the ophthalmologist can assess the lesion for you”
  • Which term is used when a client begins to cough up blood?
    Hemoptysis
  • Which instruction would be best, when providing education to a client who is about to undergo Holter monitoring?
    “You will need to keep a diary of all your activities and symptoms”
  • At which time would the nurse tell the patient to record the basal body temperature?
    On awakening before any activity
  • Which nursing intervention is performed to prepare a patient for a skull radiograph?
    Explain that the procedure is noninvasive
  • definition of regurgitation?
    an effortless process in which partially digested food slowly comes up from the stomach
  • Which advice would the nurse give to a patient collecting urine sample for urinalysis?
    Collect the first urine sample in the morning
  • Which factor impacts the clients teaching following a myocardial infarction?
    pain, fatigue, and weakness
  • Which healthcare technology would the nurse recommend for a client who travels extensively due to work obligations, and requires consultation with the primary healthcare provider?
    Telehealth
  • Which response would the nurse provide when a client asked about the relationship between chronic hypertension and a serum potassium level of 10 mmol/L and the nurse is unsure of the answer?
    Admit, not having knowledge about it, reassure the client that help will be sought to provide the right answer
  • Which nursing diagnosis is likely to be a priority in the care of a patient with myasthenia gravis (MG)?
    Activity intolerance
  • Which explanation would the nurse provide to a patient having trigeminal neuralgia who has been prescribed anti-seizure medications?
    It’s attenuates the transmission of nerve impulses from the trigeminal nerve
  • Which assessment would be the nurse’s priority for a patient who has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome?
    Respiratory assessment
  • Which diagnostic test would the nurse anticipate the patient will undergo to assess a fracture in the radius of the right hand?
    X-ray
  • What is the measurement of pressure flow and oxygenation within the cardiovascular system?
    Hemodynamic monitoring
  • Which best describes a triage system?
    A system that helps prioritize which patients should be treated first
  • Which number of patient specific identifiers is required to confirm a patient’s identity before surgery?
    Two
  • Which aspect is the focus of a nursing diagnosis and treatment according to the North American nursing diagnosis association (NANDA)
    individual, family, or community response to actual or potential health problems
  • Which phase of the nursing process will the nurse identify a clients response to actual or potential health problems?
    Nursing diagnosis
  • What does the nurse do during the assessment phase?
    Collects data
  • Which intervention is essential when the nurse is planning culturally competent care?
    Improve interpersonal skills for communicating with clients and families
  • At which point should the nurse include the clients wife in teaching about management of a disease for a client who has just been diagnosed with COPD?
    As soon as possible
  • Which phenomenon is responsible for the rejection of donor organs and tissue?
    Cell mediated immunity
  • A client was advised to fast for eight hours before an elective surgery shortly before the scheduled surgery time the client states ”I forgot and just now drank a cup of coffee and ate four slices of toast“. The nurses aware that the surgery will need to be postponed because the minimum fasting period for a clear light meal before surgery is what?
    6 hours
  • A nurse is preparing a client for cataract surgery. The nurse needs to instill different eyedrops into the clients eyes. How many minutes should the nurse wait between each set of eyedrops?
    5 minutes
  • Which intervention is a priority for the nurse to implement when caring for a postoperative patient who had a fully catheter removed at 1200 and at 2100 the patient has still not voided?
    Assessed for bladder, fulness by percussion palpation, or portable bladder scanner
  • What tool would the nurse use to evaluate a clients visual acuity?
    Snellen chart
  • Which nursing intervention is appropriate postoperatively for a patient who had a creation of an internal arterial, venous, fistula, and placement of an external arterial, venous shunt until the fistula heals?
    Regularly check, the positioning of the external shunt, ensure that intravenous fluids are not infused in the arm with the shunt, do not take blood pressure on the extremity with the shunt
  • Which information would the nurse teach a patient about a thyroid gland ultrasound?

    Inform the patient that a gel and transducer will be used over the neck