1. A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who has a femur fracture and is in skeletal traction.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take - Ensure the client's weights are hanging

freely from the bed.

2. A nurse in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a client who has anemia and has been

taking ferrous gluconate for several weeks. Which of the following instructions should the nurse

include? - Take this medication between meals

3. A nurse in a provider's office is reinforcing teaching with a client who has anemia and has been

taking ferrous gluconate for several weeks. Which of the following instructions should the nurse

include? - Take this medication between meals.

4. A nurse is reviewing the plan of care for a client who has cellulitis of the leg. Which of the

following interventions should the nurse recommend? - Wash daily with an antibacterial soap.

5. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is postoperative after having an ileostomy

established. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? -

Avoid medications in capsule or enteric form.

6. A nurse is caring for a client with severe burns to both lower extremities. The client is scheduled

for an escharotomy and wants to know what the procedure involves. Which of the following

statements is appropriate for the nurse to make? - "Large incisions will be made in the burned

tissue to improve circulation."

7. A nurse is collecting data from a client who has a possible cataract. Which of the following

manifestations should the nurse expect the client to report? - Decreased color perception

8. A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has an intestinal obstruction and is

receiving continuous gastrointestinal decompression using a nasogastric tube. Which of the

following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care? - Maintain the client in

Fowler's position.