1. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who has a new prescription for sublingual

nitroglycerin. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the

teaching?

ANS_I should lie down when I take this medication

2. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to an older adult client following total hip arthroplasty.

Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

ANS_Install a raised toilet seat in your bathroom

3. A nurse is planning care for a client following a cardiac catheterization. Which of the following

actions should the nurse take?

ANS_Maintain the client's affected extremity in extension

4. A nurse is caring for a client who has a lower extremity fracture and a prescription for crutches.

which of the following client statements indicates that the client is adapting to their role

change?

ANS_I will need to have my partner take over shopping for groceries and cooking the meals for us

5. A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has an impaired immune system due to

chemotherapy. which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?

ANS_Change your pet's litter box daily

6. A nurse is caring for a client who has a contusion and reports thirst. The client's urinary output

was 4,000 ml over past 24 hr. the nurse should anticipate a prescription for which of the

following IV medications?

ANS_ Desmopressin

7. A nurse in a clinic receives a phone call from a client who recently started therapy with an ACE

inhibitor and reports nagging dry cough. Which of the following responses by the nurse is

appropriate?