Healthstream Post-Test| 100% Correct Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A (2023/ 2024 Update)

Healthstream Post-Test| 100% Correct

Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A

(2023/ 2024 Update)

Q: A patient with COPD requires oxygen therapy via nasal cannula. In order to help reduce

anxiety in this patient, the nurse should tell her:

Answer:

This is oxygen; it will aid your breathing.

Q: Paramedics transported a 50-year-old female patient from a house fire to the Emergency

Department without any obvious burns. She is covered in soot, coughing, and reporting nausea

and anxiety. The emergency department provider plans to treat the patient for possible cyanide

poisoning. In addition to oxygen, what medication should the nurse anticipate administering?

Answer:

Hydroxocobalamin

Q: Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat®) is administered for anginal attacks because it causes

Answer:

coronary artery dilation and peripheral venous dilation.

Q: When a patient is admitted into the emergency room with a suspected fracture of the cervical

spine, what is the nurse's priority?

Answer:

Immobilize the cervical spine.

Q: The initial treatment for most dermatophyte infections (Tinea corporis, Tinea pedis, and

Tinea cruris) is:

Answer:

ketoconazol

Q: The tympanic membrane is found in the:

Answer:

ear

Q: A patient had a right below the knee amputation (BKA) 4 days ago. His incision is healing

well, and he has gotten out of bed several times. Each time after returning to bed, he has

experienced pain as if it were located in his right foot. The nurse should explain to the patient

that:

Answer:

it is phantom pain and may occur because the nerves still carry pain sensation to the brain, even

though the limb has been amputated. The pain is real and intense; it should be treated as such.

Q: The nurse is reviewing discharge instructions with a patient who received treatment in the

Emergency Department for epistaxis. Which of the following statements is correct?

Answer:

"Open your mouth while sneezing."

Q: Following a motor vehicle accident, a young adult male presents to the emergency room

with a bruise on his forehead. On initial assessment, the patient is oriented to himself, but is not

able to state the current time or situation. Which diagnosis would the nurse suspect?

Answer: