MEDICAL-SURGICAL RN A PROPHECY RELIAS 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

MEDICAL-SURGICAL RN A PROPHECY RELIAS 2024

ACTUAL EXAM ALL 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED

ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

Your patient is on contact precautions for active MRSA. What

proper PPE should you use before entering the room? -

CORRECT ANSWER- Gown and gloves

Your patient recently had a G-tube placed and intermittent

enteral feedings have been initiated. What symptoms may

indicate intolerance to the feedings? - CORRECT ANSWERVomiting and diarrhea

Upon entering your patient's room, you note that they are having

a seizure. What is your FIRST action? - CORRECT ANSWERPosition the patient on their side to maintain the airway.

Your 18-year-old female patient was admitted with dehydration

secondary to anorexia nervosa. During your assessment you note

she has a flat affect and says, "I just want to die. I'm tired of my

life." What should be your FIRST intervention? - CORRECT

ANSWER- Stay with the patient and ask fi she has a plan to

carry out this wish.

Your patient has a non-productive cough and presence of

secretions in his tracheostomy. Prior to suctioning the patient,

what should you do FIRST? - CORRECT ANSWERHyperoxygenate patient.

Your patient takes 5 mg of warfarn (Coumadin/Jantoven) daily

and reports having black colored stool today. What do you most

likely suspect? - CORRECT ANSWER- Gastrointestinal

bleeding

Your new patient was admitted with blunt force trauma to the

abdomen following a motor vehicle accident (MVA). A NG tube

is in place for decompression; however, you note during the

assessment that the stomach is rigid and hard during palpation.

What condition do you suspect? - CORRECT ANSWERHemorrhage

Which of the following nursing diagnoses is MOST important

for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(COPD)? - CORRECT ANSWER- Impaired gas exchange

You have a patient going for dialysis. Their medications include

lisinopril (Prinivil), ondansetron (Zofran), famotidine (Pepcid),

and atorvastatin (Lipitor). Which medication would you possibly

hold and seek clarification? - CORRECT ANSWER- famotidine

(Pepcid)

What is an early symptom that the patient is developing a

complication of heart failure? - CORRECT ANSWER- Edema

in the legs and feet

Black and tarry colored stools are CLASSIC symptoms of what

condition? - CORRECT ANSWER- Bleeding gastric ulcer

You have 4 patients who have high priority needs. One needs to

go to surgery, one needs STAT lab draws from a PICC line,

another has chest pain rated 8/10, and another needs toileting.

Which patient should you tend to FIRST? - CORRECT

ANSWER- The patient with chest pain

Your patient with Hepatitis C exhibits signs of jaundice and a

distended abdomen. What procedure would you anticipate being

performed by the provider at the bedside for this patient? -

CORRECT ANSWER- Paracentesis

What is clubbing of the fingers MOST likely associated with? -

CORRECT ANSWER- Chronic oxygen deficiency