1. A patient admitted to the hospital in hypertensive crisis is ordered to receive hydralazine
(Apresoline) 20mg IV stat for blood pressure greater than 180/100 mmHg. The best response of the
nurse to this order is to:
A. Administer the dose and repeat as necessary
B. Give medication if patient's blood pressure is > 190/100 mmHg
C. Call the physician because the order is not clear
D. Give the dose immediately and once
Answer: D. Give the dose immediately and once
2. When ideas arise in unusual variety and pass through the mind rapidly is
A. Pressure of speech
B. Stereotypy of speech
C. Preservation of ideas
D. Pressure of thought
3. Which data should the nurse expect when taking a health history from a client diagnosed as having acute pyelonephritis?
1) recent urethral catheterization
2) chronic urinary tract infections
3) long-standing hypertension
4) recent influenza exercises.
b. Decreased myocardial contractility
c. Hypotension
d. Tachycardia
Answer: d. Tachycardia
5. Agranulocytosis manifested by
A. Decrease white blood cells
B. Stiffness of the neck
C. Change in the level of consciousness
D. Abdominal pain
6. A client is being discharged following a corneal transplant. The nurse should instruct the client and caregivers to report which early manifestation of graft rejection?
1) blind spot in the visual field
2) excess tearing in the eye
3) diplopia
4) decrease in vision
Answer: 4) decrease in vision
(Apresoline) 20mg IV stat for blood pressure greater than 180/100 mmHg. The best response of the
nurse to this order is to:
A. Administer the dose and repeat as necessary
B. Give medication if patient's blood pressure is > 190/100 mmHg
C. Call the physician because the order is not clear
D. Give the dose immediately and once
Answer: D. Give the dose immediately and once
2. When ideas arise in unusual variety and pass through the mind rapidly is
A. Pressure of speech
B. Stereotypy of speech
C. Preservation of ideas
D. Pressure of thought
3. Which data should the nurse expect when taking a health history from a client diagnosed as having acute pyelonephritis?
1) recent urethral catheterization
2) chronic urinary tract infections
3) long-standing hypertension
4) recent influenza exercises.
Answer: 2) chronic urinary tract infections
4. Stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system produces which of the following responses?
a. Bradycardiab. Decreased myocardial contractility
c. Hypotension
d. Tachycardia
A. Decrease white blood cells
B. Stiffness of the neck
C. Change in the level of consciousness
D. Abdominal pain
6. A client is being discharged following a corneal transplant. The nurse should instruct the client and caregivers to report which early manifestation of graft rejection?
1) blind spot in the visual field
2) excess tearing in the eye
3) diplopia
4) decrease in vision
Answer: 4) decrease in vision