Patient Education

The patient is prescribed bosentan. Which statement does the nurse include in teaching about this medication?

The patient with laryngitis requests tips on nonpharmacological symptom management. The nurse makes which suggestion?

The 58-year-old patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) presents to the clinic requesting the pneumococcal vaccine. Which response by the nurse is appropriate?

The patient with Raynaud’s phenomenon has received teaching on how to manage the disorder. Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further teaching?

The nurse is providing education to the patient recently diagnosed with Raynaud’s phenomenon. Which information does the nurse include in teaching?

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children remain in rear-facing car seats away from airbags until which age?

Which food items does the nurse encourage the patient to eat? Look at the patient’s chart to make selections and select all that apply.

Which food item, if selected by the patient, would prompt the nurse to provide additional education? Review the patient’s chart to make selection.

Which meal selection is appropriate for this patient? Review the patient’s chart to make a selection.

The patient with a subtotal gastrectomy has been advanced to a regular diet. Which information does the nurse provide the patient? Select all that apply.

The postpartum nurse is supervising new parents placing their newborn into the car seat to drive home during a snowstorm. Which observation is most concerning?

Which information does the nurse include when preparing an informational session for expectant first-time parents about car seat safety? Select all that apply

A baby is born precipitously to a mother who did not have prenatal care. The neonate requires only the initial steps of resuscitation but is found to have a bilateral cleft lip and palate. Review the patient’s assessment here: Position at rest: Complete flexion Square window: 0° Arm recoil: 75° Popliteal angle: 80° Scarf sign: Elbow does not cross midline Heel to ear: Foot does not reach the umbilicus Skin: No veins visible, cracking of skin at joints, dry Lanugo: Mostly bald skin Plantar surface: Creases over entire sole Breast: 4 mm bud with raised areola Ear: Formed pinna with instant recoil Genitals: Descended testes bilaterally, rugae over entire scrotum For which referrals does the nurse advocate for the baby prior to discharge? Select all that apply.

The adult child of the patient with dementia who is the patient’s in-home caregiver reports the patient exhibits increased confusion and agitation after 1600 each day. Which statement by the nurse will be most helpful to the caregiver?

The patient is scheduled to undergo a Wood’s light examination. Which instruction does the nurse include in preprocedure teaching?

The 74-year-old otherwise healthy patient presents to the clinic complaining of severe pain and burning of the skin over the right flank. Upon assessment, the nurse notes two lines of vesicles that curve laterally away from the spine on the right side. The nurse provides which instruction to the patient regarding treatment?

The 15-year-old emancipated minor patient who weighs 32 kg presents to the emergency department with fever, malaise, cervical lymphadenopathy, and severe throat pain that was not preceded by an upper respiratory infection. The nurse anticipates providing teaching about which prescription?

The nurse is preparing educational material about brown recluse spider bites. Which information is most important to include?

The patient seeking medical care for a spider bite asks the nurse why the Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP) vaccine has been prescribed. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse is providing education to the parents of a child who experienced anaphylaxis following a bee sting. Which statement by the parents indicates a need for further teaching?

An individual calls the nurse line to report his friend has been bitten by a water moccasin snake on the hand. Which statement by the individual requires correction by the nurse?

The nurse is supervising the care of a patient with second-degree frostbite. Which action by the student nurse prompts the nurse to intervene with further instruction?

The nurse is providing preoperative education regarding total laryngectomy to the patient with laryngeal cancer. Which statement indicates a need for further teaching?   

The nurse is providing preoperative teaching to the patient prior to a total laryngectomy. Which information does the nurse include in teaching? Select all that apply.

The nurse is providing discharge education to the patient who has a tracheostomy following a total laryngectomy. Which instruction does the nurse give the patient to maintain airway patency?   

The nurse informs the patient beginning pharmacological therapy for prostate cancer to anticipate which additional changes? Select all that apply.

The nurse counsels the patient with prostate cancer to choose transurethral resection of the prostate based on which characteristic? 

The patient undergoing continuous bladder irrigation (CBI) following a prostatectomy reports an extreme need to urinate. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate? 

The nurse is preparing an informational session for individuals at risk for prostate cancer. Which statement does the nurse include in the talk?  

The patient with psoriasis has been prescribed a keratolytic for management of cutaneous symptoms. The nurse instructs the patient to stop the medication and contact the provider if which symptoms occur? Select all that apply.   

The patient who has been prescribed methotrexate for the treatment of severe psoriasis has received medication teaching. Which statements indicate the teaching was effective? Select all that apply.

The 62-year-old patient reports erectile dysfunction and states, “I’ve been treating it with herbal remedies prescribed by my naturopathic doctor". Which conditions, if found in the patient’s medical history, prompt the nurse to counsel the patient against these herbal remedies? Select all that apply.  

The nurse counsels which women against the use of black cohosh as an herbal supplement?  

During a routine physical, the patient states, “I feel more comfortable taking herbal remedies than prescription medications for my high blood pressure.” Which response by the nurse is most important?  

The nurse is helping to recruit patients for a study about the effectiveness of a new delivery system for somatropin. The nurse filters the records for patients with which conditions? Select all that apply.

The nurse is supervising a nursing student in the emergency department. Which actions by the nursing student indicate effective learning? Select all that apply.  

The patient who was started on warfarin sodium for the treatment of atrial fibrillation has reached steady state with the current dose. Which instruction is most important to give the patient?

The nurse is supervising the student nurse in performing a cap change for a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) in a patient who recently sustained a traumatic brain injury. Which action by the student nurse best indicates effective learning?

The nurse is supervising the graduate nurse in caring for intravenous lines. Which actions by the graduate nurse require intervention and further education? Select all that apply.  

The nurse is providing preprocedural teaching for the patient scheduled for a cystectomy for bladder cancer. Which statement by the patient indicates teaching was effective? 

The patient with bladder cancer is scheduled for a cystectomy and creation of an internal ileal reservoir. Which statement by the patient indicates an understanding of the teaching?  

The patient has undergone a cystectomy with ureterosigmoidostomy. Which nursing interventions are included in the care plan? Select all that apply. 

The nurse has provided self-care teaching to the patient who has undergone radiation therapy for breast cancer. Which action by the patient indicates a need for further teaching?  

Which intervention is appropriate for the patient receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer? 

The nurse is most concerned with encouraging the patient with multiple myeloma to ambulate frequently to prevent which complication? 

The nurse is selecting patients to receive a brochure about detecting testicular cancer. Which patient most needs the brochure? 

The patient is scheduled for a radical orchiectomy for treatment of testicular cancer. Which preprocedural teaching is most important to provide the patient? 

The patient is scheduled for a posterior pelvic exenteration and the nurse has provided preprocedural teaching. Which statement indicates a need for further teaching?  

The nurse provides which instructions to the unlicensed assistive personnel who is assisting in the care of a patient postoperative day one following a radical hysterectomy? Select all that apply. 

Which interventions does the nurse include in care for the patient who underwent a total pelvic exenteration for a cancer diagnosis one day ago? Select all that apply.