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1. Gather supplies and position client 43.The nurse assesses a child who has
2. Don mask, goggles and clean gloves been treated for an acute asthma
3. Remove soiled dressing exacerbation. Which client assessment
4. Don sterile gloves, remove old is the best indicator that treatment has
disposable cannula and replace with a been effective?
new one
5. Clean around stoma with sterile A. Episodes of spasmodic coughing have
water or saline, dry and replace sterile decreased
gauze pad B. No wheezes are audible on chest
auscultation
A. 41532 C. Oxygen saturation has increased
B. B. 41523 from 88-93%
C. 45215 D. Peak expiratory flow rate has
D. 12345 dropped from 212L/min to 127L/min
41.A client with deep vein thrombosis is 44.A client with asthma was recently
receiving a continuous infusion of prescribed fluticasone/salmeterol. After
unfractionated heparin. The client asks the client has received instructions
the nurse what the heparin is for. How about this medication, which statement
should the nurse respond? would require further teaching by the
nurse?
A. Heparin is a blood thinner that will
help to dissolve the clot in your leg A. After taking this medication, I will
B. Heparin will help stabilize the clot in rinse my mouth with water
your leg and prevent it from breaking B. At the first sign of an asthma attack,
off and traveling to your lungs I will take this medication
C. I have been smoking for 12 years, but
I just quit a month ago
D. I received the pneumococcal vaccine
about a month ago