HAAD Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses v6.0

To prevent post-operative thrombophlebitis, which one of the following measures is effective?

The mother of a child with nephrotic syndrome asks why her child must be weighed each morning. The nurse's response should be based on the fact that this is important to determine the:

A deficiency of which of the following vitamins can affect the absorption of calcium?

The nurse should place the automatic external defibrillator (AED) electrodes on the patient's anterior chest with one electrode placed:

When caring for a patient with hepatic encephalopathy the nurse may carry out the following orders: give enemas, provide a low protein diet, and limit physical activities.
These measures are performed to:

Collection urine bag should be emptied as necessary and at least every 8 - 9 hours to prevent:

The best example of documentation of patient teaching regarding wound care is:

The nurse teaches a patient recovering from a total hip replacement that it is important to avoid:

Which of the following actions is the most appropriate when the nurse is responding to a patient during a tonic-clonic seizure?

The patient did not sleep well last night and is anxious about having a bronchoscopy later this morning. The priority nursing intervention would be to:

The nurse should suspect that a patient has bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract when the color of the patient's stool is:

The police bring a prisoner into the emergency department who is in severe pain. When the nurse is assigned to this patient, the nurse should:

The nurse is preparing teaching plans for several patients. The nurse should recognize which of the following patients is at greatest risk for fluid and electrolyte imbalance?

The patient with liver cirrhosis receives 100 ml of 25% serum albumin intravenously. Which of the following findings would best indicate that the albumin is having its desired effect?