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A nurse is assessing a client with a diagnosis of psoriasis. Which clinical findings should the nurse expect to observe? (Select all that apply.)

A client is diagnosed with psoriasis and the nurse is providing health teaching concerning skin care at home. What recommendation does the nurse include in the teaching?

Shower twice a day

Soak the affected areas in hot water

Apply moisturizing lotion several times a day

Cover affected areas when in contact with others

What effect of povidone-iodine (Betadine) does a nurse consider when using it on the client's skin before obtaining a specimen for a blood culture?

Makes the skin more supple

Avoids drying the skin as does alcohol

Eliminates surface bacteria that may contaminate the culture

Provides a cooling agent to diminish the feeling from the puncture wound

A client in the emergency department states, "I was bitten by a raccoon while I was fixing a water pipe in the crawl space of my basement." Which is the most effective first-aid treatment for the nurse to use for this client?

Administering an antivenin

Maintaining a pressure dressing

Cleansing the wound with soap and water

Applying a tourniquet proximal to the wound

The nurse is assessing a client 12 hours after the client sustained a deep partial-thickness burn on the forearm. What characteristics should the nurse expect to identify when assessing the injured tissue?

Red and swollen

Blistered and wet

Charred and white

Leathery and black

A client has paraplegia as a result of a motorcycle accident. What is the reason the nursing care plan should include turning the client every one to two hours?

Maintain comfort

Prevent pressure ulcers

Prevent flexion contractures of the extremities

Improve venous circulation in the lower extremities

A nurse is caring for a client on the second day after an abdominoperineal resection. How does the nurse expect the stoma to appear?

Dry, pale pink, and flush with the skin

Moist, skin-colored, and flush with the skin

Moist, red, and raised above the skin surface

Dry, purple, and depressed below the skin surface

A client with scleroderma reports having difficulty chewing and swallowing. What should the nurse recommend to safely facilitate eating?

Eat a mechanical soft diet

Liquefy food in a blender

Take frequent sips of water with meals

Use a local anesthetic mouthwash before eating

A nurse is developing a teaching plan for a client with scleroderma. What should the nurse include about skin care?

Use calamine lotion for pruritus

Keep skin lubricated with lotion

Apply warm soaks to inflamed areas

Take frequent baths to remove scaly lesions

The mother of a 5-year-old child recovering from varicella (chickenpox) calls the nurse in the pediatric clinic, asking how the child's itching can be relieved. What is the best response by the nurse?

Have the child wear mittens

Rub an antibiotic ointment on the lesions

Use wet-to-dry saline dressings over the oozing vesicles.

Pat the lesions while applying the prescribed calamine lotion.

A nurse is assessing a client with a diagnosis of psoriasis. Which clinical findings should the nurse expect to observe? (Select all that apply.

A 10-year-old child has sustained an injury resulting in avulsion of a permanent tooth. Which interventions should the nurse implement to keep the tooth alive and suitable for reimplantation? Select all that apply.

Hold the tooth by the root area.

Rinse the tooth with saline, if dirty.

Insert the tooth back into the socket.

Ask the child to bite on the tooth directly

Transport child to the dentist immediately.

A nurse assesses a client's intravenous site. What clinical finding leads the nurse to conclude that the intravenous (IV) site has been infiltrated? (Select all that apply.)

Redness along the vein

Coolness of skin near the insertion site

Swelling around the insertion site

Cessation in flow of solution

Vein feels hard and cordlike

Which medications are associated commonly with upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding? (Select all that apply.)

When caring for a client, what clinical indicators associated with shock should the nurse immediately report to the health care provider? (Select all that apply.)

When assessing the client with peripheral arterial disease, the nurse anticipates the presence of which clinical manifestations? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is providing instructions about foot care for a client with diabetes mellitus. What should the nurse include in the instructions? (Select all that apply.)

Wear shoes when out of bed

Soak the feet in warm water daily.

Dry between the toes after bathing.

Remove corns as soon as they appear.

Use a heating pad when the feet feel cold.

What are expected changes that the nurse might identify when assessing the skin of an older adult? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse determines that a client in the acute phase of burns has eaten only a small portion of each meal. Considering this finding, the nurse should assess the client for

Dehydration

Dry brittle hair

Prolonged wound healing

Clubbing of the fingertips

A client has a diagnosis of partial-thickness burns. The nurse recalls that the client's burn is different than full-thickness burns in that partial-thickness burns

Require grafting before they can heal

Are often painful, reddened, and have blisters

Cause destruction of both the epidermis and dermis

Often take months of extensive treatment before healing

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