Q34. The nurse educator is teaching a group of students about the different types of bowel obstruction. Which type of obstruction caused by hernia will the educator identify as having an impaired blood supply?

Q14.  The nurse knows that initial verification of a nasogastric placement is important. Which method is considered the only reliable method to determine enteral tube placement?

Q28. A non-pharmacological approach that the nurse may implement for patients experiencing pain that focuses on promoting pleasurable and meaningful stimuli is which of the following?  

Q27.  When handing a pillow to a postoperative patient with an abdominal incision, who is coughing, the nurse understands that the pillow is for what purpose?

Q33.  The nurse is reviewing the use of anticholinergic drugs. Anticholinergic drugs block the effects of which nervous system?

Q35.  The nurse is caring for a first day post-operative client on the medical-surgical unit. In addition to continuing to monitor respiratory status, vital signs, and incisional wound, what is a priority assessment for the nurse?

Q51.  The nurse is caring for a client with Graves disease. When observing the facial features of the client (pictured below), the nurse notes that the client is exhibiting which associated sign of the disease?

Q29.  A nurse educator is teaching a group of parents how to prevent a sickle cell crisis in the child with sickle cell disease. What will the nurse include as the most common cause of a sickle cell crisis? 

Q38. A nurse is teaching a client who has a prescription of a nasogastric tube (NG) to treat a pyloric obstruction. Which of the following rationales for the use of the nasogastric tube should the nurse include in the teaching?

Q30.  The nurse is planning care for a young child who is admitted with sickle cell crisis. The parents are with the child, and neither has much information about the disease. When planning care the nurse will set which goal with this family?