RN Comprehensive Predictor 2023 Proctored Exam

A school nurse is performing scoliosis screenings. The nurse should recognize which of the following clinical manifestations as an indication of scoliosis?

A nurse is caring for a client who speaks a different language than the nurse and is using an interpreter. Which of the following actions should the nurse take when working with the interpreter?

A nurse is caring for a client who states he recently purchased lavender oil to use when he gets the flu. The nurse should recognize which of the following findings as a potential contraindication for

A nurse is caring for a client who has severe hypertension and is to receive nitroprusside via continuous IV infusion. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?

A charge nurse is monitoring a newly licensed nurse who is caring for a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicate

A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who is actively bleeding from a stab wound to the thigh. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is planning care for a client who is scheduled to receive a transfusion of packed RBCs. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?

A nurse is caring for a client who is in active labor. The nurse should notify the provider for which of the following findings?

A nurse is planning to delegate the fasting blood glucose testing for a client who has diabetes mellitus to an assistive personnel (AP). Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is preparing a client to undergo a cardiac catheterization. Which of the following tasks should the nurse perform prior to the procedure?

A nurse is consulting a pharmacological reference about medication compatibility prior to administering warfarin to a client. Which of the following medications should the nurse identify as being inco

An occupational health nurse is providing teaching to a group of factory workers about proper lifting techniques. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

A charge nurse is concerned about a recent increase in facility-acquired catheter infections. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is implementing seizure precautions for a client who has had a tonic-clonic seizure. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 1 hr postpartum and unable to urinate. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who is alert and oriented and is receiving continuous ECG monitoring. The cardiac rhythm strip shows a wavy baseline, no distinguishable P waves, and an increased heart

A nurse is caring for a client who is alert and oriented and is receiving continuous ECG monitoring. The cardiac rhythm strip shows a wavy baseline, no distinguishable P waves, and an increased heart

A nurse is admitting a client to a medical-surgical unit. When performing medication reconciliation for the client, which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who has respiratory depression from an opioid administration. After administering naloxone to the client, which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is preparing to remove an IV catheter from the arm of a client who has phlebitis at a peripheral IV site. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?

A nurse is planning care for a client who is to receive alteplase recombinant for a thrombus in the coronary artery. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client following a total gastrectomy. The nurse should instruct the client about which of the following medications?

A nurse is planning care for a school-age child who is 4 hr postoperative following appendicitis. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A nurse is assessing the coping strategies of a client who has recently retired. Which of the following statements by the client indicates that the client is using compensation as a defense mechanism?

A nurse is preparing to administer dopamine hydrochloride 4 mcg/kg/min via continuous infusion. Available is dopamine hydrochloride in a solution of 800 mg in a 250 mL bag. The client weighs 80 kg. Th