49.  A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who reports right shoulder pain following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

5.  The nurse is giving a presentation about caring for a client who is receiving diuretic therapy to treat heart failure.  The nurse should explain that which of the following medications put the client at risk for hyperkalemia?

40.  A client is undergoing chemotherapy for treatment of breast cancer. The medication order reads 0.75 mg/kg mixed with 250mL NS to be infused over 60 minutes.  The client weighs 156 lbs and the IV tubing available on the unit has a drop factor of 15 gtt/mL. How many gtts per minute will the nurse adjust the IV infusion. (enter numeric value only)

44.  Which of the following nursing interventions would be most appropriate for a patient diagnosed with acute appendicitis?

 29.  A patient is being admitted to the unit following an anaphylactic reaction to peanuts.  Which of the following medications will the nurse have accessible related to the patient’s history?

12.  A nurse is reviewing a client’s admission laboratory values. The client has thrombocytopenia with a platelet count of 34,000/mm3. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

33.  A client with metastatic colon cancer is receiving chemotherapy treatments every 3 weeks for the next 4 months.  Which of the following adverse effects might the client experience? (Select all that apply)

39.  A nurse is collecting data from a client who sustained severe burn injuries. The nurse notes a diagram indicating the burned surface areas. What percentage of client’s body surface area should the nurse estimate has been burned? (Calculate by using the darker shaded areas)  

A physical therapist is developing a rehabilitation plan for a 16-year-old basketball player who is 3 weeks post-operative from an ACL reconstruction using a quadriceps autograft. The patient presents with persistent quadriceps weakness and difficulty activating the muscle. Which of the following modalities would be MOST effective to specifically in this early phase of rehabilitation?

A football player sustains a direct blow to the anterior aspect of his proximal tibia while his knee is flexed at 90 degrees. He reports immediate posterior knee pain and instability. During the clinical examination, which special test would be MOST specific for identifying an injury to the Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL)?