A patient with a history angina pectoris brought by to the Emergency Department complaining of severe chest pain. The patient informs the nurse that he did not take nitroglycerine tablet. Which of the following assessment findings must concern the nurses MOST before administering nitroglycerine?
A. Heart rate of 90 bpm
B. Blood sugar of 12 mmol/L
C. Blood pressure of 190/110 mmHg
D. Blood pressure of 80/60 mmHg
A mother of a newborn is diagnosed with breast cancer, the surgeon recommended to carry out an emergency operation. According to Freud's theory, which stage of newborn development is being affected?
A. Oral stage
B. Anal stage
C. Phallic stage
D. Latent stage
A nurse participated in the implementation phase of a national measles vaccination campaign. Which of the following represents the role of the nurse in this phase?
A. Identifying population at-risk
B. Setting outreach strategies for unvaccinated
C. Reporting a vaccination rate to the Ministry of Health
D. Monitoring the vaccination rate and surveillance activities
Which of the following actions reflect that a staff nurse respects the culturally determined behavior of Omani female patients while providing nursing care?
A. Give the patient time to do her pray before the operation
B. Maintain eye contact at the patient when checking blood pressure
C. Ask the patient to wear the theater cap before going to the operation
D. Rub on the shoulder to reassure her before going to the operation room
The following term refers to the type of abortion in which the fetus dies in the uterus but is not expelled:
A. Missed
B. Complete
C. Inevitable
D. Threatened
A seven-year-old boy with autism is admitted with a leg fracture. The child has been following up in the rehabilitation center for speech and occupational therapies for the past two years. How should the nurse address the child's speech and social needs during hospitalization?
A. Modify the child's daily routines
B. Develop an occupational and speech care plan
C. Review the child's therapy plan from the rehabilitation center
D. Refer the child to the in-hospital speech and occupational therapy department
A nurse is caring for a patient with HIV who manifest chronic diarrhea, anorexia, a history of oral candidiasis, and weight loss. Which dietary instruction would be included in the teaching plan?
A. Eat three large meals per day
B. Follow a low-protein, high-carbohydrate diet
C. Include unpasteurized dairy products in the diet
D. Consume a high-protein, high-carbohydrate diet
A nurse is preparing to infuse 500 ml of 0.9% sodium chloride intravenous (IV) solution over 4 hours. The drip factor is 15 drops/ml. Which of the following values is the flow rate in drops/minute?
A. 31 drops/minute
B. 32 drops/minute
C. 133 drops/minute
D. 134 drops/minute
A nurse is caring for a patient with leukemia. The patient's family refuse to inform the patient about the diagnosis. The nurse felt difficult to accommodate the family request. The nurse decided to use the Moral Decision-Making Model to find the best solution.
What is the initial step the staff nurse should take?
A. Decide who should be involved in decision making
B. Identify her goal of this ethical problem
C. Identify alternatives and analyze the causes
D. Recognize there is an ethical issue
A woman attends the health center with complaints of sudden, severe and sharp pain in the lower abdomen and an absence of menses for 8 weeks. The ultrasound reveals ectopic pregnancy. When interviewing the woman, which of the following will the nurse ask about as risk factor of ectopic pregnancy?
A. Oral contraceptive usage
B. Frequency of sexual activity
C. History of chlamydial infection
D. History of urinary tract infection