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Clinical Nurse Specialist CNS Adult Practice Test - Question List

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21. A 39-year-old male client, brought to the Emergency Department after sustaining a traumatic brain-stem injury during a football game, has died. You have met with the family about the possibility of organ and tissue donation, and they are considering the option. You are showing an awareness of his role in providing care for this family by (select all that apply):
  1. Using the client’s name rather than the word “donor” when speaking with the family.
  2. Providing care to the deceased in a respectful and caring manner.
  3. Explaining the time limitations associated with the most effective “harvest” to the family.
  4. Encouraging family members to seek advice from other family members. Provide privacy for family to confer if necessary.
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22. By returning to a client’s room at the time promised, the nurse is demonstrating:
  1. Confidentiality
  2. Beneficence
  3. Veracity
  4. Fidelity
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23. You are caring for a 55-year-old client experiencing mid-sternal chest pain. What is the priority nursing action for this client?
  1. Auscultation of the chest and lungs
  2. Getting a complete history, along with questioning the events preceding the start of the pain
  3. Taking a complete set of vitals
  4. Starting an IV and administering analgesics
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24. A nurse is caring for a female client who complains of easy fatigability and weakness. Laboratory tests reveal that the client has an iron-deficiency anemia. History reveals that the client is a practicing vegetarian. Which of the following food items is correctly included in the client’s daily diet to correct iron-deficiency anemia?
  1. Brewer’s yeast
  2. Raisins
  3. Soybean milk
  4. Banana
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25. A nurse gathered the assessment findings from a group of clients assigned to her during the shift. Among the details of information she noted, which of the following is most likely attributed to poor hygiene care?
  1. Dry and flaky skin over the ear and scalp
  2. Reddish skin that doesn’t blanch when touched.
  3. Dry, itchy and highly demarcated scaling plaques.
  4. A reddish rash on the wrist underlying a watch strap
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