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106. A nurse is caring for an eighty-year-old female client who is bedridden. The nurse would include the following nursing actions in the care plan, to prevent respiratory complications, except:
  1. Instruct the client to bear down and hold her breath every two hours
  2. Monitor the client’s vital signs every four hours
  3. Turn the client every two hours
  4. Teach the client deep breathing and coughing exercises
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107. A nurse is caring for a client with major depression who is unable to do the activities of daily living. The nurse includes which nursing action in the care plan?
  1. Encourage the client’s peers to confront the client and let him know the effects of noncompliance to the rest of the group.
  2. Perform the ADLs for the client until the client can complete these activities independently.
  3. Structure the client’s day to provide adequate time for the completion of ADLs.
  4. Sit with the client and work on the schedule, allowing the client to choose the time of the day when he can do his ADLs.
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108. The nurse is teaching a male client who is being prescribed amitriptyline hydrochloride (Elavil). The client needs further teaching if he states which of the following?
  1. “I will avoid alcoholic beverages.”
  2. “It may take around two to four weeks before the medication’s desirable effects are evident.”
  3. “I should immediately stop taking the medication once I experience erection disturbances.”
  4. “I may take the medication with food or milk if gastrointestinal distress occurs.”
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109. A woman prescribed with digoxin is complaining of weakness, nausea, and anorexia. A serum potassium test revealed a level of 3.2 mEq/L. The physician orders a digoxin level to rule out digoxin toxicity. The nurse checking the results knows that the therapeutic levels for digoxin range from:
  1. 3.5 to 5.0 ng/mL
  2. 0.5 to 2.0 ng/mL
  3. 2.0 to 3.5 ng/mL
  4. 0.6 to 1.2 ng/mL
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110. A client arrives in the emergency department complaining of left-sided substernal chest pain, unrelieved by nitroglycerin. Which of the following is the immediate action of the nurse?
  1. Administration of morphine
  2. Administration of supplemental oxygen
  3. Provide a calm environment with minimal stimulation
  4. Assessment of the heart’s electrical activity through the ECG
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