CRNE Exam Prep - Question List

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176. Mr. Dane is a 34-year-old lawyer who will have a total hip replacement surgery in two weeks. He is concerned about allowable sexual activity after hip replacement. Mr. Dane asks the nurse what is a safe sexual activity after surgery. The nurse makes which of the following appropriate statements?
  1. “You must have a talk about sexual activity after hip replacement with your surgeon.”
  2. “Usually, sexual activity is allowed 10 weeks after surgery.”
  3. “There are basically no restrictions on sexual positions so long as you don’t experience pain.”
  4. “Are you concerned about your surgery affecting your sex life?”
177. Dee, a female client who has a history of major depression, is rushed to the emergency department after attempting to jump off from a building. The client says she has been planning to kill herself since her husband left her for another woman. Which action by the admitting nurse is the priority?
  1. Search the client for weapons.
  2. Pad the side rails of the bed.
  3. Place the client in a room with CCTV camera.
  4. Remove the client’s clothing and search her belongings.
178. Mrs. Wilkins is an 85-year-old female diagnosed with an advanced case of Alzheimer’s disease. The client’s memory has severely declined through the years. As the nurse assists the client in performing morning care, the client tells the nurse that she worked as a neuroscientist in the 1950s. The client’s husband immediately corrects the client by informing the nurse that his wife worked as science teacher. After the morning care, the nurse talks to the husband in private and encourages him to do which of the following?
  1. Leave the area as soon as his wife starts telling her stories.
  2. Continue correcting her wife’s stories.
  3. Allow his wife to tell her storiesas she recalls them.
  4. Discourage his wife from telling inconsistent stories.
179. Belle, a mother of two children, informs the nurse that her three-year-old potty trained son has started urinating in his pants. The regression started about two months after she gave birth to her daughter. Which response by the nurse is the most therapeutic?
  1. “Initiate a time out before it becomes a pattern.”
  2. “Talk to your son about the change. Spend an hour with him, without your daughter, every other day to let him feel that he is still important.”
  3. “It is an expected occurrence. Children usually regress when a new baby is introduced to the family. Encourage the child to go the rest room every time he feels the need to urinate.”
  4. “It is an expected outcome. Do not worry. It is normal.”
180. A competent adult client, a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, refuses blood transfusion. The nurse caring for the client follows his decision based on which ethical principle?
  1. Advance directive
  2. The right to refuse treatment
  3. The right to refuse third-party interference
  4. Substituted judgment

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