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Adult Health Proctored Exam (Viterbo University) is a nursing-school practice exam with 49 questions. It is written for nursing students preparing for this course exam and for NCLEX-style review. Every question has its own page showing the full stem, all answer options, the correct answer, and a written rationale explaining why each option is right or wrong.
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Start Practice ExamThe nurse is caring for a mechanically ventilated spinal cord injury patient in the ICU. To avoid the complication of autonomic dysreflexia, the nurse plans to implement the following orders:
A nurse is caring for a patient who has a closed-head injury with ICP readings ranging from 16-22 mm Hg. What actions should the nurse take to decrease the potential for raising the client's ICP? Sele
A charge nurse is reviewing the status of patients in the critical care unit. Which patient should the charge nurse notify the organ procurement team to evaluate for possible organ donation?
A nurse is caring for a client in acute respiratory failure who is receiving mechanical ventilation. Which of the following assessments is the best method to determine the effectiveness of the current
A nursing student studying spinal cord injury recognizes all of the following to be causes of secondary injuries:
The nurse is caring for a mechanically ventilated spinal cord injury patient in the ICU. To avoid the complication of autonomic dysreflexia, the nurse plans to implement the following orders:
A nurse is caring for a patient who has a closed-head injury with ICP readings ranging from 16-22 mm Hg. What actions should the nurse take to decrease the potential for raising the client's ICP? Sele
A charge nurse is reviewing the status of patients in the critical care unit. Which patient should the charge nurse notify the organ procurement team to evaluate for possible organ donation?
A nurse is caring for a client in acute respiratory failure who is receiving mechanical ventilation. Which of the following assessments is the best method to determine the effectiveness of the current
The nurse receives new orders for multiple clients. Which order should be the nurse's priority?
The nurse is preparing to care for a patient with a spinal fracture who has a halo device in place. The nurse plans to implement the following orders:
A nurse is caring for a patient with a closed head injury on mechanical ventilation. Which of the following actions is highest priority?
You are caring for a patient in the ED who came in after a hard tackle in a football game. The x-rays show that he has a fracture of 2 ribs on the right side. Which intervention will the nurse expect
Which would be the most important action immediately following extubation of a patient?
Which assessment of a patient in shock would give the nurse the most valuable information to determine there is adequate tissue perfusion?
The nurse is assessing a teenager recently admitted with a severe concussion from playing football. Which is the most important nursing assessment to detect early signs of a declining condition?
As a community health nurse, you are planning to conduct an education session on prevention strategies for spinal cord injuries. Which population would benefit most from this education?
During routine suctioning of a client with an endotracheal tube, the patient becomes diaphoretic and nauseous, and the heart rate decreases to 39 beats/min. What is the nurse's best action at this tim
A patient presents to the emergency department with signs of an epidural hematoma. Which manifestation is characteristic of this type of hematoma?
The nurse is assessing a patient with suspected traumatic cervical spine injury who just arrived to the emergency department. The nurse knows the priority actions for caring for this patient include a
The nurse caring for patients who are mechanically ventilated uses best practices to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia. What actions are included in this practice?
A patient is brought to the emergency department after sustaining injuries in a severe car crash. The patient's chest wall does not appear to be moving normally with respirations, oxygen saturation is
A nurse assesses a patient with a spinal cord injury at level T5. The patient's blood pressure is 184/95 mm Hg, and the patient presents with a flushed face and blurred vision. What action would the n
Immediately following a spinal cord injury, a patient asks about the extent of impairment that will result from the injury. The best response by the nurse is: