Timby's Med-Surg Finals Study Questions And Correct Answers

Which is the best advice that the antibiotic the nurse is administering for the treatment of acute otitis media is having a therapeutic effect? {Ans: Ear discomfort is relieved}During physical examination of the male reproductive system, what method is best for providing the nurse with information about the density of the client's scrotal tissue? {Ans: Using transillumination}When the nurse reviews the client's complete blood cell count, what finding is most suggestive that a client is at risk for acquiring an infection? {Ans: Loan number of agranulocytes}What does the nurse recognize as important assessment on a 24-year-old client seen in the emergency room with complaints of abdominal pain? The diagnosis is "rule out appendicitis" {Ans: -Abdominal pain currently localized in RLQ -Generalized abdominal pain for 24 hours -WBC of 16,500 cells/mm3}The nurse is assessing a client with anemia possibly resulting from malaria. What information would be most important to ascertain to assist a physician in making a correct diagnosis? {Ans: Foreign travel}In the emergency department, it is determined that a burn victim has deep partial- and full-thickness burns over 35% of the upper body. During the nursing assessment of the burn injury, what characteristics will the