The nurse instructs a patient who has a drain in a surgical wound that the wound will heal by:
a. primary intention.
b. secondary intention.
c. tertiary intention.
d. deliberate intention.
Question 2The patient is to be catheterized for residual urine. The nurse must perform this catheterization within how many minutes following voiding?
a. 40 minutes
b. 30 minutes
c. 20 minutes
d. 10 minutes
Question 3Although the patient denies pain, the nurse observes the patient breathing rapidly with clenched fists and facial grimacing. The nurse's best response to these observations is:
a. I am glad you are feeling better and have no discomfort.
b. Where do you hurt?
c. What you are saying and what I am observing don't seem to match.
d. It makes me uncomfortable when you are not honest with me.
Question 4Documentation is necessary for the evaluation of patient care and is an integral part of the nursing process phase of:
a. assessment.
b. planning.
c. implementation.
d. evaluation.
Question 5The cleanest part of a voided urine specimen is collected after voiding is initiated and before it is finished. This is called a:
a. sterile specimen.
b. caught specimen.
c. midstream specimen.
d. patient-collected specimen.
Question 6The responsibility for notifying the physician when laboratory and diagnostic studies deviate from the norm belongs to the:
a. laboratory technician.
b. cooperating physician.
c. nurse.
d. supervisor.
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