Adult Health II Final

1 The nurse should assess the patient with left-side heart failure for which findings? (SATA)

Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea Right upper quadrant pain

Crackles in the lungs Regular vein distention

Fatigue

Orthopnea

2 A patient is being screened for diabetes and has two recent fasting blood glucose results of 132mg/dL (7.33mmol/L) and 146mg/dL (8.10mmol/L) How should these result be interpreted?

The fasting blood glucose tests should be repeated two more times

These results indicate diabetes mellitus. Follow-up is required These are normal results. No further action is needed

The patient should be scheduled for a hemoglobin A1c(HbA1C)test

3 A nurse is assessing a patient for a suspected anaphylactic reaction following a CT scan with contrast media. For which of the following patient findings should the nurse intervene first?

Stridor Urticaria Vom