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HAAD HAAD-RN - HAAD Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses

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Total 150 questions

A construction worker was brought to the emergency department and admitted with the diagnosis of heat stroke due to strenuous physical activity during hot weather conditions. Which action should the nurse take?

A.

Immediately immerse the patient in cold water to reduce the patient's temperature

B.

Administer an antipyretic such as aspirin or acetaminophen

C.

Place ice packs to the neck, axillae, scalp and groin

D.

Encourage foods and oral fluids that contain carbohydrates and electrolytes

Salem has Alzheimer’s disease. He is agitated and repeatedly asks to go home. The most appropriate nursing intervention for him is to:

A.

Isolate him in a single room

B.

Find activities to keep him occupied

C.

Ask the physician to discharge him

D.

Administer a minor tranquillizer

A patient with deep partial-thickness and full-thickness burns of the face and chest is admitted to the emergency department. The nurse must be particularly alert for:

A.

Paralytic ileus

B.

Respiratory distress

C.

Severity of pain

D.

Strong burn odor

A patient with severe, protracted vomiting will often have what electrolyte abnormality?

A.

Decreased potassium and decreased chloride

B.

Increased sodium and decreased chloride

C.

Increased potassium and increased sodium

D.

Decreased sodium and increased chloride

Which of the following tasks requires specialized education and should be performed by the nurse only after the training has been completed?

A.

Administering a dose of promethazine (Phenergan) via intravenous push (IVP)

B.

Applying a transdermal fentanyl (Duragesic)

C.

Instilling tobramycin (Tobrex) ophthalmic solution

D.

Beginning an intravenous infusion of cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)

Nursing management of a patient with pulmonary embolism would focus on which of the following actions?

A.

Assessing oxygenation status

B.

Assessing signs of DVT in legs

C.

Monitoring for other sources of clots

D.

Monitoring patient for cardiogenic shock

While assessing an 84-year-old post-operative patient, the nurse observes that the patient suddenly becomes very anxious, appears cyanotic and has severe dyspnea. The nurse recognizes these symptoms to be consistent with:

A.

Congestive heart failure

B.

Pulmonary embolism

C.

COPD exacerbation

D.

Myocardial infarction

The best time for the nurse to teach an anxious patient about the patient controlled analgesic (PCA) pump would be during which of the following stages of patient care?

A.

Post-operative

B.

Pre-operative

C.

Intraoperative

D.

Post anesthesia

A nurse is not familiar with a particular solution ordered to irrigate a patient's wound. The appropriate action would be to:

A.

Check if the solution is available on the ward, and if so, use it to clean the wound

B.

Put a neat line through the order and re-write the solution more commonly used

C.

Check with the Pharmacist about the uses of the solution ordered

D.

Ask the patient what solution he would prefer to be used

One factor affecting the pharmokinetics of older patients' drug absorption is:

A.

Decreased gastrointestinal motility

B.

A difficulty in swallowing

C.

A prevalence of obesity

D.

Numerous medications