HAAD HAAD-RN - HAAD Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses

What two behaviors are important when documenting the depth of the patient’s depression?

A patient who has just had a miscarriage at 8 weeks of gestation is admitted to hospital. In caring for this patient, the nurse should be alert for signs of:

A trauma patient with open wounds arrives in the emergency department. The nurse would know that a tetanus injection is needed if the patient has:

A patient with pneumonia is coughing up purulent thick sputum. Which one of the following nursing measures is most likely helpful to loosen the secretions?

You have started work on a new ward. One of the patient's allocated to you has been on the ward for the last 7 months since she had a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). You notice that her nursing care plan says strict bed rest, but on assessment you can not see any reason why this patient can not sit out of bed for short periods. Your nursing action would be:

Immediately after a craniotomy for head trauma, the nurse must monitor the drainage on the dressing. Which of the following should be reported?

A patient becomes angry and threatens to leave the hospital unless the physician reviews the reason for the patient's delay in discharge. The patient has a medication order for agitation available p.m.. but refuses the medication and requests a drink of orange juice instead. What should the nurse do?

The nurse should place the automatic external defibrillator (AED) electrodes on the patient's anterior chest with one electrode placed:

Elevated levels of amylase and lipase in the blood are common in:

The nurse should be aware that tetracycline is contraindicated in children under 12 years of age because: