1.An experienced nurse who is a student in a nurse practitioner program is working in a research clinic. The physician responsible for the research study is busy and asks the nurse to conduct a comprehensive physical assessment with a study participant who will be receiving a first the study medication. Which should the nurse do? A.Inform the physician that performing the physical exam is not in the scope of nursing practice. B.Complete the exam because the nurse has had assessment training in the nurse practitioner program C.Instruct the research participant to take the study drug and re-schedule a physical exam for the next visit. D.Dispense the study drug and tell the research participant to hold off starting the drug until the physician can do the exam. 2.Eight hours after the removal of an indwelling catheter, a client reports low abdominal pain, and palpation of the bladder indicates that it is distended and dull to percussion. Even after assisted to a standing position, the client is unable to void. Which action should the nurse take? A.Prepare to reinsert the urinary catheter. B.Encourage increased oral fluid intake. C.Scan the bladder for residual urine. D.Obtain prescription for furosemide.
1.An experienced nurse who is a student in a nurse practitioner program is working in a research clinic. The physician responsible for the research study is busy and asks the nurse to conduct a comprehensive physical assessment with a study participant who will be receiving a first the study medication. Which should the nurse do?
A.Inform the physician that performing the physical exam is not in the scope of nursing practice.
B.Complete the exam because the nurse has had assessment training in the nurse practitioner program
C.Instruct the research participant to take the study drug and re-schedule a physical exam for the next visit.
D.Dispense the study drug and tell the research participant to hold off starting the drug until the physician can do the exam.
2.Eight hours after the removal of an indwelling catheter, a client reports low abdominal pain, and palpation of the bladder indicates that it is distended and dull to percussion. Even after assisted to a standing position, the client is unable to void. Which action should the nurse take?
A.Prepare to reinsert the urinary catheter.
B.Encourage increased oral fluid intake.
C.Scan the bladder for residual urine.
D.Obtain prescription for furosemide.
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