HAAD-RN

HAAD-RN practice questions, page 10 of 12, with answer review and explanations.

Question 46

To promote accuracy of self-monitoring blood glucose by patients the nurse should:

  1. Retrain patients periodically
  2. Direct patients to rotate testing sites
  3. Advise patients to buy new strips routinely
  4. Compare results from patient's meter against lab results

Question 47

A nurse can ensure she maintains her competency to practice through:

  1. Being involved in continuing education programs
  2. Making sure that what was learnt at nursing school is strictly followed
  3. Closely carrying out instructions given by the Charge Nurse
  4. Working on the same ward for at least 2 years

Question 48

When checking the capillary refill time of a patient's extremity, the color returns in 7 seconds. The nurse recognizes this finding as indicative of:

  1. A normal response
  2. Thrombus formation in the veins
  3. Lymphatic obstruction of venous return
  4. Impaired arterial flow to the extremities

Question 49

In caring for a woman and baby day 3 postnatally, she tells you that her baby has not had a bowel action since delivery. Your appropriate response would be:

  1. Reassure the mother that it is quite normal for a baby to not move their bowels until day 5 after a few days of milk feeding
  2. Start a bowel chart, document all findings, and wait another 48 hours before reporting to the physician
  3. Encourage more frequent warm baths for the neonate with gentle abdomen massages
  4. Tell the mother that you will let the physician know, so the baby can be checked for any obstruction

Question 50

When caring for a patient with acute pancreatitis, the patient is most likely to complain of pain which is:

  1. Severe and located in the left lower quadrant and radiating to the groin
  2. Burning and located in the epigastric area and radiating to the groin
  3. Severe and located in the epigastric area and radiating to the back
  4. Burning and located in the left lower quadrant and radiating to the back