The patient who delivered without anesthesia requires an episiotomy repair. The nurse will most likely prepare for which type of anesthesia?
a. Pudendal block
b. Epidural block
c. General anesthesia
d. Spinal block
ANS: A
The purpose of the pudendal block is to anesthetize the perineum, vulva, and rectal area.
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Which organization is preparing future nurses to have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) of evidence-based practices necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems within which they work?
a. The Joint Commission b. Quality and Safety Education for Nurses' (QSEN) c. The National Database of Nursing Quality Improvement (NDNQI) d. The Agency for Health care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Ten minutes after the cutting of the baby's umbilical cord, the nurse observes a sudden gush of blood, a lengthening of the cord at the vaginal orifice, and that the uterus has assumed a more globular shape. These signs are MOST indicative of:
a. hemorrhage due to uterine atony c. multiple birth b. inversion of the uterus d. placental separation
Which of the following statements best represents therapeutic communication when a student discovers a client crying in bed?
a. "I am the nurse who will be doing your treatments today." b. "Will you listen to me so I can help you get better?" c. "This is what is going to happen during surgery." d. "Can we talk about what seems to be bothering you?"
What technique does the nurse use to test the patellar deep tendon reflex?
a. Using the end of the handle on the reflex hammer, the nurse strokes the lateral aspect of the sole of the patient's foot from heel to ball. b. Ask the patient to flex one knee to 90 degrees, while the nurse dorsiflexes the ankle and strikes the appropriate tendon on the foot with the flat end of the reflex hammer. c. Ask the patient to flex one knee to 45 degrees, while the nurse plantar flexes the ankle and strikes the appropriate tendon of the ankle with the pointed end of the reflex hammer. d. Ask the patient to flex one knee to 90 degrees, while the nurse strikes the appropriate tendon in the knee with the blunt end of the reflex hammer.