Alzheimer’s is a type of

A. Dementia
B. Delirium
C. Acute organic psychosis
D. Functional psychosis
 Your patient with Alzheimer’s is confused and is
wandering around the ward. For her safety you would:

A. Restrain her to a chair

B. Close the door of her room
C. Allow her to mobilise but with supervision
D. Place a return to ward note on her back
 The change in our skin as we age occurs because of :

A. Increased number of sweat

glands
B. The type of diet we have
C. The fibres become less elastic
D. Not enough sunshine
 Type 1 diabetic will have which symptom?

A. Thirst
B. Obesity
C. Oliguria
D. Nausea
 The client is admitted with diabetes
mellitus. You notice a sweet, fruity
odour on their breath. This may be
associated with which of the following:

A. Alcohol consumption
B. Ketoacidosis
C. Retinopathy
D. Eating fruit
 Your patient is aphasic. This means

A. Weakness on one side of the body

B. Difficulty swallowing food and fluid
C. The loss or impairment of the ability to
communicate
D. Loss of appetite, resulting in weight loss
 The patient you are caring for has been prescribed a
Ventolin inhaler. From the following which best
describes its action?

A. Anti-Inflammatory
B. Immunosuppression
C. Anti-coagulant
D. Bronchodilator
When assisting the patient with a left CVA to put on
a shirt you would:

A. Stand the patient up

B. Assist the left arm in first
C. Assist the right arm in first
D. Place over the patient head first
 The client is prescribed. The action of
Digoxin is to:
 
A. Decrease force of myocardial
contraction
B. Increase renal blood flow
C. Prevent ventricular fibrillation
D. Slow and strengthen heart rate
The patient with CHF will have the which of
the following symptoms

A. Lack of appetite, passing urine

frequently, SOB
B. SOB, fatigue, odema
C. Fever, weakness, SOB
D. Voiding large amounts, odema, SOB
 Your client is prescribed medication to be
taken SL. This means:

A. He will need an injection

B. It is taken under the tongue
C. It can be swallowed orally
D. It will be given rectally.
 You understand that congestive heart failure means

A. Blood flow to the brain is interrupted

B. Failure of the heart to pump effectively
C. Insufficient blood flow to the kidneys
D. Failure of the mitral valve in the heart
 Your client has peripheral oedema. Oedema is known as:

A. Pain in the lower limbs

B. Poor peripheral circulation
C. Neuropathy of the lower limbs
D. Accumulation of fluid in the tissues
The clients ask you what you understand
osteoporosis means. You respond:

A. Inflammation of the joint

B. Infection of the bone
C. Brittle bones
D. Painful joints
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