The nurse is working in a rural community health clinic. A new client comes in complaining of nightmares and feelings of anxiety. The client is twenty pounds below normal weight without any physical complaints at this time
The client admits to a recent suicide attempt but is very casual in talking about the attempt. The client is married but states that she does not want to be questioned about her immediate family. The nurse suspects which of the following issues or disorders?
A. Substance abuse
B. Anorexia
C. Intimate partner violence
D. Child abuse
C. Intimate partner violence
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Mrs. Smith, age 70, takes Zyloprim 100 mg t.i.d. for a total daily dose of 300 mg. Tablets of 100 mg and 300 mg are available. For a 30-day supply, it is preferable for her to take _______________
a. Sixty 100-mg tablets b. Thirty 300-mg tablets c. Ninety 100-mg tablets d. Thirty 300-mg tablets
Which refers to an infant whose rate of intrauterine growth has slowed and whose birth weight falls below the 10th percentile on intrauterine growth charts?
a. Postterm b. Postmature c. Low birth weight d. Small for gestational age
A client has been diagnosed with a full-thickness burn injury to the hands and arms. Which of the following characteristics would the nurse expect to find? (Select all that apply.)
1. Blanches with fingertip pressure 2. Charred vessels visible under eschar 3. Many blisters that increase in size 4. Nerve endings dead 5. No edema 6. Very painful
The patient was found unresponsive in an apartment and is being brought to the emergency department. The patient has arm, hand, and leg edema, temperature is 95.6° F, and hands are cold secondary to a history of peripheral vascular disease
It is reported that the patient has a latex allergy. What should the nurse do to quickly measure the patient's oxygen saturation? a. Attach a finger probe to the patient's index finger. b. Place a nonadhesive sensor on the patient's earlobe. c. Attach a disposable adhesive sensor to the bridge of the patient's nose. d. Place the sensor on the same arm that the electronic blood pressure cuff is on.