Information provided by the family when a patient is unable to provide data during assessment is classified as:
a. primary.
b. secondary.
c. unreliable.
d. biased.
B
Secondary sources include family members.
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The nurse arrives at the bedside of a patient who has had a unit of packed cells infusing in his right arm for 35 minutes. He is complaining of chills, itching, and shortness of breath. The next action for the nurse would be to
a. leave and get help. b. take the patient's temperature. c. give him his nose spray. d. stop the transfusion and IV administer saline.
The client is being treated with calcitriol. Her treatment regimen includes thiazide diuretics. The highest priority nursing intervention based on this drug interaction is to monitor serum _____ level
a. calcium b. potassium c. sodium d. magnesium
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1. The slight separation of the client's placenta from the uterine wall will not produce any bleeding. 2. The total separation of the client's placenta from the uterine wall will lead to massive hemorrhage. 3. Blood is trapped between the client's placenta and the uterine wall, and there may be concealed bleeding. 4. Blood is passing between the fetal membranes and the client's uterine wall, which will lead to some vaginal bleeding.