A resident is 80 years old. He weighs 195 pounds and is weak. How many workers are needed to move him up in bed?
a. Just 1
b. At least 2 and a friction-reducing device
c. At least 3 and a friction-reducing device
d. At least 4
B
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A vaginal examination reveals tenderness and a palpable mass near the uterus. Based upon your knowledge, which can the nurse anticipate will take place first? 1. The client will be sent home on bed rest. 2. The client will be admitted to the acute care facility for observation. 3. The client will be evaluated in the labor and delivery department with a nonstress test. 4. An ultrasound will be ordered.
The nurse is performing auscultation of breath sounds on a respiratory patient. The sounds heard on inspiration and expiration are low-pitched, coarse, gurgling, and have a snoring sound. What best identifies these sounds?
a. Crackles b. Plural friction rub c. Rhonchi d. Sonorous wheezes
The patient with diabetes is also taking ephedrine to treat asthma that causes her blood sugar to increase. The patient asks the nurse, "Why does this medication make my blood sugar go up?" What is the nurse's best response?
A) "The active ingredient in ephedrine is mixed with sugar." B) "Ephedrine is a placebo containing only sugar." C) "Stored glycogen is broken down by ephedrine, which is causing higher blood sugar levels." D) "Insulin is inactivated by ephedrine so it cannot work to control sugar levels."
A patient undergoing chemotherapy tells the nurse that his wife lost her job and now they do not have any health insurance. The patient has no way of paying for the treatments and tells the nurse that he is going home to die
Which of the following can the nurse do to help with this patient's crisis? 1. Ask the patient if the wife has been offered a continuation of health care benefits from her previous employer that would cover the costs of chemotherapy. 2. Find out if the chemotherapy can be billed at a later time, once the wife has other employment. 3. Contact the health care provider and document that the patient is unable to pay for ongoing treatment. 4. Suggest that the patient visit an emergency room for care because they cannot deny him treatment.