A client prescribed bumetanide (Bumex) asks the nurse how the drug works. Which response should the nurse provide the client?
A. "This prescription causes your kidneys to reabsorb potassium."
B. "This prescription causes your kidneys to block the reabsorption of sodium."
C. "This prescription causes your kidneys to reabsorb calcium."
D. "This prescription causes your kidneys to reabsorb chloride."
Answer: C
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A) Hair loss B) Moon face C) Bulging eyes D) Fatigue
Which statement made by the client indicates an internal locus of control?
a. I have found that when I eat a high-fiber, low-fat diet my diabetes is easier to regulate. b. My wife fixes all my meals. You'll have to talk to her about that diet you want me to be on. c. I can't exercise the way the doctor told me to because I don't make enough money to join a health club. d. My mother and my father both had heart disease. I guess I can expect it, too.
Which factor was primary in driving the establishment of the advanced nurse practitioner role?
1. The physician shortage of the late 1960s 2. The need for more rural health care by qualified providers 3. The need for providers to work in primary care settings 4. The refusal of physicians to see rural patients
A patient has been prescribed an antihyperlipidemic drug. Which laboratory value does the nurse report to the prescriber?
a. Total cholesterol 198 mg/dL b. Triglycerides 135 mg/dL c. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) 195 mg/dL d. High density lipoprotein (HDL) 60 mg/dL