A nurse is teaching clients in a clinic about vitamin deficiencies. Which disorders does the nurse teach the clients has been associated with vitamin A deficiency?
A) End-stage renal disease
B) Rheumatoid arthritis
C) Rhabdomyolysis
D) Osteomalacia
B) Rheumatoid arthritis
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A marathon runner comes into the clinic and states "I have not urinated very much in the last few days." The nurse notes a heart rate of 110 beats/min and a blood pressure of 86/58 mm Hg. Which action by the nurse is the priority?
a. Give the client a bottle of water immediately. b. Start an intravenous line for fluids. c. Teach the client to drink 2 to 3 liters of water daily. d. Perform an electrocardiogram.
A nurse is caring for a woman in labor whose fetal heart rate tracings show late decelerations. What observation by the nurse indicates that an important outcome for the nursing diagnosis of impaired fetal gas exchange has been met?
A. Fetal heart monitor shows accelerations to contractions. B. Fetal heart monitor shows variable decelerations. C. Fetal heart rate rises to180 beats/minute. D. Maternal heart rate returns to baseline between contractions.
According to most state NPAs, the vocational nurse acting as charge nurse in a long-term care facility is acting in which capacity?
a. Under direct supervision of an RN on the unit b. With the RN in the building c. Under general supervision by the RN available on site or by phone d. As an independent vocational nurse
The nurse receives a report on an infant whose analysis indicates 47 total chromosomes, with the abnormality noted at chromosome 21. What additional assessments will the nurse include when evaluating the infant?
a. Cleft palate b. Protruding tongue c. Extra fingers or toes (polydactyly) d. Intellectual developmental delay