The nurse instructs the client on important points to remember about taking antibiotics, including which of the following: Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Take all the medication prescribed
2. Take left over antibiotics when you have a the flu
3. Older, more common antibiotics work well
4. Overuse of antibiotics may lead to resistance
5. Antibiotics are for the treatment of viral illnesses
1,3,4
Rationale 1: Failure to complete the full course of treatment may result in prolonged illness and development of drug resistance.
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The scope and practice of a nurse working on a maternity unit is defined in the Nurse Practice Act. If a nurse provides care that is beyond her scope and practice, the nurse would be violating which type of law?
a. Statutory law c. Practice law b. Disciplinary law d. Case law
A nurse is educating a pregnant woman in preterm labor on the use of her home monitoring equipment and her medications. What factor could impede the client's ability to learn?
A) Preparation B) Intelligence C) Previous knowledge D) Anxiety
The nurse assesses a patient and documents the following findings: "decreased pedal and posterior tibial pulses bilateral (1+), skin is cool-to-cold to touch, loss of hair on lower extremities, patient reports that lower extremity pain is reproducible when walking and relieved by rest, and also noted are thickened toenails" What condition does the patient likely have?
a. Peripheral vascular disease b. Deep vein thrombosis c. Raynaud's syndrome d. Peripheral arterial disease
High urinary urea excretion may be caused by
a. high protein intake. b. phenylketonuria. c. kidney failure. d. administration of growth hormone.