A patient is being discharged home with a prescription for sublingual nitroglycerin. The nurse will instruct the patient and family to
A) keep the medication in the refrigerator.
B) transfer the tablets to a clear bottle.
C) keep the tablets in the original dark bottle.
D) discard the tablets if over a month old.
D
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As the LPN/LVN collects data about a client, she uses critical thinking skills to: Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Organize data. 2. Use subjective data to develop nursing diagnoses. 3. Use objective data to develop nursing diagnoses. 4. Use irrelevant data to develop nursing diagnoses. 5. Report information.
Your patient has the following arterial blood gas results: pH 7.26, PaCO2 28, HCO3 11 mEq/L. How would the nurse interpret the results?
A) Respiratory acidosis with no compensation B) Metabolic alkalosis with a compensatory alkalosis C) Metabolic acidosis with no compensation D) Metabolic acidosis with a compensatory respiratory alkalosis
A nurse is discussing an older adult client's apparent increased susceptibility to infection with his family
Which of the following statements by the nurse would be most congruent with current thought around the autoimmune role in the aging process? A) "Changes that we call 'mutations' in your father's cells make his organs more vulnerable to chronic illness and germs.". B) "Older adults often have more difficulty fighting off infections because of their weaker immune systems, and their bodies can even attack themselves.". C) "Diseases such as arthritis, which we term 'autoimmune,' make older people more likely to catch viruses and other bugs.". D) "Our bodies seem to have an 'expiry date,' after which we are far more likely to get infections and develop chronic illness.".
The postpartum woman who continually repeats the story of her labor, delivery, and re-covery experiences is:
a. Providing others with her knowledge of events. b. Making the birth experience "real." c. Taking hold of the events leading to her labor and delivery. d. Accepting her response to labor and delivery.