A 75-year-old client is recovering from surgery to remove a tumor in the abdomen. When planning care for this client, the nurse would consider that the skin of an older person would require
A) increased healing time.
B) decreased healing time.
C) a need to keep the wound edges taped.
D) skin near the wound to be massaged to increase blood flow.
A
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The patient is to undergo a diagnostic electrophysiology study. The nurse should tell the patient and family that the purpose of this study is what?
A) Identify blockages of coronary arteries B) Measure volumes and pressures in cardiac chambers C) Evaluate the efficacy of antiarrhythmic drugs and devices D) Evaluate patient response to pharmacologically elevated heart rates
The reason that nursing lags behind in the education of nursing informatics specialists is because of which of the following?
1. The surplus of nursing informatics professionals in the hospital setting 2. The lack of qualified faculty in graduate programs 3. Too few nurses are interested in the specialty area 4. Nursing informatics is an expensive specialty with little government funding
Which type of oral contraceptive drug must be taken every day of the month to be effective?
a. An estrogen-progestin combination b. An estrogen only "mini" pill c. A progestin-drospirenone combination d. A progestin only "mini" pill
The patient presents to the labor and delivery unit stating that her water broke 2 hours ago. Barring any abnormalities, how often would the nurse expect to take the patient's temperature?
1. Every hour 2. Every 2 hours 3. Every 4 hours 4. Every shift