Vital signs commonly increase during sleep.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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The surgeon orders hourly urine output measurement for a patient after abdominal surgery. The patient's urine output has been greater than 60 mL/hour for the past 2 hours. Suddenly, the patient's urine output drops to almost nothing
What should the nurse do first? a. Irrigate the catheter with 30 mL of sterile solution. b. Replace the patient's indwelling urinary catheter. c. Infuse 500 mL of normal saline solution IV over 1 hour. d. Notify the surgeon immediately.
A child is to receive 10 units of a medication. The dose of 10 units is contained in 1 mL. Dilute to 30 mL and infuse in 30 minutes with a 20-mL flush to follow. The administration set is a microdrip. Calculate the milliliters/hour (mL/hr). _____
a. 100 b. 20 c. 60 d. 10
A nurse working in an inner-city clinic conducted an ethnographic study of sex workers to gain understanding of factors related to HIV risk for these women
After she completed her data collection, she gave three participants feedback about her findings for their review and commentary. Which of the following quality-enhancement strategies is described in this example? A) Audit trail B) Data triangulation C) Reflexivity D) Member checking
A 56-year-old patient has come to the clinic for his routine eye examination and is told he needs bifocals. The patient asks the nurse what in his eye has changed so that he needs bifocals. What should the nurse respond?
A) "You know, you are getting older now, and we change as we get older." B) "The parts of our eyes age, just like the rest of us." C) "There is a gradual thickening of the lens of the eye, and it can limit accommodation of the eye." D) "The eye gets shorter, back to front, as we age, and it changes how we see things."