Delirium is a nonspecific symptom of
A) Alzheimer's disease.
B) acute illness and dehydration.
C) hunger and thirst.
D) contractures and muscle weakness.
B
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1. Urine output less than 400 mL/day 2. Decreased PaO2 with an increase in FiO2 3. Alteration in level of consciousness 4. Hypotension that responds to fluids
A client with a history of heart failure is being discharged home. What discharge instructions will assist the client in the prevention of complications associated with heart failure?
A. Drink at least 2 L of fluids daily. B. Eat six small meals daily instead of three larger meals. C. When you feel short of breath, take an additional diuretic. D. Weigh yourself daily wearing the same amount of clothing.
A committee is formed to increase the public's understanding that mental health is essential to overall health. A nurse would expect that the focus of this group's work would be:
a. improving access to quality care that is culturally competent. b. protecting and enhancing the rights of people with mental illness. c. developing and implementing integrated electronic health record and personal health information systems. d. collaborating with the emergency department to treat mental health problems with the same urgency as physical health problems.
The nurse is conducting a study on how regular physical activity affects the risk for developing lung cancer among smokers
One group leads a sedentary lifestyle whereas the other has agreed to undergo regular supervised exercise in the gym of a local hospital. During the study, the sole treadmill in the gym broke down and was unable to be used for the last half of the study. Several study participants who preferred the treadmill to other machines did not exercise as long or as intensely as they might otherwise have. Which threat to the external validity of the study does this represent? A) Interaction of history and intervention B) Interaction of selection and intervention C) Experimenter/participant effect D) Novelty