A client is admitted with the medical diagnosis of acute poisoning. The nurse contacts The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry because the purpose of this registry is to:
a. protect the public from unsafe drugs, food, and cosmetics.
b. provide information on toxic agents.
c. administer the program for health care to the homeless.
d. support research related to quality of health care delivery.
ANS: B
You might also like to view...
An adolescent has recently been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus and is on dietary restrictions and daily insulin. The nurse is teaching the adolescent's family members about the disease and treatment
The nurse will warn the family that the adolescent, upon returning to school, may: 1. Recognize that there is no difference between her and her classmates. 2. Not experience social stigma. 3. Acknowledge her condition to her classmates. 4. Not adhere to dietary recommendations.
The nurse notices that an older female nursing home resident is not eating and that her heart rate is faster than as usual. Which should the nurse do to eliminate pneumonia as a potential cause of the change in her status?
a. Obtain a specimen for aerobic blood cultures. b. Send the resident for a chest x-ray exam promptly. c. Analyze sputum for color, texture, and volume. d. Compare tympanic temperature to the baseline.
A researcher notes that 3 of 30 subjects had extreme anxiety scores when compared with the other subjects. These three subjects would be treated as:
a. deviants. b. outliers. c. unexpected findings. d. ungrouped participants.
The nurse is explaining the physiologic mechanisms responsible for closure of the fetal structures or shunts at birth. What is an appropriate explanation?
a. When the umbilical cord is clamped, the left heart pressure is raised causing the foramen ovale to close between the right and left atria. b. Increase in the blood oxygenation level at birth constricts the pulmonary arterioles, which dilates and closes the ductus arteriosus. c. Clamping of the umbilical cord at birth causes a redistributing of blood, which increases blood flow through the ductus venosus and causes it to dilate. d. When the neonate takes a breath, it causes the left heart pressure to rise and the foramen ovale to close.