A 7-year-old child is diagnosed with adrenocortical insufficiency and has been
prescribed prolonged steroid therapy. Which is a steroid used for prolonged therapy?
A) Insulin
B) Prednisone
C) Cephalosporin
D) Penicillin
B
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Celiac sprue in the adult can lead to systemic problems. Arrange the pathophysical events of this in order of their appearance. (Separate letters by a comma and space as follows: A, B, C, D)
a. Malabsorption b. Weight loss/vitamin deficiency c. Systemic involvement d. Diarrhea e. Ingestion of gluten f. Destruction of villi in the small intestine
To perform direct (immediate) percussion, you would make a light tapping motion against the patient's body part being percussed with the
a. finger pad of the index or middle finger of your dominant hand. b. finger pads of the index and middle fingers of your nondominant hand. c. percussion hammer. d. ulnar aspect of the closed fist of your dominant hand.
A nurse is caring for a 4-year-old boy who has sustained second-degree burns on his left leg. A skin graft has been used to cover the area of the burn. Nursing management of the skin graft site includes what?
A) Assisting with AROM of the skin graft site to prevent contractures B) Keeping the affected area immobilized as much as possible C) Applying heat to the grafted area to decrease edema D) Using lanolin to moisten the graft site on postop day 2
A patient is being discharged after surgery. During the admission history, the nurse learned that the patient normally consumes two or three glasses of wine each day. The prescriber has ordered hydrocodone with acetaminophen [Lortab] for pain
What will the nurse do? a. Request an order for acetaminophen without hydrocodone for pain. b. Suggest that the patient use ibuprofen for pain. c. Tell the patient not to drink wine while taking Lortab. d. Tell the patient to limit wine intake to one or two glasses per day.