A patient is being discharged from the hospital and will be taking oxybutynin (Ditropan) for overactive bladder. The nurse will instruct the patient that she will be taking a medication
A) that will be provided in pill form and which may cause lightheadedness.
B) that will be administered as a weekly IM injection in an outpatient setting.
C) that may be prescribed as a patch and which may cause dry mouth.
D) that can be inhaled and that may cause occasional heart palpitations.
C
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Middle-level managers are responsible for planning for changes of the unit. What activity would the nurse expect to see only from a middle-level manager?
a. Maintaining currency in profession b. Planning for changes within the service line in the organization c. Being responsible for activities on the unit 24/7 d. Supervising patient care delivery
The client's NGT drains approximately 400 ml/day of yellow-green drainage and the client begins to complain of nausea. Which does the nurse implement?
1. Irrigate the NGT with 50 ml of water. 2. Assess patency of the nasogastric tube. 3. Replace NGT with a much larger tube. 4. Elevate the client's head and reassess.
A nurse develops nursing diagnoses, which are:
a. Used to identify client's risk factors. b. Based on the client's chief complaint or concern. c. Selected after objective and subjective data are collected and clustered. d. Derived from the objective assessment of data collected by the nurse.
A nurse assessing the respiratory system of an adult patient notes a significant decrease in respiratory breath sounds on the left side of the patient's chest. Percussion reveals resonant sounds
The nurse suspects that the patient is most likely exhibiting symptoms of: A) Pulmonary edema B) Bronchitis C) Pneumothorax D) Pneumonia