A client experienced a spinal cord injury during a football game. The paramedics applied a neck brace prior to moving the client onto a hard board for transportation
The nurse realizes that the neck brace was provided because the area of the spinal cord most vulnerable to injury is:
1. coccygeal.
2. lumbar.
3. thoracic.
4. cervical.
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Because of greater movement, the cervical area is the most unstable area of the spinal cord and is the most vulnerable area for injury. The thoracic, lumbar, and coccygeal regions of the spinal cord are more stable and less vulnerable areas for injury.
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A) The patient may be experiencing presurgical anxiety. B) The patient may be at risk for malignant hyperthermia. C) The grandmother's surgery has minimal relevance to the patient's surgery. D) The patient may be at risk for a sudden onset of postsurgical infection.
Which of the following is true about the level of significance? The level of significance:
a. ensures that findings will be correct 95% of the time if an alpha value of less than 0.05 is used. b. refers to a statistic calculated during computer analysis of data. c. represents the probability of getting a calculated statistic as high as the one found in the study if the null hypothesis is really true. d. represents the risk the researcher is willing to take in making a Type I error and is established before data are analyzed.
The nurse recognizes which of these as an adaptive change resulting from long-term use of a central nervous system drug?
A. Increasing sedation with prolonged use of phenobarbital B. Decreasing nausea with prolonged use of morphine C. Increasing physical dependence with prolonged use of phenobarbital D. Decreasing drug tolerance with prolonged use of morphine
A gerontological nurse is aware that older adults' abilities to excrete medications diminish with age. When appraising an older adult's ability to excrete medications, what laboratory or diagnostic finding should the nurse prioritize?
A) Renal ultrasound B) Complete blood count (CBC) C) Serum bilirubin and albumin levels D) Blood urea nitrogen and creatinine levels