Which finding from a patient's right knee arthrocentesis will be of concern to the nurse?
a. Cloudy fluid
b. Scant thin fluid
c. Pale yellow fluid
d. Straw-colored fluid
Answer: a. Cloudy fluid
The presence of purulent fluid suggests possible joint infection. Normal synovial fluid is scant in amount and pale yellow/straw-colored.
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Which diagnostic procedure would the nurse anticipate first if the goal was to obtain a thin slice of a muscular body area?
A) Computed tomography (CT) B) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) C) Positron emission tomography (PET) D) Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
Your patient is undergoing a neurological assessment after experiencing head trauma during a vehicular accident.You would assess for doll's eyes phenomenon by holding the patient's eyelids open and assessing the movement of his eyes after
a. rotating his head from the center to one side and then to the opposite side. b. turning him onto one side and then to the opposite side. c. raising the head of the bed and then lowering it until it is level. d. light stimulus followed by painful stimulus.
The nurse is observing a group of young adults engaged in a discussion regarding work schedules over the holidays. What should the nurse realize that these adults will use to balance the emotional as well as logical side of the discussion?
1. Formal operational stage 2. Postformal thought process 3. Kohlberg's theory of moral development 4. Fowler's spiritual development theory
If a nurse is beginning an enteral feedings for a patient with pancreatitis, the only appropriate type of formula is
a. modular. b. hydrolyzed. c. intact. d. hypercaloric.