A patient is choking. The person is conscious and can cough. Which action is needed?
a. CPR
b. Abdominal thrusts
c. Encourage the person to continue cough-ing
d. Leave the person to try and find help
C
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The nurse should recognize that a client who has gonorrheal urethritis should NOT be catheterized for what reason?
a. Inflammation in the infected tissue will increase. b. The infection could spread rapidly to the genital organs. c. Segmented bacteriologic localization cultures can be obtained. d. Voiding will flush the bacteria out of the urinary tract.
The nurse is talking with a group of clients that are older than age 50 years about the recognition of colon cancer to access early intervention. What should the nurse inform the clients to report immediately to their primary care provider?
A) Change in bowel habits B) Excess gas C) Daily bowel movements D) Abdominal cramping when having a bowel movement
The client is prescribed bumetanide 5 mg by mouth once a day for hypertension and gentamycin 80 mg IV every eight hours for a severe upper respiratory infection. The nurse should monitor this client for:
a. hypochloremia. c. ototoxicity. b. hypokalemia. d. decreased urinary output.
The nurse is planning care for a client with disseminated intravascular coagulation to address ineffective tissue perfusion. Interventions appropriate for the client would include:
1. Encouraging deep breathing and coughing. 2. Administering oxygen. 3. Monitoring oxygen saturation. 4. Carefully repositioning the client every 2 hours.