List three components of the patient's chart.
What will be an ideal response?
Each patient's permanent medical record contains information about physicians' medical orders and progress notes, diagnostic tests, treatments, medications, medical history, physical examinations, assessments, nursing notes, the care plan, special reports (such as surgical reports), notes from all departments providing patient care, and the patient's response to care.
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A statement which accurately describe genetics and schizophrenia would be:
1. One single gene is responsible for producing schizophrenia. 2. There is strong evidence that environmental factors do not affect the risk of developing schizophrenia. 3. 10% of first degree relatives (children, siblings, parents) are diagnosed with schizophrenia at some point in their lives. 4. The chance of monozygotic (identical) twins both having schizophrenia is 100%.
On an electrocardiogram (ECG), an anterior wall myocardial infarction is demonstrated on leads:
A. II, III, AVR B. II, III, AVF C. V1, V2, V3, V4 D. I, AVL, V5, V6
You are caring for a patient admitted to your unit with renal calculi. A renal ultrasound indicates that the patient does not have hydronephrosis and the physician writes orders to increase the patient's fluid intake
The nurse instructs the patient to increase her fluid intake to a level where the patient produces at least how many mL/day of urine? A) 500 mL urine/day B) 1000 mL urine/day C) 1500 mL urine/day D) 2000 mL urine/day
A client who feels the urge to void after surgery is reluctant to get out of bed and walk to the bathroom with the nurse because of incisional pain. Which of the following is the most appropriate nursing diagnosis for this client?
1. Acute pain related to verbal complaints of incisional discomfort 2. Ineffective breathing pattern related to incisional discomfort 3. Urinary retention related to reluctance to ambulate to bathroom 4. Risk for urinary retention related to reluctance to ambulate to bathroom