The majority of abdominal aortic aneurysms are due to
A. Trauma
B. Infection
C. Inflammation
D. Atherosclerosis
D
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The nurse is preparing to administer dexamethasone to a patient with increased intracranial pressure. Corticosteroids, such as dexamethasone, are given to the patient with increased ICP to:
A) Control fever B) Dehydrate the brain and reduce cerebral edema C) Help reduce edema surrounding brain tumors D) Reduce cellular metabolic demands
A child is scheduled for immunizations, but the mother states that he has had a temperature of 100.2ยบ F all day. The nurse will:
1. tell the mother to go home. 2. give the immunizations. 3. give a higher dose because of the fever. 4. tell the mother to wait 1 month.
The nurse enters the client's room and observes that the IV infusion device displays the correct fluid volume delivered to the client
Later, the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) enters the room and discovers the IV catheter is in the bed and blood is oozing from the IV puncture site. Which statement about these events is correct about nursing documentation in an incident report? 1. The UAP documents, "Nurse did not notice bloody drainage.". 2. The UAP reports to the RN, "IV catheter oozing bloody drainage.". 3. The nurse documents, "Client pulled out IV; bloody drainage in bed.". 4. The nurse documents, "IV infusing without difficulty at prescribed rate.".