A patient has an elevated basophil count. What should this laboratory value indicate to the nurse?
A. The patient is fighting a tuberculosis infection.
B. The patient is experiencing an acute hypersensitivity reaction.
C. The patient has a gastrointestinal infection.
D. The patient is fighting cancer.
Answer: B
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The nurse has received a child from the Emergency Department with a diagnosis of decreased level of consciousness secondary to increased intracranial pressure. The nurse would question which of the following physician's order?
1. Hourly vital signs and neuro checks 2. Passive range-of-motion exercises 3. Elevate head of bed 30 degrees. 4. Oxygen at 2L nasal cannula to keep saturation above 95%
Mr. L is having a myelogram study to evaluate his back pain. Appropriate nursing care would include all of the following except
A) keeping the head of the bed elevated at least 30 to 45 degrees. B) restricting fluids. C) avoiding phenothiazine medications. D) assuring liberal fluid intake.
Prior to going to surgery, it is important to
A. take the temperature only. B. ask family members to wait in the lobby. C. remove all prostheses. D. make an occupied bed.
Which statements are true regarding the effects of marijuana use?
a. Beneficial effects include decreases in nausea and pain. b. Heavy use can result in psychomotor impairments. c. Possibly causes reproductive changes d. Research does not support marijuana use as a factor in developing lung cancer. e. Fetal development appears to be unharmed by marijuana use.