A nurse is conducting a home visit for an older adult in the summer. Which of the following items should the nurse should locate in the home?
a. Fan
b. Porch chair
c. Synthetic blend clothing
d. Thermometer
Answer: a. Fan
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In disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), what occurs after microthrombi block the arterioles and capillaries?
a. Circulation is impeded, causing edema and damage to the peripheral nerves. b. Oxygenation is impeded due to the breakdown of association between the arterioles and capillaries. c. The body's clotting factors respond, causing breakdown of the circulatory system. d. The body's fibrinolytic process responds, causing hemorrhaging.
In reviewing the physical assessments of several patients, the nurse recognizes that the patient most likely to have gallstones would be the:
a. 37-year-old white man of normal weight on long-term corticosteroids for asthma. b. 42-year-old African American man of normal weight who has smoked for 25 years. c. 46-year-old Indonesian woman who is under normal weight and has recently had radiation treatments. d. 50-year-old obese Mexican American woman who has type 1 diabetes.
Which statement made by a student indicates the healthcare professional needs to describe the pericardium again?
a. The pericardium is a double-walled membranous sac that encloses the heart. b. It is made up of connective tissue and a surface layer of squamous cells. c. The pericardium protects the heart against infection and inflammation from the lungs and pleural space. d. It contains pain and mechanoreceptors that can elicit reflex changes in blood pressure and heart rate.
The patient is prescribed trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, septa) for prostatitis. Which laboratory results indicates that the medication is having the desired therapeutic effect?
A. Normalization of white cell count B. Decreased blood urea nitrogen level C. Increased red blood cell count D. Prostate-specific antigen within normal limits