Why was RK dehydrated?
Because he was on a concentrated enteral feeding without adequate water.
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Over the course of the next few days, the nurse will be responsible for changing a dressing over the surgical incision site, having the patient change positions in bed, assisting with tracheal suctioning, and assisting with drain removal. The nurse should anticipate that the patient will most likely perceive pain resulting from these procedures in which order, from least painful to most? A) Changing the dressing, position change in bed, tracheal suctioning, drain removal B) Position change in bed, changing the dressing, drain removal, tracheal suctioning C) Drain removal, tracheal suctioning, position change in bed, changing the dressing D) Tracheal suctioning, position change in bed, changing the dressing, drain removal
Self-efficacy is a widely-used construct that was developed within:
A) The Health Belief Model B) The Health Promotion Model C) Social Cognitive Theory D) The Theory of Human Becoming
The nurse observes that a client has cyanosis. On which part of the physical assessment should the nurse focus with this client?
1. Activity 2. Heart sounds 3. Oxygen levels 4. Lung sounds
The nurse is aware that patients who have chronic gastritis from renal failure may present with the first sign of this disorder as:
a. an increase in the WBC count. b. sudden massive hemorrhage. c. asthma-like symptoms. d. extreme dyspnea.