The nurse is providing care for a child who has been diagnosed with rickets. What is the nurse's priority intervention?
What will be an ideal response?
Administration of adequate vitamin D
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The nurse is calculating a client's cardiac output. For this calculation, the nurse needs to know the client's stroke volume. Stroke volume is the:
a. volume of blood pumped by the heart in 1 minute. b. measurement of pressure pulsations exerted against the blood vessel walls during systole and diastole. c. bounding of blood flow in an artery. d. measurement of blood that enters the aorta with each ventricular contraction.
A patient with moderate to severe chronic pain has been taking oxycodone [OxyContin] 60 mg every 6 hours PRN for several months and tells the nurse that the medication is not as effective as before
The patient asks if something stronger can be taken. The nurse will contact the provider to discuss: a. administering a combination opioid anal-gesic/acetaminophen preparation. b. changing the medication to a contin-ued-release preparation. c. confronting the patient about drug-seeking behaviors. d. withdrawing the medication, because physical dependence has occurred.
A staffing issue and lack of patient care supplies cause a nurse to cancel planned evening activities and stay on the care area until all issues are resolved. The nurse's actions are most typical of which role?
1. Administrator 2. Educator 3. Manager 4. Researcher
Always keep the blankets tucked in at the end of the bed, even if the patient requests it untucked
True False