Mrs. Hernandez keeps trying to climb over the side rails. The nurse instructs you to put them down. When you enter the room, the patient is ambulating with an unsteady gait, pushing the overbed table. You suggest using a
A. vest restraint.
B. belt restraint.
C. pressure-sensitive bed alarm.
D. geriatric chair.
Answer: C
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A) Growth hormone (GH) B) Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) C) Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) D) Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
A client with an elevated body temperature and excessive sweating is prescribed intake and output measurements. What should the nurse include when making these measurements? (Select all that apply.)
a. Sensible water loss b. Insensible water loss c. Indeterminate water loss d. Indiscriminate water loss e. Uncompensated water loss
The nurse is providing preoperative teaching for a patient who will be having a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). What is a priority nursing intervention for this patient?
1. Ensure the patient and family understand the various tubes that the patient will have in place. 2. Teach the patient about an incentive spirometer. 3. Discuss the location of the bed controls in the intensive care unit. 4. Teach the patient to request pain medication when the pain is unbearable.
It is true that when insulin is administered:
a. The Na+, K+–ATPase pump is turned off. b. Potassium is moved out of muscle cells. c. The liver increases its potassium levels. d. Glucose transport is impaired.