Define BPD as to the cause, treatment, and prognosis. What is the importance of nutrition in relation to this disorder?
BPD is broncopulmonary dysplasia, a severe form of lung disease associated with neonatal chronic lung disease. Risk factors include premature birth and immature lungs, oxygen toxicity, positive pressure ventilation, respiratory infection, vitamin A deficiency, ?1-antiprotease deficiency, genetic predisposition, and persistent patent ductus arteriosus.
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A client jumped out of a window on the second floor of the hospital and sustained a spinal cord injury that resulted in the inability to have upper and lower extremity sensation
What type of documentation by the nurse would be appropriate in this situation? A) "The client must have been depressed and wanted to commit suicide." B) "I saw the client get ready to jump and was unable to get to him fast enough." C) "Client observed standing on the window ledge; asked client to come down and proceeded to enter the room, and client jumped through the glass." D) "The previous shift should have notified the physician that the patient was suicidal."
Which of the following may represent an ethical and legal issue for the nurse?
a. Obtaining informed consent for tubal ligation in a client with borderline intellectual capacity b. Providing information regarding reproductive choices for a 17-year-old pregnant client c. Providing fertility information to a couple with a known genetic disorder d. Referring an 18-year-old client desiring termination of pregnancy to an abortion clinic
The neonatal death rate is defined as which of the following?
A) Death in the first year of life B) Death in the first 28 days of life C) Death in utero in the last 28 days of pregnancy D) Death in the first 6 months of life
R.M. begins a chemotherapy regimen of paclitaxel (Taxol) and cisplatin (Platinol). After receiving the
fourth course, she presents with shortness of breath, complaints of nausea, and early satiety with a recent weight loss of 10 pounds. Her abdomen is distended, and her Spo2 is 86% on room air. Her current CA-125 level is 328 units/mL. You are admitting her directly from the oncologist's office to the medical floor. Explain the significance of R.M.'s CA-125 level.