A postpartum patient who admits to heavy alcohol use asks the nurse about breastfeeding her baby. The nurse correctly teaches this patient that excessive alcohol consumption while breastfeeding can:
1. Cause seizure disorders in the newborn
2. Decrease the maternal milk letdown reflex
3. Cause mental retardation in the newborn
4. Increase the maternal letdown reflex
2. Decrease the maternal milk letdown reflex
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A 28-year-old married attorney with one child is in the first trimester of her second pregnancy. A colleague states that she is at no risk for HIV, so she would not need to be counseled about testing for HIV
The nurse's most appropriate response would be a. "She's a professional woman in a monogamous relationship. She obviously is not at risk." b. "Women are not at great risk. The greatest risk is with gay men." c. "The fastest-growing segment of the population with AIDS is women and children. We need to assess her risks." d. "We need to review her chart to determine if her first child was infected."
When applying lotion to the skin, the nurse should:
a. avoid shaking lotion as this causes bubble formation. b. apply lotion heavily as the water from lo-tion evaporates. c. wash off residue before applying fresh lotion. d. "dab" on lotion to reduce skin irritation.
A parent calls the clinic and reports that the toddler drank cleaning fluid. What is the most important instruction that the nurse can give the parent?
1. Take the child immediately to the emergency room 2. Force the child to drink milk 3. Give the child Syrup of Ipecac 4. Call the Poison Control Center immediately
Anesthetic agents with a high minimum alveolar concentration (MAC):
1. have low anesthetic potency. 2. require less drug to achieve immobility. 3. can be used alone to achieve surgical anesthesia. 4. characterize most anesthetic agents in use today.