The nurse is caring for a patient who has a gallstone blocking his bile duct. When the nurse assesses the patient's laboratory studies, what would be an expected finding?
A) Increased bilirubin level in the blood
B) Decreased cholesterol level
C) Increased blood urea nitrogen (BUN) level
D) Decreased serum alkaline phosphatase level
A
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An older patient diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus has been prescribed a combination of long and short-acting insulin. What should be included in the nurse's medication instruction?
1. Mixtures of insulin preparations with different onsets and durations of action are often given in a single injection to simplify the dosing. 2. When medications are mixed together it is cost-effective, using only one syringe per administration time. 3. Insulin mixtures allow the medication to be distributed more deeply into the subcutaneous layer of tissue and allow for better absorption. 4. Insulin combinations reduce the incidence of complications to the patient and to the injection site.
A new mother is concerned that the baby is not going to receive enough calories from breast milk to grow. What should the nurse instruct the mother as the daily caloric requirements per pound of weight for a newborn?
A) 50 to 55 B) 100 to 120 C) 150 to 170 D) 200 to 225
Juanita is a 28-year-old pregnant woman at 38 weeks' gestation who is diagnosed with a lower urinary tract infection (UTI). She is healthy with no drug allergies. Appropriate first-line therapy for her UTI would be:
1. Azithromycin 2. Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 3. Amoxicillin 4. Ciprofloxacin
Vulnerable population groups are those who, in comparison with the population as a whole:
1. Are more sensitive to risk factors and have worse health outcomes 2. Have a single risk factor but experience worse health outcomes 3. Have multiple risk factors but equal health outcomes 4. Have worse outcomes with better access to health care