The beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through the artery is the:
a. Pulse
b. Pulse deficit
c. Pulse rate
d. Heartbeat
A
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A) Communicator B) Client advocate C) Manager and coordinator D) Caregiver
A client is prescribed fluphenazine (Prolixin) and is experiencing muscle spasms of the neck. The client is grimacing and having difficulty speaking. Which action should the nurse take?
1. Call the health care provider and prepare to give chlorpromazine (Thorazine) IM. 2. Distract the client to confirm the client is not faking a muscle spasm. 3. Call the health care provider and prepare to give diphenhydramine (Benadryl). 4. Engage the client in open-ended conversation to find out why the client is having difficulty speaking.
During shift report, the night nurse reports that a terminally ill child has developed tolerance to the prescribed morphine. Which concept should the nurse use when planning care for this child?
1. The child is physically dependent on morphine. 2. The child is addicted to morphine. 3. The child is showing physical signs of withdrawal. 4. The child will need more medication to achieve the same effect.
The nurse instructs a patient who is on a biologic response modifier (BMR) colony-stimulating drug that the effect of this type of drug is to:
a. increase appetite. b. seek out and kill specific colonies of neoplasms. c. enhance recovery of bone marrow. d. reduce pain.