A client with cancer is on chemotherapy and neutropenic precautions. This is a priority intervention because clients taking anticancer drugs are susceptible to infections resulting from a(n) _____ count
a. decreased white blood cell
b. increased white blood cell
c. decreased platelet
d. decreased red blood cell
ANS: A
The decrease in white blood cell count reduces the body's defenses to infection.
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A client with borderline personality disorder approaches the nurse voicing concerns about being ignored by the nursing staff and feeling unimportant. The client blames the nursing staff for not paying attention to the client
The nurse's best therapeutic response to this client would include which of the following statements? 1. "Tell me more about your feeling of being ignored." 2. "That's all in your imagination." 3. "You need to share your feelings with the nurses you feel are ignoring you." 4. "I will bring it up at the next meeting."
An older adult's nutritional status is screened by a nurse using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). The older adult scores a score of "10" on the screening portion of the tool. The best ac-tion by the nurse is to:
a. refer the patient to a dietician. b. complete the assessment portion of the tool. c. conduct a 72-hour calorie count. d. initiate nutritional supplements between meals.
After collecting a sputum specimen, the container is:
a. Washed and dried b. Placed in a bag c. Labeled d. Weighed
The nurse is aware that emancipated minors and those who qualify under the mature minor doctrine may sign consents for their own medical treatment without parent approval
Persons not needing parent approval for medical care would be: (Select all that apply.) a. a 14-year-old girl married to a 16-year-old boy b. a 17-year-old serving in the U.S. Navy c. a 17-year-old college freshman living in a school dormitory d. a 17-year-old seeking medical care for a sexually transmitted disease e. a 15-year-old seeking an abortion