A frantic mother called 911 because she found her 18-month-old daughter playing with a bottle of drain cleaner. When assessing this patient, which of the following provides the strongest evidence that the child did indeed ingest some of the liquid?
A) Increased heart rate
B) Garbled speech
C) Continual crying
D) Burns to her mouth
Answer: D
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A patient states that he has suffered from chronic neck pain ever since an accident. Further, he states that he is filing a lawsuit against the EMTs since they failed to put a cervical collar on him at the time and in his eyes, this is the reason he has daily neck and back pain. The EMT can remember the incident well and remembers putting a collar on the patient. As such, his best defense would
be: A) presentation of the emergency department chart in court. B) testimony from your supervisor stating that you always place a cervical collar. C) written documentation of collar placement on the PCR. D) presentation of the standard of care showing that a cervical collar is indicated.
It is important for nursing assistants working in a long-term-care facility to realize that stereotyping older persons is unwise and unfair. State the ways nursing assistants can help prevent this stereotyping.
What will be an ideal response?
No review of systems is documented in the clinical note. What review of system level does this support?
a. None (N/A) b. Pertinent c. Extended d. Complete
The following RBC indices are obtained on a patient when calculated using results from manual methods:
MCV: 73 fL MCH: 24 pg MCHC: 33.4 g/dL When the stained blood film is evaluated, the RBCs are normocytic normochromic. What conclusion can be made from this information? a. The hematocrit is too low. b. The hemoglobin is too low. c. The red count is too high. d. It is impossible to come to any conclusion.