A 10-year-old boy has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. He is curious about what the cause of his disease is and asks the nurse to explain it to him. What explanation is best?
What will be an ideal response?
"Special cells in a part of your body called the pancreas can't make a chemical called insulin, which helps control the sugar level in your blood."
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A family actively participates in school functions with all their children, one of whom is paraplegic, and requires a wheelchair for mobility. The nurse evaluates this family to be working on the process of:
1. Stagnation. 2. Normalization. 3. Isolation. 4. Interaction.
A newborn with a poor rooting reflex will have difficulty with:
A) Defecating. B) Feeding. C) Bonding. D) All of the above
The client is prescribed a potassium supplement and spironolactone (Aldactone). Based on this combination, what outcome does the nurse expect?
1. The two medications will be ineffective if taken together. 2. Spironolactone (Aldactone) will lower potassium levels, so a supplement is necessary. 3. These two medications will decrease potassium levels. 4. The client is at risk for hyperkalemia when taking both the supplement and spironolactone (Aldactone).
The nurse wished to become an effective leader. Which current issue in the American health care system might the nurse address?
A) The doubling of costs over the past 10 years B) Improving rates of patients receiving care C) Rising medical errors D) Increasing surplus of physicians but not nurses