The nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of urine tests for a patient with a medical diagnosis of essential hypertension. The presence of catecholamines in the urine is evidence of which disorder?
a. Renal failure
b. Primary aldosteronism
c. Cushing's syndrome
d. Pheochromocytoma
Answer: d. Pheochromocytoma
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The nurse needs to document a medication that has just been administered. Which technique should the nurse use to document medication administration?
a. Document the medication immediately before administration. b. Record the time administered and the nurse's name immediately after adminis-tration. c. Record medication administration time, route, and dose at the end of the shift. d. Delegate recording administration time and the nurse's name in the medication administration record (MAR).
A client taking menotropins and human chorionic gonadotropin who experiences indications of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome should be:
a. told to rest in bed. c. reassured that this is common. b. hospitalized. d. given uterine relaxants.
Which of the following is among the first drugs that children use?
a. Inhalants b. Marijuana c. Alcohol d. Nicotine
The surgeon arrives on the unit and removes C.W.'s surgical dressing. There is a small "bleeder" at theedge of the incision, so the surgeon calls for a suture and ties off the bleeder. C.W. is waking up and complaining of pain
You take the opportunity to ask the surgeon about an opioid via a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump for C.W.; she says she will write the orders. Postoperative pain will be a problem for C.W. after the anesthesia wears off. How do you plan to address this?