A nurse who is monitoring a patient with an external ventriculostomy notices that the CSF has changed from clear to cloudy. This might be a symptom of which of the following?
A) Hemorrhage
B) Infection
C) Edema
D) Catheter displacement
B
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A client is receiving interleukins along with chemotherapy. What assessment by the nurse takes priority?
a. Blood pressure b. Lung assessment c. Oral mucous membranes d. Skin integrity
A patient is admitted for palliative care for end-stage heart failure. The nurse's primary goal is
a. to reverse heart failure with the use of diuretics. b. to increase activity tolerance. c. symptom management and relief of pain. d. to increase cardiac output related to alteration of contractility.
The nurse would consider a dry dressing appropriate for a wound that requires which of the following?
a. Protection b. Debridement c. Absorption of heavy exudate d. Healing by second intention
Supplies must be sterile when administering medications
A. sublingually. B. buccally. C. arenterally. D. orally.