A patient is being treated in the emergency department for barbiturate toxicity. Select the findings in the "triad" of symptoms seen in this situation. You may select more than one answer
1. Tachycardia
2. Pinpoint pupils
3. Unresponsiveness
4. Hypertension
5. Respiratory depression
Correct Answers: 2, 3, 5
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An OB manager is reviewing the unit?s turnover rate. The unit has had a 50 percent turnover rate in the past year. The unit?s overtime costs have increased significantly in the past year. How can the manager retain the current staff?
1. Consult with the other nursing managers. 2. Consult human resources to conduct a survey of those nurses who have left and the current staff. 3. Increase the current nurses? wages. 4. Increase the opportunity for overtime.
A client who received an allograft develops symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, and a pruritic rash on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. The nurse recognizes that the client is experiencing:
1. acute rejection. 2. GVH disease. 3. chronic rejection. 4. an allergic response.
The nurse is reviewing lab work on a newly admitted client. Which of the following diagnostic studies confirm the nursing diagnosis of Deficient Fluid Volume? Select all that apply
A) An elevated hematocrit level B) A low urine specific gravity C) Electrolyte imbalance D) Low protein level in the urine E) Absence of ketones in urine
The nurse is working in a pediatric intensive care unit. A young couple has just been informed that their 6-year-old son has died after being in the unit for 1 month. The couple is grief stricken and says to the nurse,
"We can't believe this has happened. He was too young. God is watching over him. Do you believe in God?" What is the most appropriate response by the nurse? a. "It was his time. He is in a better place." b. "He suffered enough. He is in peace now." c. "I believe he is with angels, but what you think is most important." d. "It doesn't matter what I think. It is only important what you think."