A client is admitted to the hospital with dementia related to Parkinson's disease. The client is being treated for a fractured tibia from a recent fall. The nurse should assess the client's history for medications that include:
A) Anticholinergics.
B) Dopamine agonists.
C) Anxiolytics.
D) Benzodiazepines.
A
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What assessment(s) in a child with tetralogy of Fallot would indicate the child is experiencing a paroxysmal hypercyanotic episode? (Select all that apply.)
a. Spontaneous cyanosis b. Dyspnea c. Weakness d. Dry cough e. Syncope
The nurse caring for a patient with hemodynamic monitoring would collaborate with a physician colleague to implement which intervention?
1. Changing the dosages (titrating) of medications based on changes in hemodynamic pressures 2. Using sterile technique to clean the site of insertion of the catheter and changing the dressing 3. Inflating the balloon in the pulmonary artery to obtain pulmonary artery occlusion pressures 4. Advancing the catheter if the radiologist determines it is not in the pulmonary artery
During an admission a nurse suspects a patient is having suicidal ideations. The best course of action is to:
a. ask the patient if thoughts of suicide have occurred. b. ask the patient's significant other if the patient is suicidal. c. arrange for involuntary commitment to avoid harm to self or others. d. avoid the subject to avoid pushing the patient into further thoughts of self-harm.
What nursing intervention is most effective in preventing injury to a patient following administration of epidural anesthesia?
a. Keeping the reversal agent in a syringe in the patient's bedside table b. Applying a gauze dressing to the epidural catheter insertion site c. Labeling the tubing that leads to the epidural catheter d. Asking the nursing assistive personnel to check on the patient at least once every 2 hours