Clients who have diabetes mellitus are prone to what postoperative complications?
a. atelectasis c. infection
b. hemorrhage d. pressure sores
C
Besides hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, the client who is diabetic is prone to fluid and electrolyte imbalances, infection, neurogenic bladder, impaired wound healing, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), thrombosis, thrombophlebitis, and pulmonary embolism.
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It is determined that a client's blood Rh is negative and her partner's is Rh+. To help prevent Rh isoimmunization, when should the client receive Rhogam?
A) At 32 weeks' gestation and immediately before discharge B) Twenty-four hours before delivery and 24 hours after delivery C) In the first trimester and within 2 hours of delivery D) At 28 weeks' gestation and again within 72 hours after delivery
The assessment indicating that mannitol therapy for cerebral edema is effective in a patient with increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is:
1. increased blood pressure. 2. increased urinary output. 3. decreased pulse. 4. widening pulse pressure.
Which question would you be sure to ask a patient after giving any antibacterial drug?
a. "Are you allergic to any foods or medications?" b. "Have you noticed any changes in your ability to remember things?" c. "Do you know how to check your blood pressure and heart rate?" d. "How many bowel movements do you have each day and what are they like?"
A nurse is caring for a Sunni Muslim patient. The nurse demonstrates cultural sensitivity by
a. allowing the patient to pray three times daily. b. placing the patient's dinner tray on top of the Koran. c. offering the patient food and fluids during Ramadan. d. positioning the patient's bed in a southeast direction from the United States.