High blood pressure damages blood vessels and may predispose to strokes and kidney damage
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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A patient is admitted to the hospital with severe dehydration and also has decreased albumin levels. What effect will the patient's current status have if a prescribed dose of phenytoin (Dilantin) is administered?
A) Potentially toxic serum level B) Reduced serum level C) Increased seizure activity D) Thromboembolism
According to national standards, pain in critically ill patients should be assessed at regular intervals using a variety of methods. What statement about pain assessment is true?
A) Absence of physical signs or behaviors is equivalent to absence of pain. B) Many of the factors in critical care combine to invalidate patient self-report of pain. C) Behavioral observation and physiological parameters should be considered along with the patient's report. D) The family has a more accurate assessment of pain than the patient.
Unlike unstructured observational methods, structured observation does not run the risk of observational bias
A) True B) False
The nurse is reviewing the laboratory findings for a group of patients. The nurse knows that which set of diagnostic results is consistent with a diagnosis of primary hypothyroidism?
1. Elevated TSH, depressed T3 and T4 2. Elevated TSH, elevated T3 and T4 3. Depressed TSH, elevated T3 and T4 4. Depressed TSH, depressed T3 and T4