A patient is suspected of having a rheumatic disorder. What is one laboratory test the nurse would expect the physician to order?
A) Erythrocyte count
B) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
C) Creatinine clearance
D) Basic metabolic panel
Ans: B
Feedback: The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) reflects inflammatory activity and, indirectly, the progression or remission of disease.
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A patient in the intensive care unit has been receiving treatment for several weeks following complications from cardiac surgery. The nurse knows that this long course of treatment creates an increased risk of ICU-acquired weakness
What prevention measure should be instituted to mitigate this risk? A) Involve the patient in decisions surrounding his care and rehabilitation. B) Teach the patient about the consequences of prolonged immobility. C) Maintain the patient's blood glucose levels within normal range. D) Wean the patient from his ventilator as soon as possible.
Choose which of the following limitations are methodological, in a study of home UV treatment of depressive illnesses. (Select all that apply.)
a. A study performed in Afghanistan is published only in a British journal. b. The operational definitions are not in line with the conceptual definitions. c. The study framework is related to the social costs of depressive illness. d. The subjects excluded from participation in a study of depressive illness and UV home treatment were those who had been hospitalized in the past for depression. e. A multi-site study examining UV home treatment and depressive illness is conducted only in major west coast urban centers.
A patient has just been told that she has the genetic markers for a severe type of breast cancer
After the patient meets with the physician, the patient's daughter asks the nurse, "What did the doctor tell my mother? She seems upset." What is the nurse's best response? a. "I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to discuss that." b. "The physician will discuss this with you." c. "It seems that your mother has the genetic markers for a type of breast cancer." d. "This is information that your mother will need to discuss with you."
A homeless Native American client is taken to the emergency department (ED) by a shelter nurse. The client has a history of diabetes and has had a sore on his foot for several weeks
He refuses to talk to the physician in the ED unless a shaman is present. Which nursing intervention would be most appropriate? A) Try to locate a shaman and ask him to come to the ED. B) Explain to the client that "voodoo" medicine will not heal the wound on his foot. C) Ask the client to explain what he thinks the shaman will do differently than the ED physician. D) Tell the client that he has the right to refuse treatment.