Upon initial assessment of a 75-year-old patient, you identify bruises and scratches on the patient's arms, legs, and trunk in various stages of healing
You notify your supervisor when you suspect the patient may be a victim of physical abuse. You are complying with which of the following state laws?
1) Good Samaritan Law
2) Mandatory Reporting Law
3) Nurse Practice Act
4) Nursing Standards of Practice
ANS: 2
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The nurse is caring for a patient who has a history of congestive heart failure with generalized pitting edema. Which of the following laboratory results will the nurse expect to find in the patient's chart?
a. Glycosylated hemoglobin 12% b. Platelet count 450,000/mm3 c. Hematocrit 32% d. Prothrombin time 8.8 seconds
If the nurse's assessment reveals low stress tolerance, negative self-image, and depression, the nurse concludes the patient is a(n):
a. recreational drug user. b. preaddiction stage user. c. addictive personality user. d. criminally inclined user.
An adult patient's primary care provider prescribed fluticasone (Flonase) by metered-dose inhaler, which the patient states that she administers whenever she senses the onset of her allergy symptoms
How should the nurse respond to this patient's statement? A) "You need to combine a dose of this drug with an over-the-counter antihistamine to bring about allergy relief." B) "This drug has a long-term effect and won't provide immediate relief of your symptoms." C) "It's better if you can anticipate situations and places that will trigger your allergies and take a dose before you feel symptoms." D) "It sounds like you understand this drug and the best way to use it to treat your allergies."
The home health nurse advises the patient to treat a fever of 100° F with:
a. aspirin. b. Tylenol. c. cool baths. d. nothing at all.