The nurse administers potassium iodide (KI) tablets to a client who has been exposed to radiation from a nuclear weapon. What is the rationale for administering potassium iodide (KI) to this client?
A. Prevent thyroid cancer
B. Prevent brain cancer
C. Prevent liver cancer
D. Prevent renal cancer
Answer: A
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Henry is 77 years old and lives with his daughter and son-in-law. He has chronic renal failure, but likes to get out whenever he can to work in his daughter's backyard garden
Over the last few months, he began to go outside less often. He said he was feeling unusually tired and he was running out of breath doing the simplest of tasks. He also said his head ached and he often felt dizzy. His daughter took him to his doctor who performed a complete physical examination and diagnosed Henry with anemia. From what you know of Henry's history, what type of anemia do you suspect he has? How would Henry's red blood cells appear on a peripheral blood smear? What is the physiological basis that would explain why Henry's anemia would cause him to have the symptoms he is experiencing? Predict the cellular adaptations erythrocytes undergo when chronic hypoxia is present. How would this be evident on an oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve?
Which of the following patients on a subacute geriatric medicine unit is likely at the highest risk for experiencing a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
A) Mr. L, age 79, who has poorly controlled hypertension and smokes half a pack of cigarettes daily. B) Mrs. H, a 90-year-old woman, who has a diagnosis of vascular dementia. C) Mr. J, a 77-year-old man, who has experienced an upper GI bleed and required a transfusion of packed red blood cells. D) Mrs. N, age 83, who has had a recent fall resulting in a broken left wrist and hip.
When preparing a room to receive a newly admitted patient, which of the following should the nursing assistive personnel (NAP) do?
1) Mop the floor with an approved disinfecting solution. 2) Fold the top bed linens back to "open" the bed. 3) Hook up the suction machine and check to see that it is working. 4) Position the bed in its lowest position.
The client is exhibiting Kussmaul's breathing. The nurse knows this is most likely a compensatory effort for the acid-base disturbance of:
1. respiratory acidosis. 3. metabolic acidosis. 2. respiratory alkalosis. 4. metabolic alkalosis.