For a patient on prednisone, an increased amount of fat tissue and a round full face is not uncommon. What is this condition called?
Cushing's syndrome.
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The nurse concludes that a patient's meningitis is improving when the patient can perform which of the following activities?
a. Maintain a side-lying position in bed. b. Sit up and drink water. c. Touch the chin to the chest. d. Dorsiflex both feet.
A physiotherapist is measuring the lying, sitting, and standing blood pressure of a patient who has been admitted to hospital following a syncopal episode and recent falls
Which of the following facts about the patient best relates to these health problems? A) The patient is male and has a history of hypertension. B) The patient's cardiac ejection fraction was 40% during his last echocardiogram. C) The patient has a history of acute and chronic renal failure. D) The client is 89 years old and takes a diuretic medication for his congestive heart failure.
The local nursing program has opened a nurse-run health clinic. Services at the clinic will be available to poor, minority families who have not benefited from the services that have been accessible in their community. The nursing program is primarily addressing which of the goals of Healthy People 2020? a. Create social and physical environments that promote good health for al b. Attain high
quality, long lives free of preventable diseases, disability, injury, andpremature death. c. Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups. d. Promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
The nurse administers a medication to a child and realizes an incorrect dose was provided. What should the nurse do after measuring the child's vital signs?
A) Give the correct dosage the next time the medication is given B) Monitor the child for any change in vital signs or behavior C) Follow the facility policy regarding medication errors D) Notify the next nurse who cares for this child that a dosage error has been made