Melena is:
a. The excessive formation of gas in the stomach and intestines
b. Gas or air in the stomach or intestines
c. A black, tarry stool
d. Excreted feces
C
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To avoid complications, the nurse will teach the child with a genetic disorder to maintain penicillin prophylaxis if the child has been diagnosed with:
1. Hereditary idiopathic scoliosis. 2. Klinefelter's syndrome. 3. Sickle-cell disease. 4. Recklinghausen's disease.
During group, the adolescents are asked to identify their role models. One of the teens responds, "My parents." The nurse recognizes this response as:
1. Developmentally appropriate. 2. Grammatically incorrect. 3. Regressive behavior. 4. Inappropriate for the situation.
A postpartum woman being dismissed complains to the nurse that she has extreme fatigue, shoulder pain, and has noticed what looks like blood in her urine. Which laboratory finding would the nurse correlate with these symptoms?
A. Arterial blood pH: 7.35 B. Blood glucose: 100 mg/dL C. Platelet count: 98,000/mm3 D. White blood cell count: 9,000/mm3
A nurse has created a plan of care for an immunodeficient patient, specifying that care providers take the patient's pulse and respiratory rate for a full minute. What is the rationale for this aspect of care?
A) Respirations affect heart rate in immunodeficient patients. B) These patients' blunted inflammatory responses can cause subtle changes in status. C) Hemodynamic instability is one of the main complications of immunodeficiency. D) Immunodeficient patients are prone to ventricular tachycardia and atrial fibrillation.