A 68-year-old woman with COPD has come to the clinic for a routine follow-up visit. The nurse escorts the patient to an examination room and measures vital signs. The nurse would expect the patient's vital signs to be what?
A) Higher than normal
B) Lower than normal
C) WNL
D) The nurse would not routinely take this patient's vital signs
A
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The nurse documents a flat affect when the patient:
a. stomps on and flattens the envelope from the IRS announcing his audit. b. goes to bed after his dog was run over. c. laughs vigorously when his physician trips and falls. d. receives the news of his mother's death without response.
A nursing student asks the instructor to define the philosophic stand of utilitarianism. What example should the instructor provide?
a. An army officer sacrifices six paratroopers to save 100 prisoners of war. b. A priest burns down his church because it was defiled by Satanists. c. A mother jumps off a cliff with her baby to avoid being captured by Indians. d. A soldier murders captured enemies to prevent their divulging military secrets.
The common signs of potential rectal abuse include all of the following, EXCEPT
a. bleeding anal mucosa. c. bruising. b. anal cuts or tears. d. prolapsed hemorrhoids.
A patient has been discontinued from warfarin
(Coumadin) therapy for 3 weeks. Which laboratory test indicates that all effects of the warfarin have been eliminated? a. International normalized ratio (INR) of 0.9 b. Red blood cell count of 5 million/mm3 c. Hemoglobin of 16 g/dL d. Hematocrit of 42%