A woman develops HELLP syndrome. During labor, which of the following orders would you question?
A) Prepare her for epidural anesthesia.
B) Assess her blood pressure every 15 minutes.
C) Assess the urine output every hour.
D) Urge her to lie on her left side during labor.
A
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When the critical care nurse is interacting and problem solving with family members, the nurse needs to assess the
A) patient's social habits, evaluating for potential complications. B) meaning the family has attached to the event. C) degree of panic being experienced due to the patient's condition. D) strongest member of the family and inform him or her of patient changes.
During a patient's cesarean section delivery of twin girls, she had a sudden onset of dyspnea and cyanosis with a drop in blood pressure, and then developed cardiac arrest. Based on these clinical events, the nurse suspects what complication?
A) Disseminated intravascular coagulation B) Amniotic fluid embolism C) Uterine prolapse D) Massive myocardial infarction
After an influenza-like illness, the patient complains of chills and small petechiae in his mouth and his legs. A heart murmur is detectable. These are characteristic signs of
a. congestive heart failure. b. heart block. c. aortic stenosis. d. infective endocarditis.
A nurse is answering telephone calls from a triage line. A call comes in from a 62-year-old woman who has complaints of unusual fatigue, abdominal pain, and nausea. She denies eating anything unusual that day. What should the nurse advise her to do?
A. Rest and take an antacid. B. Call her physician in the morning. C. Go to the nearest emergency room. D. Schedule an appointment with a cardiologist next week.