Which pathophysiologic alteration precedes crush syndrome after prolonged muscle compression?
a. Muscle ischemia
b. Myoglobinuria
c. Volkmann contracture
d. Neural injury
Ans: b. Myoglobinuria
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Which of the following should a nurse consider when assessing older clients with a sexually transmitted infection (STI)?
A) Abandon biases that older adults are sexually inactive. B) Older clients, because of their maturity, are rarely embarrassed to talk about this. C) Older clients know the ways to prevent STIs. D) Older clients who are sexually active have less risk for STIs than other age groups.
What clinical manifestation indicates to the nurse that the client with glomerular nephritis being treated in the community is responding as expected to the prescribed treatment?
A. The client has lost 11 pounds in the past 10 days. B. The client's urine specific gravity is 1.048 C. No blood is observed in the client's urine. D. The client is thirsty.
The nurse obtains a rhythm strip on a patient who has had a myocardial infarction and makes the following analysis:
no visible P waves, P-R interval not measurable, ventricular rate 162, R-R interval regular, and QRS complex wide and distorted, QRS duration 0.18 second. The nurse interprets the patient's cardiac rhythm as a. atrial flutter. b. sinus tachycardia. c. ventricular fibrillation. d. ventricular tachycardia.