A patient suffers an injury to the shoulder while playing football. To identify abnormalities of cartilage and soft tissue surrounding the joint, the nurse would expect the patient to be evaluated with
a. radioisotope bone scanning.
b. arthroscopy.
c. standard x-rays.
d. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Ans: d. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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a. 42% b. 48% c. 55% d. 67%
Listening carefully to the Korotkoff sounds as you deflate the blood pressure cuff, you detect the first sound at 146 . It continues until 94, when the sounds are muffled, and eventually the sounds disappear at 40
Using the recommended method, you record this blood pressure as a. 146/94 c. 146/94/40 b. 146/40 d. 94/40/0
Discharge teaching for a client following rhytidectomy would include the instruction to
a. sleep in the prone position only. b. practice coughing and deep breathing. c. maintain a liquid diet for 1 week. d. exercise the facial muscles daily.
A patient candidate for organ donation has developed diabetes insipidus. What will the nurse most likely assess in this patient?
1. Large urine output and low urine specific gravity 2. Low urine output and high serum sodium 3. High urine specific gravity and high serum glucose 4. Large urine output and low serum sodium