When the nurse is evaluating the fluid balance for a patient admitted for hypervolemia associated with multiple draining wounds, the most accurate assessment to include is:
a) Skin turgor
b) Daily weight
c) Presence of edema
Ans: b) Daily weight
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A) It decreases healing time. B) It increases the incidence of surgical intervention. C) It decreases the absorption of the other drug. D) It is readily absorbed from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
In stable angina the objective of drug therapy with calcium channel blockers is to relieve pain by:
a. reducing platelet cohesiveness. b. dilating arterioles and decreasing afterload. c. increasing heart rate and contractility. d. constricting veins and increasing preload.
What can be said about the comorbidity of anxiety disorders?
A. Anxiety disorders exist alone. B. A second anxiety disorder may coexist with the first. C. Anxiety disorders virtually never coexist with mood disorders. D. Substance abuse disorders rarely coexist with anxiety disorders.
The best example of the type of concern that is likely to be addressed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services when target goals for Healthy People 2030 are updated is
a. preference for vegetarian eating patterns among white women b. low intake of fruits and vegetables by African American children c. widespread use of bottled water in higher socioeconomic groups d. common use of protein and vitamin supplements in athletes