Which type of data would you collect for a patient who came into the hospital with a collapsed lung?
a. Focus database
b. Follow up database
c. Total health database
d. Emergency database
Answer: d. Emergency database
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The nurse is caring for a client in the PACU who is ready for extubation. What should the nurse do before the endotracheal tube is removed?
a. Auscultate for bilateral breath sounds b. Check for Homans' sign c. Assess capillary refill d. Assess for Cullen's sign
A client's peripheral IV infusion set up was initiated three days ago. The nurse realizes that there is a need to:
a. change the date on the IV site dressing. b. check to see if the IV prescription has changed. c. change the client's IV medications to an oral route. d. change (rotate) the IV site.
Main characteristics of homeostatic mechanisms include which of the following?
1. They are self-regulating. 2. They are compensatory. 3. They are regulated by negative feedback systems. 4. They can require several feedback mechanisms to correct only one physiologic imbalance. 5. They are related to a closed system.