An elderly patient with community-acquired pneumonia has been admitted to the CCU. What nursing action will improve the patient's chances of survival?
A) Obtain blood and sputum cultures on admission and 2 days after admission.
B) Initiate intravenous antibiotic therapy within 8 hours after admission.
C) Administer intravenous antibiotics for 7 full days.
D) Initiate antibiotics only after culture results are known.
B
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Which response best reflects the nurse's belief that the client is able to find the solution to this concern? 1. "You don't need to make a decision about this right now." 2. "It is probably too much for you to handle right now." 3. "If you put your mind to it, you could finish the program." 4. "It sounds like you feel it is too much for you to finish now."
The perinatal nurse wants to contact the pediatrician about a heart murmur that was auscultated during a newborn assessment. During what time frame would hearing the murmur lead the nurse to contact the health-care provider?
A. 8 to 12 hours B. 12 to 24 hours C. 24 to 48 hours D. 48 to 72 hours
The nurse researcher is conducting research about nursing interventions used in the treatment of a specific disease state
The researcher would like to include evidence for and against the effectiveness of treatments for the disease in the review of literature. Which database should the researcher access? 1. Medline Plus. 2. Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 3. CINAHL. 4. OVID.
You are counseling an adolescent being treated for syphilis. The most common symptom of first-stage syphilis is
A) a fishy smelling vaginal discharge. B) a red macular rash on the palms of the hands. C) gray, warty growths on the genitalia. D) a painless ulceration on the labia or vagina.