A child is prescribed glargine insulin. What information would the nurse include when teaching the child and parents about this insulin?
What will be an ideal response?
Do not mix this insulin with other insulins.
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a. Recovery from German measles 2 months ago b. Dysuria since the previous night c. A history of allergy d. A sore throat 2 weeks ago
A nurse explains that cardiac rehabilitation lasts from the end of acute care to the return to home and beyond. What does this service include?
a. One-on-one individualized care b. Focus on the patient rather than the family c. Telemetry-monitored exercise d. Rejection from the program for noncom-pliance
A client was just admitted to the emergency department for new-onset confusion. As the nurse starts the IV line, the client says he just finished a hemodialysis session. The IV site is bleeding briskly. What action by the nurse takes priority?
a. Assess for a bruit and thrill over the vas-cular access site. b. Draw blood for coagulation studies and white blood cell count. c. Prepare to administer protamine sulfate. d. Hold constant firm pressure with a gauze pad for 5 minutes.
What is the purpose of the National Incident Management System (NIMS)?
a. Create a new branch of government that deals with bioterrorism b. Establish a way for the Red Cross to carry out its mission c. Develop a nationwide all-hazards ap-proach to domestic incident management d. Extend presidential power to act quickly upon acts of bioterrorism