A nurse assesses four patients in the prenatal clinic. Which patient will present with the most accurate fundal height related to gestational age?
1. The patient who develops polyhydramnios
2. The patient with obesity
3. The patient who develops hypertension
4. The patient with a 70-pound weight gain
3. The patient who develops hypertension
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The nurse is caring for a mechanically ventilated patient and notes the high pressure alarm sounding
The nurse cannot quickly identify the cause of the alarm and notes the patient's oxygen saturation is decreasing and heart rate and respiratory rate are increasing. The nurse's priority action is to: a. ask the respiratory therapist to get a new ventilator. b. call the rapid response team to assess the patient. c. continue to find the cause of the alarm and fix it. d. manually ventilate the patient while calling for a respiratory therapist.
A patient with squamous cell carcinoma has been scheduled for treatment of this malignancy. The nurse knows that the primary method of treatment in this type of cancer is what?
A) Chemotherapy B) Radiation therapy C) Surgical excision D) Biopsy of sample tissue
The operating room nurse is taking the patient into the OR when the patient informs the operating nurse that his grandmother spiked a 104°F temperature in the operating room and nearly died 15 years ago
What relevance does this information have regarding your patient? A) The patient may be nervous. B) The patient may be at risk for developing malignant hyperthermia. C) The grandmother's surgery has no relevance to the patient's surgery. D) The patient may be at risk for hypothermia.
A patient undergoing an emergency appendectomy has been using St. John's wort to prevent depression. Which complication would the nurse expect in the postanesthesia care unit?
a. Increased pain b. Hypertensive episodes c. Longer time to recover from anesthesia d. Increased risk for postoperative bleeding