A client is admitted with diverticulitis of 1 day's duration. Which of these nursing interventions should be included in the client's plan of care?
a. Offer oral fluids frequently. c. Keep the client in a private room.
b. Ambulate ad lib. d. Maintain NPO.
D
Nursing care of the client who has diverticulosis focuses on preventing diverticulitis; client education includes following a high-fiber diet or taking fiber supplements and stool softeners as prescribed. The nurse should monitor the client who has diverticulitis for evidence of infection; if surgery is scheduled, the nurse should allay the client's anxiety about the procedure and maintain NPO status.
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A) Only some of the atrial impulses are being conducted through the AV node into the ventricles. B) Conduction of the electrical impulse is failing to progress beyond the atria to the ventricles. C) The patient's sinus node is failing to create an impulse. D) Impulses starting in a ventricle are being conducted through the ventricles before the next normal sinus impulse.
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a. deposits of tophi in subcutaneous tissues. b. an elevation of blood glucose. c. deposits of fat in tissues. d. congestive heart failure.
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a. consuming a high-fat diet. c. consuming low-purine diet. b. taking thiazide diuretics. d. taking tetracycline.
Who first described pulmonary tuberculosis in detail?
A) Hippocrates of Cos B) Aretaeus the Cappadocian C) Claudius Galen D) Susruta