A dietician explains to nursing students that a healthy diet must include a certain amount of dietary fats or lipids because they are which of the following? Select all that apply
1. An essential concentrated source of fatty acids and energy
2. Necessary for healthy skin
3. Essential for maintaining acid-base balance
4. Necessary for new tissue production
5. Required to help the body absorb fat-soluble vitamins
ANS: 1, 2, 5
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A 74-year-old man who has just returned to the medical-surgical floor following surgery for a total knee replacement says he has "been confused in the past" when he takes pain medications. The nurse realizes that the elderly may:
A) Require lower doses of medication and are easily confused with new medications B) Have altered absorption and metabolism, which prohibits the use of opiates C) Be confused following surgery and that is related to normal aging and unrelated to the medication D) Require a higher initial dose of pain medication followed by a tapered dose
When caring for terminally ill persons, the goal is to promote:
a. Optimal level of functioning b. Quality care to persons who are dying c. Independent functioning d. Exercise and activity
A nurse is conducting Weber's test. Which action will the nurse take?
a. Place a vibrating tuning fork in the middle of patient's forehead. b. Place a vibrating tuning fork on the patient's mastoid process. c. Compare the number of seconds heard by bone versus air conduction. d. Compare the patient's degree of joint movement to the normal level.
The nurse is reviewing the use of multidrug therapy for HIV with a patient. Which statements are correct regarding the reason for using multiple drugs to treat HIV? (select all that apply)
A. The combination of drugs has fewer associated toxicities. B. The use of multiple drugs is more effective against resistant strains of HIV C. Effective treatment results in reduced TCell counts D. The goal of this treatment is to reduce the viral load. E. This treatment reduces the incidence of opportunistic infections.