The patient is telling the nurse about the wonderful soft cheese and smoked seafood that was at the family gathering. The patient complained of becoming ill a few days later with diarrhea and flu like symptoms
Using your knowledge of foodborne bacteria, what should the nurse suspect that this patient might have?
A) Campylobacter
B) Listeria monocytogenes
C) Salmonella
D) E. coli O157:H7
B
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The school nurse is preserving a tooth that was knocked out on the school playground. What will the nurse be especially careful to do?
a. Wrap the tooth loosely in a clean cloth. b. Rinse the tooth with alcohol. c. Handle the tooth only by the crown. d. Place the tooth in a warm environment.
Order: Terbutaline 5 mg in 250 mL D5W to infuse at 15 mcg/min What is the IV flow rate? ______________
a. 45 mL/hr b. 90 mL/hr c. 4.5 mL/hr d. 15 mL/hr
A 14-year-old boy has suffered a concussion during a hockey game. The nurse teaches family members who will be attending to the boy to contact the physician or return to the emergency department if the boy:
A) Complains of headache B) Complains of a decrease in appetite C) Sleeps for short periods of time D) Vomits
The nurse finishes administering an intermittent medication through a Groshong catheter. What is the nurse's next action?
a. Clamping the catheter b. Flushing the line with saline c. Flushing with heparin d. Removing the access needle