The nurse is teaching a patient that the body needs iodine for the thyroid to function. What food would be the best source of iodine for the body?
A) Eggs
B) Shellfish
C) Table salt
D) Red meat
Ans: C
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The major use of iodine in the body is by the thyroid. Iodized table salt is the best source of iodine.
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Which group of cervical nodes is palpable under the tip of the chin?
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The nurse is receiving a phone order from a health care provider. How will the nurse make sure that the provider's order is received without error?
a. Advise the health care provider that the order must be written on the chart within the next 24 hours. b. Ask the nurse in charge to come to the phone to take the order. c. Write the order without using any unclear or unapproved abbreviations. d. Repeat the order, write the order verbatim, and read it back to the provider.
Before giving a dose of digoxin (Lanoxin), the nurse checked an infant's apical heart rate and it is 114 beats per minute. What should the nurse do next?
a. Administer the dose as ordered. b. Hold the medication until the next dose. c. Wait and recheck the apical heart rate in 30 minutes. d. Notify the physician about the infant's heart rate.