The nurse is caring for a client with acid-base imbalance in collaboration with the health care team. The information that needs to be conveyed to the team includes:(Select all that apply) Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Continued urinary output
2. Changes in level of consciousness
3. pH greater than 7.45
4. Imbalance of I&O
5. Baseline vital signs
2,3,4
Rationale: A change in urinary output or nasogastric tube output would be significant to report
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A patient has been discharged home on parenteral nutrition (PN). Much of the nurse's discharge education focused on coping. What must a patient on PN likely learn to cope with? Select all that apply
A) Changes in lifestyle B) Loss of eating as a social behavior C) Chronic bowel incontinence from GI changes D) Sleep disturbances related to frequent urination during nighttime infusions E) Stress of choosing the correct PN formulation
The nursing staff is using the SBAR communication technique during patient hand-off communication. The circumstances leading up to the current status would be explained by the nurses during which step of the technique?
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A patient tells the nurse that chronic kidney disease is "in his family" and his father died within a few months after having a kidney transplant in the late 1940s
The nurse realizes that which of the following has occurred since this patient's father had a kidney transplant? 1. Surgeons have learned how to suture the new kidney into a patient's body since then. 2. Researchers have developed medications to combat the immunological problems associated with organ transplantation. 3. Researchers have found that organ transplantation is the most successful between family members. 4. The most successful transplants have always been the heart and lungs.