A prescription containing various medicines issued by a physician for a client with typhoid appears incorrect to a nurse. Which is an appropriate action for the nurse?
A) Administer the client medicines according to the prescription
B) Administer the recommended dosage of the medication
C) Notify the physician that the order needs correction
D) Rectify the prescription on his or her own
C
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A woman comes to the clinic and states, "I've been sick for so long! My eyes have gotten so puffy, and my eyebrows and hair have become coarse and dry." The nurse will assess for other signs and symptoms of:
a. Cachexia. b. Parkinson syndrome. c. Myxedema. d. Scleroderma.
Patients who have aspiration pneumonia present with right lower lobe involvement more often than with involvement of the left lower lobe. You know this is because
a. the left mainstem bronchus angles down more than the right. b. more people are right-side dominant. c. the right mainstem bronchus angles down more than the left. d. the right mainstem bronchus is narrower than the left.
What information is most important for the nurse to provide to a patient being discharged after undergoing a digital fasciectomy?
A) Avoid flexing the fingers for 5 days after the surgery. B) Report symptoms of mild swelling to the surgeon. C) Bathe the hand once a day to avoid infection. D) Report unrelenting pain to the surgeon.
The event that had the greatest influence on the role of practical nurses in modern hospital nursing was
a. the Crusades. b. the Industrial Revolution. c. the U.S. Civil War. d. World War II.