When evaluating the expected outcome for a hypothyroid elderly patient placed on levothyroxine, the nurse practitioner will
A. Assess a weekly TSH
B. Assess the TSH in 4-6 weeks
C. Ask the patient if the symptoms have subsided and adjust dosage accordingly
D. Decrease the dosage should a cardiac event occur
B
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1. a good salary. 2. intensive study of psychiatry. 3. a willingness to nurture oneself. 4. a willingness to look at client's behaviors.
When educating a group of nursing students on immunologic agents, the nurse refers to a substance that is attenuated (or weakened) but still capable of stimulating the formation of antitoxins
The nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify this substance as which of the following? A) Antivenins B) Toxoids C) Vaccines D) Immune globulins
Identify the dietary instructions by the nurse that are most appropriate for a client who has a positive Trousseau's sign
a. Decrease your intake of calcium and phosphate. b. Increase your intake of potassium and iron. c. Increase your intake of vitamin D and cal-cium. d. Increase your intake of folic acid and de-crease your intake of sodium.
The parents of an infant diagnosed with sickle-cell disease ask, "How did our child get this disease? Neither one of us has it." Which should the nurse consider when responding to the parents?
1. The father is not the biologic father of the infant. 2. The mother of the child has the trait, but the father does not. 3. The father of the child has the trait, but the mother does not. 4. The mother and the father of the child have the sickle-cell trait.