Your 63-year-old Caucasian woman with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) will begin treatment with corticosteroids until the condition has resolved
You look over her records and it has been 2 years since her last physical examination and any laboratory or diagnostic tests as she relocated and had not yet identified a health-care provider. In prioritizing your management plan, your first orders should include:
A. Recommending she increase her dietary intake of Calcium and Vitamin D
B. Ordering once a year bisphosphonate and a proton pump inhibitor
C. Participate in a fall prevention program
D. Dual-energy x-ray (DEXA) scan and updating immunizations
D
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The nurse assesses the client's thinking to determine if it is concrete or abstract by:
1. Giving the client a familiar proverb to interpret. 2. Asking the client to subtract nines backwards from 100. 3. Giving the client five objects to recall in five minutes' time. 4. Asking the client to draw either a circle or a square.
A 50-year-old man suffering from schizophrenia and depression for the last 30 years is treated on an outpatient basis. What is the primary goal for his treatment plan?
a. Client will return to pre-illness employment and activities of daily living. b. Client will be managed permanently on an inpatient basis due to the effects of his antipsychotic medications. c. Client will enter into a vocational training program and not experience an exacerbation of symptoms. d. Client will be able to live independently and purchase his own home.
The physician ordered 45 mL of a medication. How many tablespoonfuls is this?
A. 5 tbsp B. 3 tbsp C. 4 tbsp D. 3.5 tbsp
A resident complains of diarrhea. The person needs assistance with ambulation. When the person's call light is on, you need to:
a. Answer promptly b. Go to the person as soon as you finish as-sisting another resident c. Ask a co-worker to help you d. Tell the nurse