The nurse instructs a group of parents that a rapidly growing 15-year-old boy may require as many as ________ calories a day
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
3600
three thousand six hundred
thirty-six hundred
Rapidly growing adolescent boys may require as many as 3600 calories daily.
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A woman of Korean descent has just given birth to a son. Her partner wishes to give her sips of hot broth from a thermos he brought from home. The client has refused your offer of ice chips or other cold drinks. The nurse should:
1. Explain to the client that she can have the broth if she will also drink cold water or juice. 2. Encourage the partner to feed the client sips of broth. Ask if the client would like you to bring her some warm water to drink as well. 3. Explain to the couple that food can't be brought from home, but that the nurse will make hot broth for the client. 4. Encourage the client to have the broth, after the nurse takes it to the kitchen and boils it first.
A client is at 12 weeks' gestation with her first baby. She has cardiac disease, class III. She states that she had been taking sodium warfarin (Coumadin), but her physician changed her to heparin. She asks the nurse why this was done
The nurse's response should be: 1. "Heparin may be given by mouth, while Coumadin must be injected." 2. "Heparin is safer because it does not cross the placenta." 3. "They are the same drug, but heparin is less expensive." 4. "Coumadin interferes with iron absorption in the intestines."
Which of the following clinical manifestations alerts the nurse to the possibility of side effects of desmopressin acetate (DDAVP) therapy, taken nonparenterally by a client with di-abetes insipidus?
A. Fibrosis at the injection site B. Orthostatic hypotension C. Decreased urine output D. Nasal ulceration
Which adjective best characterizes custodial care?
a. Paternalistic b. Beneficent c. Essential d. Safe