During the physical examination of a client, the nurse notices the color of urine turn pale blue-green. The nurse, therefore, asks about the drugs that the client may have taken
Why is it important to know what drugs the client may have taken earlier? A) Because drugs may affect the outcome of urinary tract tests
B) Because drugs may affect the size of the urinary bladder
C) Because drugs may affect urine characteristics
D) Because drugs may affect the amount of urine produced
A
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The nurse is counseling an HIV-positive woman who has just given birth to a baby. The nurse should advise the client to
a. anticipate the needs of her child immediately and make arrangements for place-ment in a setting where her child's life will be comfortable. b. avoid breast-feeding her infant if she has access to a safe water supply to decrease the chances of vertical transmission. c. report all of her sexual partners to the infectious disease department in order to break the chain of transmission of the disease. d. seek professional counseling to deal with the guilt associated with the almost certain passing of the disease to her child.
A patient is transferred to the postanesthesia unit after surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The patient's temperature is 34.6°C
What actions should be taken by the nurse? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Plan to keep the patient's temperature low until he is completely awake from anesthesia. 2. Wrap the patient's head in warmed blankets. 3. Rewarm the patient as quickly as possible. 4. Administer warmed IV fluids. 5. Ask respiratory therapy to warm inspired ventilator air.
The pediatric nurse caring for children with endocrine disorders teaches the student nurse that the polyendocrine deficiency syndrome is classified into two separate forms referred to as type I and type II
The nurse further states that type I occurs in children and is accompanied by: Select all answers that apply. A) chronic active hepatitis. B) chronic candida infections. C) overactive parathyroid glands. D) precocious sexual development.
During your assessment of your client's hearing acuity, you performed the finger-rubbing test. What were you evaluating?
1. high-frequency sound perception 2. sensorineural hearing loss 3. conduction hearing loss 4. bone conduction to air conduction