Which of the following will indicate impaired renal perfusion in a client with left-sided heart failure?
A) Reduced urine output C) Elevated blood potassium levels
B) Reduced blood sodium levels D) Elevated blood urea nitrogen levels
D
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For psychiatric nurses in the 1980s and 1990s, the scope of practice began to change to include:
a. psychiatric care and medical care given by the home care nurse. b. new advances in the fields of psychobiology and technology. c. psychoanalytical therapy provided by the psychiatric nurse in the outpatient setting. d. new advances in the psychodynamic model of therapy made by the psychiatric nurse in the inpatient setting.
A client is diagnosed with a venous stasis ulcer on the foot. Which of the following will be included in this client's plan of care? (Select all that apply.)
1. Administer oral antibiotics if infection is present. 2. Keep the foot open to the air. 3. Cover the foot with a hydrocolloidal dressing. 4. Provide pain medication with debridement. 5. Restrict fluids. 6. Instruct the client to ambulate without shoes.
A client diagnosed with narcolepsy is prescribed ephedrine, and asks the nurse how this medication will improve the problem. The nurse's response will be based on which physiologic concept?
1. Ephedrine will prevent any attacks of epilepsy. 2. Ephedrine can be easily destroyed by the enzymes in the synaptic cleft. 3. Ephedrine can easily cross the blood–brain barrier. 4. Ephedrine cannot be easily absorbed through the intestinal tract.
A community health nurse is providing an educational session on childhood poisoning at a local school. The nurse tells the group that when an accidental poisoning occurs the first action is to:
A. Induce vomiting B. Call an ambulance C. Call the poison control center D. Bring the child to the emergency department (ED)