Which risk factor does the nurse assess for to determine a client's cause of anemia?
a. Antacid therapy
b. Chronic alcoholism
c. Congestive heart failure
d. Type 2 diabetes
B
Chronic alcohol abuse is strongly associated with malnutrition of many dietary essentials, in-cluding iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12 . Antacids, heart failure, and diabetes affect nutrition at varying levels, but anemia is most closely related to the malnutrition seen with chronic alcohol abuse.
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a. 2.6 g b. 4 g c. 2.7 g d. 1.1 g
A charge nurse is working on a postpartum unit and discovers that one of the clients did not receive AM care during her shift assessment. The charge nurse questions the nurse assigned to provide care and finds out that the nurse thought that
"the client should just do it by herself because she will have to do this at home." On further questioning of the nurse, it is determined that the rest of her assigned clients were provided AM care. The assigned nurse has violated which ethical principle? a. Justice b. Truth c. Confidentiality d. Autonomy
A patient has a digoxin level of 1.1 ng/mL. Which interpretation by the nurse is correct?
a. It is below the therapeutic level. b. It is within the therapeutic range. c. It is above the therapeutic level. d. It is at a toxic level.
An example of battery is
a. a patient who refuses to be suctioned and is suctioned anyway after refusal. b. a patient who uses the call light and yells out repeatedly is threatened with bodily harm. c. a patient who threatens to leave the hospital against medical advice is told she will be restrained. d. a patient who refuses to take his medications is threatened with being forcibly given the medications.