When teaching the client about a new medication, the nurse should include which information?Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply.
A. Adverse effects that can be expected
B. Which adverse effect to report to the healthcare provider
C. The drug's therapeutic action
D. Chemical composition of the drug
E. Name of the drug manufacturer
Answer: C
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A) "I sleep for 9 hours a night." B) "I have hay fever." C) "I drink one beer when I go out with friends." D) "I work out in the gym two days a week."
A nurse has notified an 80-year-old client's physician that the client's laboratory values indicating kidney function have fallen below the minimum reference range
The nurse should be aware of what consideration that affects the interpretation of laboratory values in elderly clients? A) Levels of most laboratory values in older adults are more stable than those of younger people. B) Laboratory values are considered an unreliable indicator of health status in older adults. C) Laboratory values must be measured after a period of fasting in order to be considered accurate in older adults. D) An older adult may have "normal" laboratory values that would be considered abnormal in a younger adult.
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1. Chicken 2. Spinach 3. Oranges 4. Whole wheat bread
The nurse is admitting a patient for surgery. The patient is twisting a handkerchief over and over while saying, "I'm going to have a little mole removed. I'm not worried. The surgery will take only an hour, and then I will go home
I've never been sick a day in my life, so I'll be fine." The nurse finds the following during her physical assessment: blood pressure is 150/90; temperature is 98.6 ° F; pulse is 88 beats per minute; respiration is 20 breaths per minute; black, brown, and red pigmented pea-sized raised area on her shoulder. Which of the above information would be considered objective data? (Select all that apply.) a. Twisting handkerchief b. Blood pressure 150/90 c. "I'm having this little mole removed." d. Patient is worried. e. Patient is exhibiting denial.