The client reports having difficulty sleeping. Which environmental intervention would the nurse recommend?
A)
Keep a television on in the bedroom.
B)
Provide white noise with a fan.
C)
Play soft music through the night.
D)
Play a talk radio station.
B
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The nurse is administering a purified protein derivative (PPD) test to a homeless patient. Which of the following statements concerning PPD testing is true?
A) A positive reaction indicates that the patient has active tuberculosis (TB). B) A positive reaction indicates that the patient has been exposed to the disease. C) A negative reaction always excludes the diagnosis of TB. D) The PPD can be read within 12 hours after the injection.
After a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), a 64-year-old patient with continuous bladder irrigation complains of painful bladder spasms. The nurse observes clots in the urine. Which action should the nurse take first?
a. Increase the flow rate of the bladder irrigation. b. Administer the prescribed IV morphine sulfate. c. Give the patient the prescribed belladonna and opium suppository. d. Manually instill and then withdraw 50 mL of saline into the catheter.
Your patient is a 20-year-old male who is conscious, alert, and in severe distress. He describes a 3-day history of diffuse abdominal pain near his umbilicus that became sharp and migrated to his lower right quadrant this morning. He states that the pain became acutely worse 1/2 hour ago and that he is now lightheaded, nauseated, and has vomited numerous times. Physical examination reveals his skin to be cool, pale, and diaphoretic, and he will not let you palpate his abdomen. HR = 132, BP = 76/50, RR = 22, SaO2 = 95%. Based on his clinical presentation, the most proper treatment, in addition to giving oxygen, would be:
A) IV of normal saline, fluid challenge, left lateral recumbent position, expedited transport. B) IV of normal saline wide open, Trendelenburg position, rapid transport. C) IV of normal saline, fluid challenge, supine position, expedited transport. D) IV of normal saline wide open, left lateral recumbent position, phenergan IV, transport.
Analogy: The ED-response curve is to the LD-response curve as
A. effective is to lethal B. emotional is to linguistic C. early is to late D. illicit is to licit