The nurse would palpate the axillae during examination of which area?
A) Neck
B) Anterior chest
C) Heart
D) Breasts
D
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The nurse is calculating a client's cardiac output. For this calculation, the nurse needs to know the client's stroke volume. Stroke volume is the:
a. volume of blood pumped by the heart in 1 minute. b. measurement of pressure pulsations exerted against the blood vessel walls during systole and diastole. c. bounding of blood flow in an artery. d. measurement of blood that enters the aorta with each ventricular contraction.
Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is used as adjuvant therapy for a patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Which information should the nurse include when explaining the purpose of this therapy to the patient?
a. IL-2 enhances the immunologic response to tumor cells. b. IL-2 stimulates malignant cells in the resting phase to enter mitosis. c. IL-2 prevents the bone marrow depression caused by chemotherapy. d. IL-2 protects normal cells from the harmful effects of chemotherapy.
A laboratory technician arrives to draw blood for a complete blood count (CBC. for a client who had a right-sided mastectomy 8 hours ago. The client has an intravenous line with fluid infusing in her left antecubital space
To obtain the blood specimen, the technician places a tourniquet on the client's right arm. Which action by the nurse would be most appropriate? A) Assist in holding the client's arm still. B) Suggest a finger stick be done on one of the client's left fingers. C) Tell the technician to obtain the blood sample from the client's left arm. D) Call the surgeon to perform a femoral puncture.
A patient with morbid obesity is admitted to the hospital for leg wounds. Which observations should the nurse expect when collecting data from this patient? (Select all that apply.)
a. BMI 41 b. Hyper-excitable c. Lethargy and malaise d. Shortness of breath with walking e. Body weight 120 lbs over ideal weight