A nurse is conducting an assessment of a patient who has recently had several changes made to her drug regimen. What assessment question most directly addresses the safety implications of the patient's drug regimen?
A) "Do you prefer to take liquid medications or are you fine with taking pills?"
B) "Do you take any herbal supplements or alternative medications?"
C) "What effect are you expecting that these medications will have on your health?"
D) "Which pharmacy do you use to fill your prescriptions?"
B
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The patient is still intubated and mechanically ventilated and has a chest tube, Foley catheter, and two abdominal drains. The patient's hemodynamic assessment reveals the following values: BP, 94/66 mm Hg; HR, 118 beats/min; T, 38.7° C; CVP, 5 cm H2O; wedge pressure, 6 mm Hg; cardiac index, 6.1; and systemic vascular resistance, 450 dyns/sec. The patient is at the greatest risk to develop a. respiratory failure. c. venous thromboembolism b. infection. d. fat embolism syndrome.
A nurse has begun to administer conscious sedation to a client who will undergo a bronchoscopy. Which of the following is an expected outcome after administering conscious sedation to a client?
A) Client can respond verbally despite being unable to move. B) Client can tolerate invasive surgical procedures. C) Client is relaxed, emotionally comfortable, and conscious. D) Client's consciousness level can be monitored by equipment.
An example of an informal role commonly found among families would be
1. Breadwinner. 2. Daughter. 3. Encourager. 4. Homemaker. 5. Husband.
Which of the following statements would be associated with autocratic leadership?
A) "I'd like you all to develop an action plan and send it to me on Friday." B) "Let's go around the table and hear everyone's input on this problem." C) "Those are the issues; let me know when you have a plan to deal with it." D) "How do you all think that we should best deal with this?"