Patients that are dehydrated, have a decreased fluid intake, are in shock, or have renal disease may have an insufficient production (or volume) of urine. This is called ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
oliguria
Oliguria is an insufficient production or volume of urine.
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While you are caring for a patient on the floor of her kitchen, she begins to have a generalized seizure. Which of the following is the most appropriate first action?
A) Move objects away from her and wait to see if the seizure stops. B) Insert an oropharyngeal airway. C) Restrain her so she does not injure herself. D) Start an IV, and administer 5 mg diazepam.
During assessment of a responsive medical patient, you gather a medical history using the memory aid SAMPLE. To obtain information related to M, which one of the following questions should you ask?
a. "Do you have any past medical problems?" b. "Are you allergic to any medications?" c. "Are you currently taking any medications?" d. "Can you point to where it hurts the most?"
There are 8 grams of pure drug in 32 milliliters of solution. What is the percent strength of the solution?
What will be an ideal response?
When outpatient preadmission services are provided by a hospital on the day of or during the three days prior to a patient's inpatient admission and the inpatient principal diagnosis code exactly matches that for preadmission services, the IPPS __________ rule applies
a. 3-day payment window b. intensity of resources c. severity of illness d. transfer