A patient reports to a home health care nurse of having cloudy vision and seeing spots and halos around lights. What should the nurse suspect based on these patient symptoms?
a. Cataracts
b. Glaucoma
c. Detached retina
d. Macular degeneration
A
Cataracts are the cause of cloudy vision and seeing spots or halos.
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a. balances and calibrates the monitoring equipment every 2 hours. b. positions the zero-reference stopcock line level with the phlebostatic axis. c. ensures that the patient is supine with the head of the bed flat for all readings. d. rechecks the location of the phlebostatic axis when changing the patient's position.
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A) Theory description B) Theory analysis C) Theory evaluation D) Theory development
How should the nurse plan to manage sedation and pain medication when a dying client is to be terminally weaned or extubated?
1. Stop all ongoing sedative infusions at least an hour before extubation. 2. Observe the patient and adjust medication dosages every hour. 3. Provide an anticipatory dose of morphine and initiate an ongoing morphine infusion. 4. Initiate medication therapy to control dyspnea but plan to stop it in the event of hypotension.