When integrating the Neuman systems model while caring for a patient with a mood disorder, the nurse would focus on which of the following about the patient?
A) Behaviors
B) Relationships
C) Self-care activities
D) Stressors
D
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A nurse is caring for four clients. After reviewing today's laboratory results, which client should the nurse see first?
a. Client with an international normalized ratio of 2.8 b. Client with a platelet count of 128,000/mm3 c. Client with a prothrombin time (PT) of 28 seconds d. Client with a red blood cell count of 5.1 million/ µL
A client with myasthenia gravis who is prescribed pyridostigmine comes to the emergency department complaining of abdominal cramping, excessive diarrhea, and severe muscle weakness. The nurse would suspect which of the following?
A) Underdosage of the drug B) Tolerance to the drug C) Cholinergic crisis D) Underlying infection
A patient with otosclerosis tells the nurse she can hear better in a noisy room. The nurse explains that this is called:
A) tinnitus. B) paracusis Willisii. C) presbycusis. D) vertigo.
Before administering the continuous nasointestinal tube (NIT) feeding, the nurse verifies placement of the client's NIT and flushes it with water. Which should the nurse implement next?
1. Instill the formula at room temperature. 2. Infuse the formula over 10 to 15 minutes. 3. Raise syringe feet above insertion site. 4. Attach feeding bag to proximal end of NIT.