Answer the following questions by supplying either the medical abbreviation or the interpretation of the medical abbreviation
GT
gastrostomy tube
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Blood type is measured on which of the following?
A) Nominal scale B) Ordinal scale C) Interval scale D) Ratio scale
As a circulating nurse, you are the advocate of each of your patients. What does patient advocacy in the operating room entail?
A) Use of safety straps B) Maintaining adequate pain medication C) Maintaining patient's privacy D) Decreasing risk of infection
When a client who has been taking warfarin (Coumadin) for 2 years tells the nurse of plans for oral surgery, the nurse would caution the client to
a. avoid taking aspirin for postoperative pain. b. contact the physician to arrange vitamin K injections before surgery. c. obtain an International Normalized Ratio (INR) 1 day before surgery. d. stop taking Coumadin for 3 or 4 days before surgery.
A patient receiving cyclosporine after an organ transplant is experiencing an acute onset of hypertension and headaches. What should these assessment findings suggest to the nurse?
1. These are signs of toxicity. 2. This is a normal reaction to the medication. 3. These are signs of impending transplanted organ failure. 4. The transplanted organ is beginning to function.