The home care nurse visits a patient who has dyspnea. The nurse notes the patient has pitting edema in his feet and ankles. What additional assessment would the nurse expect to observe?
A) Crackles in the lower lobes
B) Inspiratory stridor
C) Expiratory stridor
D) Wheezing in the upper lobes
Ans: A
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A client is receiving treatment in the intensive care unit for sepsis, a systemic infection that poses a grave threat to his body's homeostasis
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The difference between a nurse practitioner's charge of $45 for an office visit and the insurance company's payment of $34 is:
a. A contractual allowance. b. A profit. c. A flat rate. d. Revenue.
You are conducting an in-service on aging skin for nurses and students assigned to a medical floor at the local hospital. Which of the following pieces of information is essential for your in-service to include?
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