A parent brings a 10-year-old child to the clinic and reports a mottled appearance to the skin and legs cramps when the child is in physical education class. What diagnostic testing or treatment does the healthcare professional prepare the family for?
a. Immediate cardiac catheterization
b. Administration of prostaglandin
c. Multiple-stage surgical correction
d. An echocardiogram
Answer: d. An echocardiogram
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The nurse recognizes that infection may be present in her postpartum client when the client exhibits a temperature of:
a. 100.0° F during the first 36 hours postpartum. b. 100.8° F twice in the first 24 hours postpartum. c. 99.6° F on the first postpartum day and 100.4 on the second. d. 100.4° F on the second postpartum day and 100.8° F on the fourth.
To understand the patient better, Newman suggests the nurse should use a series of
A. Biometric tests. B. Clarifying questions C. Surveys. D. None of the above
A public health nurse, along with a student, is visiting the home of an elderly woman who is widowed and lives alone
Her 40-year-old son is her caregiver, and the public health nurses visit about once a week to follow up on her high blood pressure, recent surgery for a hip fracture, and diabetes. The nurse and student find the home unkept, sink full of dirty dishes, and the patient in clothes that are extremely soiled. She cannot reach her walker to get up, and she has been incontinent. This type of abuse is called: 1. Neglect. 2. Abandonment. 3. Physical abuse. 4. Financial abuse.
After completing the nursing assessment of a new patient, what is the nurse's next action?
1. Determine the goals and outcome criteria. 2. Implement the nursing plan of care. 3. Formulate the nursing and collaborative diagnoses. 4. Design interventions to include in the plan of care.