What should be the first course of action of the nurse when treating a client with tachypnea and circumoral paresthesias?
A) Stop mechanical ventilation.
B) Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
C) Give a dose of aspirin.
D) Find and correct the cause of tachypnea.
D
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a. not to skip meals or restrict food. b. to eat a small meal after purging. c. eat a large breakfast but no lunch. d. increase nutritional intake after 4 PM.
The ethics committee at the hospital has asked the nurse on the unit to be on the hospital committee
The nurse attends the first meeting and has been instructed on the use of the ethical decision-making process proposed by Fowler, which includes care and contextualism as well as what other perspective? A) Double effect B) Patient advocacy C) Principalism D) Beneficence
Most women with breast cancer:
a. possess the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. b. risk increases with aging. c. have a mother who had breast cancer. d. continue to menstruate after age 52.
A public health official reports that the weekly influenza rate for a city in Oregon is 12.5%. This rate does not take into account smoking status, so it is a(n)
A. Independent rate B. Mortality rate C. Dependent rate D. Morbidity rate