A patient has been diagnosed with chronic heart failure, compensated. What symptoms would the nurse expect to find?
A) Frothy sputum progressing to pink frothy sputum
B) Severe hypotension when supine
C) Mild dyspnea on exertion or when supine
D) 4+ pitting edema of the lower extremities when dependent
C
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The physician has decided to induce labor with prostaglandin gel and an amniotomy. When should the nurse expect that labor will start?
a. 1 hour b. 4 hours c. 8 hours d. 12 hours
A nurse cares for a patient with Wilson's disease. Penicillamine is prescribed. What is the rationale for this prescription?
a. To promote the binding of copper in joints b. To facilitate copper excretion c. To dilute serum arsenic d. To remove gold deposits
It is important for a nurse to understand that the American family of a dying Hindu patient may
1. Expect the nurse to prepare the body for burial. 2. Use amulets to ward off evil spirits lingering after death. 3. Get comfort from visiting with a psychiatrist or psychologist. 4. Exhibit grieving by thinking only happy thoughts about their loved one.
A nurse hears a clinician state, "This client has a phobia of elevators because he had a frightening experience in an elevator when he was a young child, or because he observed his mother's fear of elevators
" The nurse understands that this statement would most likely be made by a clinician who is operating from which paradigm? A) Physiological B) Psychoanalytic C) Humanistic D) Behavioral