The nurse is assessing a client who is three days post-op from a cesarean birth. She has tenderness, localized heat, and redness of the left leg. She is afebrile. As a result of these symptoms, she most likely will be:
A. Encouraged to ambulate freely.
B. Given aspirin 650 mg by mouth.
C. Given methylergonovine maleate (Methergine) IM.
D. Placed on bedrest.
D
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A) Decrease in serum cholesterol only B) Decrease in serum cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL) levels C) Decrease in sitosterol and serum cholesterol D) Decrease in campesterol and LDL levels
Nursing, as a profession, has long held the belief that providing nursing care to an individual patient means providing nursing care to the entire family. What does this mean when put into a holistic framework of patient care?
A) Families are caretakers even when the patient is not acutely ill. B) It is necessary for the nurse, patient, and the patient's family to integrate the physical and emotional environment of the patient. C) Active participation by individuals and families in health promotion is integral to this framework of patient care. D) This model is congruent with the philosophy of traditional patriarchal medicine.
A nursing student asks about the differences between cell-cycle phase–specific chemotherapeutic agents and those that are cell-cycle phase nonspecific. What will the nurse explain?
a. Cell-cycle phase–nonspecific drugs are less toxic. b. Cell-cycle phase–specific drugs do not harm "resting" cells. c. Cell-cycle phase–specific drugs should be given at specific intervals. d. Neither type is toxic to cells in the "rest-ing" G0 phase.
The drug of choice for terminating paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia is:
a. amiodarone. b. adenosine. c. verapamil. d. diltiazem.