Which question from the nurse would help determine if a patient's abdominal pain might indicate irritable bowel syndrome?
a. "Have you been passing a lot of gas?"
b. "What foods affect your bowel patterns?"
c. "Do you have any abdominal distention?"
d. "How long have you had abdominal pain?"
d. "How long have you had abdominal pain?"
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A nurse is assessing an ECG rhythm strip. The P waves and QRS complexes are regular. The PR interval is 0.16 second. The overall heart rate is 60 beats/min. The nurse assesses the cardiac rhythm as:
A) Normal sinus rhythm B) Sinus bradycardia C) Sick sinus syndrome D) Heart Block
What should the nurse instruct the patient before the initiation of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil)?
a. Get a complete blood count to assess anemia. b. Get a chest x-ray. c. Get an eye examination. d. Take prophylaxis for malaria.
What is the intended response of clotting factor synthesis inhibitor drugs?
a. Increased clotting times b. Decreased clotting times c. Increased platelet counts d. Decreased platelet counts
Which statement by the patient indicates the need for additional teaching?
A. "I will take my TB drugs until I am no longer contagious." B. "I will no longer be considered contagious after I've had three negative sputum cultures." C. "In the future, to check for TB I will need to have chest radiographs (x-rays)." D. "Everyone in my family will need to be tested to determine if they have TB."