The physician tells you that a patient is hypokalemic. He has been taking a thiazide medication for treatment of his high blood pressure. You will instruct him to increase his dietary intake of:
1. green leafy vegetables.
2. sodium.
3. bananas and citrus fruits.
4. low-fat products.
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Thiazide half-life may lead to significant loss of potassium. The patient should take medication with a full glass of orange juice (unless not permitted by diet). Other potassium-rich foods in-clude bananas.
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The nurse learns that a drug needed by the patient is classified as an orphan drug and recognizes what as a reason for this classification? (Select all that apply.)
A) The drug is rarely prescribed. B) The drug has dangerous adverse effects. C) The drug treats a rare disease. D) The patent on the medication is still effective. E) Production by a company that only manufactures drugs.
The client is a child. The parents are requesting information about how to ensure the client is eating an appropriate diet. Which of the following is the best response by the nurse?
1. "The Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool would be good to use with your child and it is really easy to perform.". 2. "The Nutrition Screening Initiative would be just right and it's easy to use.". 3. "MyPyramid would be a great way to find out if your child is getting the right amount of food and nutrients.". 4. "The Mini Nutrition Assessment is easy to use and it is online.".
The nurse determines the gestational age of an infant to be 40 weeks. Which characteristics are most likely to be observed? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Lanugo abundant over shoulders and back 2. Plantar creases over entire sole 3. Pinna of ear springs back slowly when folded. 4. Vernix well distributed over entire body 5. Testes are pendulous, and the scrotum has deep rugae
The nurse is teaching a patient who will begin taking furosemide. The nurse learns that the patient has just begun a 2-week course of a steroid medication. What will the nurse recommend?
a. Consume licorice to prevent excess potassium loss. b. Report a urine output greater than 600 mL/24 hours. c. Obtain an order for a potassium supplement. d. Take the furosemide at bedtime.