The nurse is caring for the kidney transplant patient who is 3 days postsurgery. The nurse notes a sudden and abrupt decrease in urine. The nurse alerts the health care provider because this is a sign of which anomaly?
a. Rejection
b. Thrombosis
c. Stenosis
d. Infection
Answer: b. Thrombosis
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Which of the following activities would be classified as an instrumental activity of daily living (IADL)?
a. dressing c. mobility b. driving a car d. toileting
A 37-year-old woman is being treated aggressively with a chemotherapeutic regimen to fight breast cancer. As a result of this regimen, she has an inability to fight infection due to the fact her bone marrow is unable to produce a sufficient amount of:
A) Lymphocytes B) Cytoblasts C) Antibodies D) Capillaries
Which assessment is the nurse most likely to make in a patient with flail chest?
A) The flail portion of the chest moves inward with inspiration. B) The flail portion of the chest moves inward with expiration. C) The flail portion of the chest moves outward with inspiration. D) The flail portion of the chest does not move with respiration.
A client is diagnosed with a viral skin infection. The nurse realizes that which of the following medications may be prescribed for this client? (Select all that apply.)
1. Nystatin (Mycostatin) 2. Docosanol (Abreva) 3. Boric acid 4. Penciclovir (Denavir) 5. Hydrogen peroxide 6. Acyclovir (Zovirax)