A client with an infection has developed fever and diarrhea. Which of the following should the nurse instruct the client to avoid?
A) Tea and coffee B) Ice water and broth C) Fruit juices D) Milk and gelatin
A
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The nurse is admitting a patient to the unit who is diagnosed with a lower motor neuron lesion. What clinical manifestations would you expect this patient to exhibit?
A) Increased muscle tone B) No muscle atrophy C) Hyperactive and abnormal reflexes D) Absent or decreased reflexes
A preterm newborn is more likely to develop hyperbilirubinemia than a term newborn because the former has:
a. Impaired ability to manufacture immunoglobulins b. Poor hepatic clearance of bilirubin and excess free fatty acids c. Decreased liver glycogen stores d. Immature kidneys, reducing excretion of bilirubin
Heart valve damage resulting from acute rheumatic fever is a long-term sequelae resulting from infection with which of the following pathogens?
a. Coxsackievirus c. Francisella tularensis b. Cytomegalovirus d. Group A streptococcus
The nurse recognizes that which of the following clients present at the annual July 4th marathon is at greatest risk for hyperthermia and the resulting heatstroke?
1. A 34-year-old running for the first time in the July 4th marathon who is sweating profusely 2. A 16-year-old volunteer, with type 1, insulin-dependent diabetes, who is checking runners in for the marathon at the starting gate 3. A 75-year-old who is prescribed medication for Crohn's disease and who is sit-ting outdoors watching her granddaughter run the marathon 4. A 55-year-old diagnosed with bipolar disease and prescribed a phenothiazine (Serentil), who will be walking the marathon course