Seven days after a traumatic head injury, a patient has elevated intracranial pressure that is refractory to sedation, paralysis, cerebrospinal fluid drainage, and osmotic diuretics
The patient's arterial blood gas results are pH 7.45, PaCO2 33, and bicarbonate ion 18 . What is the best nursing decision?
A) Reduce respiratory rate
B) Administer intravenous bicarbonate
C) Increase intravenous sedation
D) Continue with current plan of care
D
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A community health nurse is teaching a local community group about the effects of natural radiation from sun exposure. Which statement by the group would demonstrate that they need additional instruction?
A) "Sunbathing is allowable if you're young and you have dark skin." B) "Exposure to some sun is important so that vitamin D can be absorbed." C) "A sunscreen should have a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or more." D) "Sunscreen is even more important with outdoor winter activities."
When describing nursing to a group of nursing students, the nursing instructor lists all of the following characteristics of nursing except
a. historically nursing is as old as mankind. b. nursing was originally practiced informally by religious orders dedicated to care of the sick. c. nursing was later practiced in the home by female caregivers with no formal education. d. nursing has always been identifiable as a distinct occupation.
The nurse working with a group of middle-aged females with alcoholism in a substance-abuse treatment program discovers that all of the participants began drinking in their teens or early 20s, and all have engaged in heavy binge drinking
Several of the women have been in treatment before. When the nurse asks one of these clients about any family history of problems with alcohol and other drugs, she is likely to respond with which of the following statements? a. "There are no other people in my family with this problem." b. "Only one or two distant relatives have the same problem." c. "My grandfather, father, uncle, and cousins also have problems." d. "I think I got it from my mom."
Inability to control urination is known as ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).