What is the significance of an S3 heart sound in the clinical setting of heart failure?
What will be an ideal response?
Suggested response: S3 occurs due to a low ejection fraction and diastolic dysfunction.
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The nurse is caring for a client having problems with emotional appropriateness as a result of a brain injury. Based on this data, which area of the brain has been damaged?
A. Frontal lobe.
B. Occipital.
C. Parietal.
D. Temporal.
The patient in isolation may experience psychological or emotional deprivation. To help minimize these feelings, the nurse should:
a. be cheerful. b. spend extra time with the patient. c. protect the patient from additional infection. d. answer the call light quickly.
A patient who has received a prescription for orlistat [Xenical] for weight loss asks the nurse how the drug works. The nurse will tell the patient that orlistat works by:
a. altering how the body stores energy. b. reducing the body's absorption of fats. c. increasing the body's metabolic rate. d. suppressing the appetite.
The nurse should assess a patient with a long leg cast for which signs that would indicate compromised circulation? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Swelling of the toes 2. Drainage on the cast 3. Elevated temperature 4. Foul odor 5. A tight cast