A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for the family of a child with allergic rhinitis. When describing the immune reaction that occurs, the nurse would identify the role of which immunoglobulin?
A) IgA
B) IgE
C) IgG
D) IgM
B
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A nurse is caring for a patient in the early stage of rheumatoid arthritis. The nurse would expect what medication classification to be used in the treatment of this patient?
A) Antimalarial agents B) Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) C) Xanthine oxidase inhibitors D) Uricosuric agents
When assessing a group of migrant farmworkers, the community health nurse notes that the group leaves their homebase for part of the year to travel to the same place along a route during the agricultural season, usually returning on a yearly basis
The community health nurse identifies this as which of the following? A) Restricted circuit migration B) Point-to-point migration C) Nomadic migration D) Migrant stream migration
The patient decides to discontinue standard medical treatment for diabetes mellitus and to rely on diet and herbal medications for blood sugar control. Which statement, made by the nurse, is most appropriate?
1. You are an adult and can do anything you want to do. 2. Don't you know that you are gambling with your health? 3. Why did you decide to make this change? 4. We need to talk about how medications work to control diabetes mellitus.
An infant with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is having a hypercyanotic episode ("tet"spell). Which of the following nursing interventions should the nurse implement? (Select all that apply.)
1. Place the child in knee-chestposition. 2. Draw blood for a serum hemoglobin. 3. Administer oxygen. 4. Administer morphine andpropranolol intravenously as ordered. 5. Administer Benadryl as ordered.