The nurse is concerned that an older patient with a chronic illness is on a trajectory towards frailty and dependence. What did the nurse assess in this patient?
1. Ability to halt progression of chronic disease manifestations
2. Osteoarthritis causing more difficulty than cognitive impairment
3. Family that phones several times a day and visits every weekend
4. Limited health insurance coverage that does not include a pharmacy plan
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Rationale: The patient will not be able to halt the progression of chronic disease manifestations without careful treatment and monitoring.
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A) Calcium carbonate (Mylanta) B) Magnesium hydroxide (Milk of Magnesia) C) Magnesium oxide (Mag-Ox) D) Aluminum hydroxide (ALternaGEL) E) Sodium bicarbonate (Bell/ans)
The nurse is observing a client obtain a capillary blood specimen for glucose and notes that the client actively squeezes the finger after piercing it with a lancet and then places a drop of blood on the test strip. The meter shows the blood glucose as 126 mg/dl. How does the nurse interpret these results?
A. The blood sugar is within normal limits for a client with diabetes mellitus. B. The blood sugar result may be incorrect. The milking of the finger caused the test to read lower than it should. C. The client should be treated for hypoglycemia because the milking of the finger caused the test to read higher than it should. D. The client should be instructed to apply pressure to the fingertip when obtaining a capillary blood glucose instead of squeezing the finger.
After teaching a class for a group of nurses on nursing informatics, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which of the following competencies as specific to the role of an informatics innovator?
A) Using basic desktop software B) Generating informatics theory C) Making judgments about trends D) Communicating via a computer
Expectorants and antitussives should be given with which of the following?
A. fluids B. demulcents C. food D. hard candy