Three year old Beth is being evaluated by her pediatrician for a giardia infection she was exposed to at her day care. Beth has been having severe diarrhea for two days. Based on the child's history, she probably has:
A. Respiratory Acidosis
B. Metabolic Alkalosis
C. Respiratory Alkalosis
D. Metabolic Acidosis
Answer: D. Metabolic Acidosis
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A nurse suspects that a postpartum client has mastitis. The following assessment provides what data to support this assessment? Select all that apply
1. Shooting pain in her nipple during breastfeeding 2. Late onset of nipple pain 3. Pink, flaking, pruritic skin of the affected nipple 4. Nipple soreness when the infant latches on
What safety measure should the nurse use for the adult client who has growth hormone deficiency?
A. Avoid intramuscular medications. B. Place the client in protective isolation. C. Use a lift sheet to reposition the client. D. Assist the client to move slowly from a sitting to a standing position.
How do morphine and other opioid pain medications relieve a patient's pain?
a. They reduce tissue damage and alter the physical problems causing the pain. b. They bind to opioid receptors in the central nervous system and alter the percep-tion of pain. c. They inhibit the generation of impulses along sensory nerve tracts and alter pain transmission. d. They redirect substance P release from nociceptors and alter the amount of neu-rotransmitters reaching the brain.
A reviewer performs a critical appraisal of a study and notes that the researcher conducted a previous pilot study. The reviewer will
a. discount any findings not congruent with the pilot study. b. ensure that the larger study and pilot study used identical data collection methods. c. ignore the findings of the pilot study because they are not relevant to this study. d. note whether the pilot study findings were used to design the current study.