What manifestation would indicate a serious side effect of ribavirin (Virazole)?
A. Anemia
B. Pedal edema
C. Sensory neuropathy
D. Decreased gastric motility
A
Ribavirin can cause sudden, severe anemia. The nurse should monitor the client's complete blood count and report anemia to the health care provider.
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A nurse has been working one-to-one therapy with a client but now tells the client it would be beneficial for the client to be part of a group. The nurse knows that the advantage of group therapy is:
1. A therapeutic experience for the benefit of many therapists. 2. The nurse can work with more people at one time. 3. Multiple associations with various therapists. 4. The presence of many people participating in a therapeutic experience.
Which statement reflects an important principle to be applied by the nurse who is developing a relevant clinical question regarding a specific patient concern?
a. The type of question will determine which resources to access. b. A systematic approach determines which questions will be asked. c. The clinical question is formulated at the conclusion of the literature search. d. Background questions are identified at the conclusion of the literature search.
The nurse recognizes a "promoter" that, although not a carcinogen itself, allows cancer to occur faster in the patient that:
a. is more than 25 pounds overweight. b. works in a hospital lab. c. abuses cocaine. d. drinks heavily.
You are the only licensed health care professional assigned to a small medical-surgical unit with 12 beds. Two unlicensed assistive personnel are also working on this unit
Which of these four clients with respiratory problems should be assigned to you rather than to the un-licensed assistive personnel? A. 82-year-old woman receiving steroid therapy for pulmonary fibrosis whose pulse oximetry is 92% B. 35-year-old woman receiving intravenous aminophylline for asthma whose pulse oximetry is 92% and whose FEV1 is 50% of expected C. 55-year-old man with chronic obstructive lung disease whose pulse oximetry is 88% and who has the following arterial blood gas values: pH, 7.35; HCO3–, 36 mEq/L; PCO2, 65 mm Hg; PO2, 78 mm Hg D. 50-year-old man 2 days postoperative from a pneumonectomy for lung cancer whose pulse oximetry is 92% and whose chest tube is draining 200 mL/8-hour shift