The nurse carefully monitors the obese hysterectomy patient for the peculiar postoperative complications associated with obesity (select all that apply):
1. Nausea
2. Vomiting
3. Hypertension
4. Hemorrhage
5. Respiratory difficulties
5
Obese patients are especially prone to postoperative respiratory complications of pneumonia and atelectasis.
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A patient has been transferred to an intensive care unit (ICU) after experiencing a pulmonary embolus. The patient is stable 24 hours later, but will remain in the unit for another day or two
At this time, the priority for the perinatal nurse is to provide the family with information about infant care and what other action? A. Advocate for infant visitation and breast pumping in the ICU if desired by the patient. B. Give the family information about the hospital policies and procedures, including visiting hours. C. Provide information about follow-up with her family physician after discharge from the hospital. D. Educate the family and patient about the patient's risk for future deep vein thrombosis.
Which of the following best describes why states will increasingly monitor and report on quality and cost of health care?
a. Citizens are increasingly complaining of high medical costs in a depressed economy. b. Congress has been unsuccessful in reducing health care costs. c. Taxation has decreased, resulting in fewer funds available for health care. d. Hospitals and nursing homes are demanding increased funding.
A patient is in the HIV clinic for a follow-up
appointment. He has been on antiretroviral therapy for HIV for more than 3 years. The nurse will assess for which potential adverse effects of long-term antiretroviral therapy? (Select all that apply.) a. Lipodystrophy b. Liver damage c. Kaposi's sarcoma d. Osteoporosis e. Type 2 diabetes
The prison nurse places a prisoner who is acutely ill, detoxifying, and alcoholic in the prison medical suite in a seclusion room to:
a. detoxify the prisoner b. reduce stimulation c. maintain privacy d. punish the prisoner