As a nurse who provides care on an oncology unit, you are aware that many of your patients who undergo surgery during cancer treatment face a particularly high risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) because of an increase in circulating procoagulants
In light of this risk, you should prioritize assessments of:
A) Active and passive range of motion
B) Petechiae and hematomas on the lower extremities
C) Nausea that fails to respond to antiemetics
D) Limb symmetry and calf pain
D
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Some hormones react with specific receptor sites on a cell membrane and stimulate what?
A) Meiosis B) Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) C) Increase in hormonal inactivity D) Decrease in hormonal activity
A client presents at the mental health clinic with complaints of experiencing a feeling of being unreal. The client is a 37-year-old female who lost her husband and two children in an automobile accident 3 months ago
The client retains insight and is aware that the experience is not real. The nurse knows that this client is displaying signs and symptoms of what? A) Dissociative amnesia B) Dissociative identity disorder C) Depersonalization disorder D) Dissociative fugue
Several student nurses are discussing advanced practice, and know that the term advanced practice nurse includes nurses who are: Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Nurse practitioners. 2. Certified nurse-midwives. 3. Clinical nurse specialists. 4. Certified registered nurses. 5. Professional nurses.
Two hours after delivery, a client's fundus is boggy and has risen to above the umbilicus. What is the first action the nurse would take?
1. Massage the fundus until firm 2. Express retained clots 3. Increase the intravenous solution 4. Call the physician