A patient is administered penicillin V orally for a strep throat. What is the action of this medication?
A) It inhibits protein synthesis.
B) It is destroyed by gastric acid.
C) It is rapidly excreted by the kidneys.
D) It inhibits cell wall synthesis.
D
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A patient who has been self-injecting insulin for 10 years now has warmth, redness, and pain at the injection site. What is your best action?
a. Hold the next dose of insulin and notify the prescriber as soon as possible. b. Teach the patient to apply ice to the area and use a different site for injection. c. Ask how long the problem has been present and assess the patient for other symptoms of infection. d. Document the response and reassure the patient that this is a common response that requires no action.
The nurse is working at a clinic for pregnant teens. What issues related to development will the nurse expect to encounter in most of the pregnant clients?
1. Peer pressure to stop using alcohol once pregnancy is diagnosed 2. Contraception failure that resulted in this pregnancy 3. The father of the baby's being emotionally supportive to the client 4. Feelings of not living up to parents' expectations
The nurse is present when a mother and her partner are told that their 35-week fetus has died. Which nursing intervention should the nurse perform first?
1. Encourage open communication with the family and the healthcare team. 2. Ask the family to withhold questions until the next day. 3. Request that another nurse come and care for this family. 4. Contact a local funeral home to help the family with funeral plans.
A county hospital has recently implemented a practice change in which the SBAR technique is now used to communicate between nurses and physicians
The nurse has contacted an elderly patient's physician to report the patient's adventitious lung sounds and decreased oxygen saturation. Which of the following statements best exemplifies the "R" component of the SBAR tool? A) "Mr. Young has a do-not-resuscitate order." B) "Mr. Young's oxygen saturation is 86% on oxygen at 3 liters per minute by nasal prongs." C) "Mr. Young was admitted on January 14 with a diagnosis of failure to thrive." D) "I think that we should decrease Mr. Young's IV rate."