When administering corticosteroids to a child with rheumatic fever, what should the nurse recognize as an important aspect of giving this classification of medications for this diagnosis?
A) The drug should be stopped gradually by giving decreasing dosages
B) The drug will be given for the rest of the child's life
C) The drug should be taken for a full course, usually 10 days
D) The drug should be taken using a metered-dose inhaler
Ans: A
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A) "I understand. I have days like that too. Go ahead and stay in bed." B) "I am going to tell the doctor that you were not compliant with the order to get out of bed." C) "I will allow you to wait until the afternoon, but then you must get up." D) "It is important for your recovery to walk every day. Let's walk in the hallway for 10 minutes and then get a snack."
The nurse is teaching a community health program on the danger of extremes of hot and cold temperatures. Which statement by a participant indicates to the nurse that more teaching is needed?
A) "I need to check on my elderly neighbors during the winter." B) "I need to make sure my elderly parents are drinking enough and staying cool in the summer." C) "We should make sure the homeless have shelter in extremes of weather." D) "There are homeless shelters, so why do we need to check on those who chose to sleep in the park?"
A client with breast cancer has had genetic testing that shows she is a CYP2D6 ultra-rapid metabolizer. How would the nurse explain this result?
1. "You do not have the functional enzyme to break down tamoxifen." 2. "Your ability to break tamoxifen down to active metabolites is normal." 3. "Your body will break down tamoxifen to its active metabolites very quickly, which increases your ability to fight your cancer." 4. "You will break tamoxifen down so quickly that it will be metabolized out of your system before it can work on cancer cells."
A nurse manager has been employed in the same facility for 20 years and has held the same position. This career style is known as:
a. Linear. b. Spiral. c. Steady state. d. Entrepreneurial/transient.