A patient has been tentatively diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency. Which findings would the nurse evaluate as supporting this diagnosis?
1. The patient's low blood pressure is not responding to fluid infusion.
2. The patient's heart rate is consistently lower than 60 beats/min.
3. The patient has had a fever for a week.
4. Arterial blood gas results reveal acidosis.
5. The patient reports abdominal pain.
1, 3, 4, 5
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A) "Avoid high environmental temperatures." B) "Anticholinergics increase mental alertness." C) "It is safe to take Sudafed for a cold." D) "You may experience urinary incontinence."
The nurse is reviewing a client's history and physical information. The medical record notes a protrusion into the posterior vaginal wall. Based on this data, which condition does the nurse suspect?
1. Ovarian cyst. 2. Bartholin gland infection. 3. Cystocele. 4. Rectocele.
Which diagnostic indicator confirms the presence of active tuberculosis?
A. Positive PPD test B. The presence of calcified lesions on chest x-ray C. The presence of M. tuberculosis in a sputum culture D. The combined clinical manifestations of weight loss, night sweats, fever, and cough productive of mucopurulent bloody sputum
A guest speaker is addressing a group of practical nursing students
The speaker informs the students that she is actively pursuing a doctoral degree in research and is in the process of collecting and measuring numerical data using statistics to describe variables of this study. The nursing students are aware that this type of study is most likely a a. quantitative research study. b. subjective research study. c. qualitative research study. d. grounded theory research study.