A 5-year-old girl is admitted to the postanesthesia care unit after the repair of her fractured femur. What activities would best indicate pain in this child according to the FLACC scale? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Leg movement
B) Arched back
C) Sleep
D) Eye widening
E) Difficulty consoling
A, B, D, E
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The nurse is scheduling a female patient for a hysterosalpingogram. Which question would be most important to ask the patient before scheduling the procedure?
A) When did you have coitus last? B) Are you allergic to any sedatives? C) What is your blood type and Rh factor? D) When do you expect your next menstrual flow?
During the initial prenatal visit, the pregnant teenager states that she does not know how she got pregnant. The nurse can help to educate her regarding anatomy by doing what?
1. Allowing her to witness a pelvic exam on another teenager 2. Encouraging her to ask her mother about the physiology of pregnancy 3. Including anatomic models and drawings in the teaching session 4. Discussing the process of fetal development with the client
A patient in labor asks what causes labor to begin. Which statement is a possible explanation?
A) Progesterone levels rise at term to initiate contractions B) The ovary releases additional estrogen at term C) Prostaglandins may be the causative factor of labor D) Calcium is drawn from bones to block relaxation fibers
The nurse reading the operative record of a client who had cardiac surgery notes that the client's cardiac output immediately after surgery was 3.2 L/min
Evaluation of the cardiac output results leads the nurse to make which of the following conclusions? 1. The cardiac output is above the normal range. 2. The cardiac output is in the high-normal range. 3. The cardiac output is in the low-normal range. 4. The cardiac output is below the normal range.