A patient with Crohn's disease is receiving enteral feeding. The nurse administers an elemental formula to the patient. What is the best rationale for this choice?
A) Lower cost
B) Pleasant taste
C) Easier to digest
D) More complete nutrition
C
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A public health nurse interacts with many members of the community who are at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The nurse should anticipate the use of tetracycline in a patient who is diagnosed with what STI?
A) Vaginitis B) Chlamydia C) Human papillomavirus D) Trichomoniasis
A patient tells the nurse that he must be having minor surgery since it will be done as an outpatient. How should the nurse respond to this patient?
1. "Every surgical procedure is serious, and I will make sure you have information to have a successful recovery." 2. "You are right." 3. "If it were more serious, you would be admitted to the hospital." 4. "Your insurance plan does not cover inpatient surgical procedures. That's why your surgery is being done as an outpatient."
When doing routine cleaning of a double-lumen tracheostomy tube, the nurse should include which action?
a. Place the patient supine. b. Reinsert the inner cannula without touch-ing the faceplate of the tracheostomy tube. c. Rinse the inner cannula in a basin of hy-drogen peroxide. d. Clean the inner cannula with a pipe clean-er.
An antilipemic drug that decreases the lipid blood level may be prescribed to lower blood ________ levels.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).