The nurse is assisting a physician during a prenatal examination. The physician seeks to estimate the adequacy of the client's pelvis for birth. The nurse understands that the physician will need to perform which measurement vaginally?
A. True conjugate
B. Diagonal conjugate
C. Transverse outlet diameter
D. Obstetrical conjugate
B
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A) As a result of conflict B) Without external stimulus C) In schizophrenia only D) Due to ineffective parenting
In what phase of the therapeutic relationship does the assessment process begin?
A) During the initiating or orienting phase B) After the initiating or orienting phase has been completed C) During the working phase D) After the working phase has been completed
An older adult patient being prepared for surgery is scheduled for an electrocardiogram. What should the nurse explain to the patient regarding the purpose of this test?
A. It is routine for all patients having general anesthesia. B. It is a predictor of surgical procedure success. C. It is used to diagnose preexisting cardiac disease. D. It is one way to validate laboratory values
The following day, K.B. is discharged feeling much better and with a good understanding of her dietary
restrictions. Her iron stores have been evaluated and found to be low. Her physician has instructed her to resume her preadmission medications, with the addition of ferrous fumarate oral suspension 100 mg PO tid between meals with water, if tolerated (or with meals if GI distress occurs) and epoetin (Epogen) to be given three times a week intravenously with dialysis. She is also given a prescription for Nephrocaps vitamin supplements to be taken daily. Explain the purpose of the new medications for K. B.