A patient has renal damage because of diabetes, which puts the patient at risk for:
1. hypercalcemia.
2. hypocalcemia.
3. hyperkalemia.
4. hypokalemia.
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When the renal system cannot rid the body of enough potassium, this electrolyte builds up and a condition called hyperkalemia develops.
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A patient with multiple food and environmental allergies tells the nurse that he is frustrated and angry about having to be so watchful all the time and wonders if it is really worth it. What would be the nurse's best response?
A) "I can only imagine how you feel. Would you like to talk about it?" B) "Let's find a quiet spot and I'll teach you a few coping strategies." C) "That's the same way that most patients who have a chronic illness feel." D) "Do you think that maybe you could be managing things more efficiently?"
In which way does medical informatics overlap with nursing informatics?
1. Medical and nursing informatics focus on the areas of information retrieval. 2. Medical and nursing informatics focus on patients' families. 3. Medical and nursing informatics focus on hospital complications. 4. Medical and nursing informatics focus on hospital complications.
How could a nurse researcher's use of a homogeneous sample weaken a research study?
a. By decreasing the reliability of the findings b. By decreasing the generalizability of the findings c. By increasing the number of subjects needed to reach statistical significance d. By increasing the risk that the findings were the result of chance alone
Which of the following types of surveillance is being used when case reports are routinely sent to local health departments by health care providers and laboratories,
where the data are then summarized and forwarded to those responsible for monitoring such reports? a. Active surveillance b. Passive surveillance c. Sentinel surveillance d. Special surveillance