A patient is scheduled for a liver biopsy. What should the nurse include in this patient's preprocedure teaching?
A. Complete blood tests prior to the procedure.
B. Restrict activity for 4-6 weeks after the procedure.
C. Consume a low-fat diet 1-3 days prior to the procedure.
D. Abstain from all food and fluids for at least 8 hours prior to the procedure.
Answer: A
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A patient with severe nerve pain from spinal cord compression is considering surgery to sever the nerves and relieve the pain. What should the nurse encourage the patient to consider prior to having this surgery?
1. There may be loss of motor function associated with the nerves that will be severed. 2. The surgery will need to be repeated when the nerves regenerate. 3. Pain medication will still be needed after the surgery. 4. The patient will be a paraplegic after the surgery.
The nurse needs to administer 1000 micrograms of a medication to be administered and has 1-mg tablets. How many tablets does the nurse administer?
1. 1 tablet 2. 2 tablets 3. 3 tablets 4. 4 tablets
The nurse is responding to a client who asks if there is "one best approach" to treating anxiety. The nurse responds that the therapy considered to be the best psychotherapeutic approach to anxiety disorders is based on:
A) Teaching hypnosis. B) The ancient practice of yoga. C) Administering anti-anxiety agents. D) Helping clients to examine their distorted thinking and faulty beliefs.
Daily weight findings and certain laboratory results, such as BUN, hematocrit, and albumin, can be misinterpreted because of:
a. hypercapnia. b. excess fluid volume. c. protein intake of >0.8 gram per kilogram. d. lack of trace minerals such as iron and zinc in diet.