A 7-year-old child has been scheduled for a tonsillectomy. Which of the following would be most important to assess prior to surgery?
A) Specific gravity of urine
B) Pulse and respiratory rate
C) Bleeding and clotting time
D) Blood pressure both lying down and sitting up
C
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An adult in the emergency department has wrist slashes, suggesting self-mutilation. The patient's history reveals alcohol and drug abuse, binge eating, and unstable interpersonal relationships. Which history should the nurse suspect?
a. Rape trauma b. Partner abuse c. Serial ritual abuse d. Childhood sexual abuse
The nurse assessing a young school-aged child finds that this child has the skill of classification. Having this skill means the child will be able to do which of the following?
a. Add by 2s up to 10 and subtract back to 0. b. Name the capitals of the 50 states in the United States. c. Sort animals according to dogs, cats, horses, and other types. d. Understand and use the Dewey decimal system in the library.
A nurse is assessing a newborn who has been classified as small for gestational age. Which of the following would the nurse expect to find? (Select all that apply.)
A) Wasted extremity appearance B) Increased amount of breast tissue C) Sunken abdomen D) Adequate muscle tone over buttocks E) Narrow skull sutures
A county hospital has recently implemented a practice change in which the SBAR technique is now used to communicate between nurses and physicians
The nurse has contacted an elderly patient's physician to report the patient's adventitious lung sounds and decreased oxygen saturation. Which of the following statements best exemplifies the "R" component of the SBAR tool? A) "Mr. Young has a do-not-resuscitate order." B) "Mr. Young's oxygen saturation is 86% on oxygen at 3 liters per minute by nasal prongs." C) "Mr. Young was admitted on January 14 with a diagnosis of failure to thrive." D) "I think that we should decrease Mr. Young's IV rate."