A nurse works in a community setting and follows patients who have TB. Which of the following patients would likely require the most follow-up from rifampin therapy?
A) A new mother who is nursing
B) An obese, 45-year-old man
C) A cancer patient
D) An HIV-positive patient
D
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A group of student nurses are practicing taking blood pressure. A 56-year-old male student has a blood pressure reading of 146/96 mm Hg
Upon hearing the reading, he exclaims, "My pressure has never been this high. Do you think my doctor will prescribe medication to reduce it?" Which of the following responses by the nursing instructor would be best? A) "Yes. Hypertension is prevalent among men; it is fortunate we caught this during your routine examination." B) "We will need to reevaluate your blood pressure because your age places you at high risk for hypertension." C) "A single elevated blood pressure does not confirm hypertension. You will need to have your blood pressure reassessed several times before a diagnosis can be made." D) "You have no need to worry. Your pressure is probably elevated because you are being tested."
Which of the following statements in the critique of a study would indicate to the reader that the study contains information that could assist in implementing new findings into practice?
a. "All the references are current and relevant to the topic of interest. The author is to be commended." b. "Further study is clearly needed from the lack of agreement among the experts represented in the review of literature." c. "The literature presented in this review seems to agree that the suggested intervention leads to better patient compliance." d. "This study does an excellent job of reviewing all the literature on use of compression stockings."
A client infected with Burkholderia cepacia is admitted to the unit. What is the nurse's priority action when caring for this client?
a. Instruct the client to wash his or her hands after contact with other people. b. Place the client on strict isolation. c. Keep the client isolated from other clients with cystic fibrosis. d. Administer IV vancomycin daily.
The nurse is preparing to administer midazolam IV as a preanesthetic agent and understands that its primary purpose is to:
a. decrease pain. c. prevent respiratory depression. b. maintain blood pressure. d. provide amnesic effects.