A nursing intervention to assist the patient with chronic renal failure (CRF) in learning about available community resources would be a consultation with
a. a chaplain.
b. social services.
c. the physician's office.
d. administrative services.
B
Patient teaching—inform the patient of community resources.
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The nurse is caring for a patient who suffered a head trauma following a fall. The patient's heart rate is 112 beats/min and blood pressure is 88/50 mm Hg. The patient has poor skin turgor and dry mucous membranes
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a. Stage I: Unilateral dependence b. Stage II: Negativity/independence c. Stage III: Dependence/mutuality d. Stage IV: Interdependence
A patient who has been receiving heparin
subcutaneously for 3 weeks has all of the following laboratory blood test values. Which value should you report immediately to the prescriber? a. Activated partial thromboplastin time 1.5 b. International normalized ratio (INR) 1.7 c. Red blood cells 4.2 million/mm3 d. Platelets 20,000/mm3