Which client does the nurse assign as a roommate for the client with aplastic anemia?
A. 23-year-old with sickle cell disease who has two draining leg ulcers
B. 28-year-old with glucose-6-phosphate deficiency (G6PD) anemia who is receiving mannitol (Osmitrol)
C. 30-year-old with leukemia who is receiving induction chemotherapy
D. 34-year-old with idiopathic thrombocytopenia who is taking steroids
Answer: B. 28-year-old with glucose-6-phosphate deficiency (G6PD) anemia who is receiving mannitol (Osmitrol)
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1. While health care costs continue to rise, the percentage of the U.S. economy spent on health care has slowly declined to less than 12%. 2. Regulations brought about by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) should bring financial relief to health care consumers. 3. The United States spends more money on health care than any other country. 4. Health care spending in the United States is slowly declining due to passage of bills such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
After the most recent physician's office visit and blood work, the patient learns that an oral glucose tolerance test scheduled for the next week is not needed. The patient says to the nurse, "This is good news if I don't need additional testing."
What should the nurse recognize that the cancellation of this test indicates? 1. consistently high fasting blood glucose levels 2. no evidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus 3. normal renal functioning 4. normal liver functioning
Which of the following statements should the nurse convey to the mother of a 3-year-old son who has not achieved urinary continence?
A) Incontinence after the age of 3 years is not normal B) Boys may take longer for daytime continence than girls C) Boys may walk by 1 year and should be continent by 3 years D) Daytime continence is usually not achieved by boys until age 5
The intrauterine catheter is used to pick up the fetal heart rate.
a. true b. false