The nurse is instructing a patient on collecting a sputum sample. What is the best time for the nurse to collect this specimen?
A. Upon awakening in the morning
B. Upon awakening from a nap
C. Before a meal
D. After a meal
Answer: A
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An older adult patient who has colorectal cancer is receiving IV fluids at 175 mL/hour in conjunction with the prescribed chemotherapy. Which finding by the nurse is most important to report to the health care provider?
a. Patient complains of severe fatigue. b. Patient needs to void every hour during the day. c. Patient takes only 50% of meals and refuses snacks. d. Patient has audible crackles to the midline posterior chest.
The nurse is caring for a patient who has asthma. The provider has ordered an albuterol metered-dose inhaler (MDI), 2 puffs q4 to 6h PRN wheezing. The patient's last dose was 4 hours ago. What is the nurse's next action?
a. Administer 2 puffs of albuterol with the MDI. b. Auscultate the patient's lung sounds. c. Give the albuterol if the patient reports wheezing. d. Give the medication and evaluate its effectiveness.
The most common sign of respiratory problems in a patient with emphysema is
A) chest pain. B) headache. C) edema. D) cough.
A funding proposal for a study predicts that watching an ostomy care video for patients (the independent variable) will result in an better ability to perform ostomy care (the dependent variable) than patients who do not watch the video
This relationship constitutes which component of the proposal's background section? A) Outcome B) Hypothesis C) Projection D) Result