Which client is at greatest risk for hypernatremia?
A. 17 year-old with a serum blood glucose of 189 mg/dL
B. 30-year-old on a low-salt diet
C. 42-year-old receiving hypotonic fluids
D. 54-year old who is sweating profusely
Ans: D. 54-year old who is sweating profusely
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Her fundus was boggy, and firmed with massage to 1 FB ? U, moderately heavy lochia rubra, perineum ecchymotic and edematous, and pain rating 6 on scale of 1–10. Her partner is present and supportive. Breastfeeding has been successful three times. Which nursing diagnosis has the highest priority for this client? 1. Pain [acute] related to perineal trauma 2. Fluid Volume, risk for deficit secondary to boggy fundus and nausea 3. Family Coping, readiness for enhanced related to partner involvement 4. Knowledge, deficit related to birth of first child
What is the antidote for magnesium sulfate toxicity?
a. Vitamin K b. Calcium gluconate c. Potassium sulfate d. Calcium carbonate
Unit yearly budgets may change based on variances. What does the nurse manager understand to be the cause of budget variances?
a. A change in patient census b. An increase in staffing c. Implementation of new responsibilities d. New management
When teaching the caregivers about transporting children safely in the car, the nurse will stress that the adults must abide by the same rules they expect the children to abide by, and this includes putting on the seat belt before the car moves,
because of which of the following reasons? a. Preschoolers like to imitate whatever adults do. b. The caregiver could die or be comatose and be of no help at all in an accident. c. It is not fair for an adult to expect a child to do something the adult will not do. d. Adults are more likely to be hurt in an accident.