Which substance gives red blood cells their color?
a. Oxygen
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Hemoglobin
d. Plasma
C
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A patient admitted with heart failure has had arterial blood gases drawn. Which findings would the nurse expect? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Low PO2 2. pH under 7.35 3. pH over 7.45 4. Normal values 5. High PO2
The nurse monitors this client with a history of opioid abuse for which of the following signs and symptoms associated with opioid withdrawal?
1. Tachycardia, mild hypertension and fever, sweating, nausea, vomiting, and marked tremor 2. Increased appetite, irritability, anxiety, restlessness, anxiety, and altered concen-tration 3. Depression, high drug craving, fatigue with altered sleep (insomnia or hyper-somnia), hypertension, agitation, and paranoia 4. Increased pulse and blood pressure, low-grade fever, yawning, restlessness, anxi-ety, craving, diarrhea, and mydriasis
A community health nurse is presenting a program to a local elementary parent–teacher association on the topic of pediculosis. The nurse determines that the group needs additional teaching when
they identify which of the following as a likely mode of transmission? A) Coming into contact with an animal B) Combing hair with another's comb C) Using a towel of an infected child D) Sleeping in a friend's bed who had lice
The nurse determines that an idiosyncratic reaction to a drug has occurred when the client experiences drug effects that have which characteristic?
1. Predictable 2. Unexplained 3. Irreversible 4. Life threatening