A nurse is providing care for a patient who suffered extensive burns to his extremities during a recent industrial accident
Topical lidocaine gel has been ordered to be applied to the surfaces of all his burns in order to achieve adequate pain control. When considering this order, the nurse should be aware that
A) intravenous lidocaine may be preferable to topical application.
B) lidocaine must be potentiated with another anesthetic in order to achieve pain control.
C) pain relief is unlikely to be achieved due to the destruction of nerve endings in the burn site.
D) there is a risk of systemic absorption of the lidocaine through the patient's traumatized skin.
D
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A score of 1 to 10 on the global assessment functioning (GAF) scale would indicate that a client was at risk for:
a. Mild difficulty in focusing b. Mild difficulty in handling social situations c. Hurting himself or others d. Serious impairment in social and occupational functioning
Several nurses are discussing whether or not there is a single universally accepted hypothesis that provides an explanation about the pathophysiology and etiology of depression. Which statement by the nurse is accurate?
1. "Cerebral structure is responsible for depression." 2. "We know that heredity is the single cause of depression." 3. "Because all patients respond the same to SSRIs, we have a thorough understanding of the neurochemistry of depression." 4. "There is no unified hypothesis regarding pathophysiology and etiology of depression, in part because patients demonstrate individualized responses to treatments."
A patient is receiving enteral feedings and has just vomited 250 mL of milky green liquid. The nurse holds the tube feeding, which had been infusing at 100 mL/hr. The nurse knows that the next action should be:
a. connect the feeding tube to suction. b. continue the tube feeding. c. decrease the tube feeding. d. recheck the residual in 2 hours.