A 70-year-old man with diabetes mellitus is taking metoprolol (Lopressor) to manage his hypertension. The nurse would be sure to instruct the patient to
A) take his pulse at least four times a day.
B) weigh himself once a week at the same time of the day.
C) avoid smoke-filled rooms.
D) understand the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia.
D
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a. Every 15 minutes b. Every 30 minutes c. Every 45 minutes d. Every 1 hour
For which patient should you question the order for cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril)?
a. 25-year-old man with severe back spasms who also has epilepsy b. 66-year-old man with spasms from collapsed vertebrae who also has prostate cancer c. 45-year-old woman with muscles spasms and a broken femur who also has hypotension d. 28-year-old woman with severe leg muscle spasms from a pinched nerve who is 7 months pregnant
A client has been diagnosed with a grade 1 astrocytoma, an intra-axial brain tumor. When asked what his "chances of surviving this thing are," the nurse's response is based on the knowledge that:
1. Age is the greatest predictor of client survival. 2. A grade 1 is a very aggressive form of this type of tumor. 3. It depends on whether the tumor metastasizes outside the brain. 4. This type of tumor has a survival rate of 3 years.
The nurse is caring for a patient with an impaired diffusion of oxygen. Disease processes most associated with this type of alteration in pulmonary gas exchange would be
1. spinal cord injuries. 2. atelectasis and pneumonia. 3. flail chest or mucous plug. 4. anemia or carbon dioxide poisoning.