Beta blockers have favorable effects on survival and disease progression in heart failure. Treatment should be initiated when the:
1. Symptoms are severe
2. Patient has not responded to other therapies
3. Patient has concurrent hypertension
4. Left ventricular dysfunction is diagnosed
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Which statements regarding newborn screening programs would the nurse recognize as supporting the ethical principle of autonomy?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Mandatory newborn screening programs should be standardized across all states. 2. Parents should have the right to decide if their infant will undergo newborn screening. 3. Newborn screening identifies some treatable conditions and serves to improve the life of the child. 4. Newborn screening identifies some treatable conditions and serves to improve the health of the nation. 5. Ideally the parents would decide which newborn screens are performed.
A patient comes into the emergency department with complaints of abdominal pain that have become very severe. Which observation would the nurse evaluate as supporting the tentative diagnosis of acute pancreatitis?
1. The patient is most comfortable sitting on the side of the bed with arms extended back and legs dangling. 2. The patient is most comfortable lying flat in bed. 3. The patient is most comfortable lying on left side, knees pulled up to the chest. 4. The patient is only comfortable while walking around the perimeter of the room with arms wrapped around the abdomen.
A nurse has developed a plan of care with nursing interventions designed to meet specific client outcomes. The outcomes are not met by the time specified in the plan. What should the nurse do now in terms of evaluation?
A) Continue to follow the written plan of care. B) Make recommendations for revising the plan of care. C) Ask another health care professional to design a plan of care. D) State "goal will be met at a later date."
In hypospadias the urethral meatus is located in which of the following places?
a. on the dorsal side of the penis toward the distal end b. at any point along the ventral side of the penis or on the scrotum or perineum c. slightly under a larger-than-normal foreskin if uncircumcised or at the outer perimeter of the head of the penis if circumcised d. at the end of the ventral side of the penis, near, but not on the head of, the penis