A nurse is caring for a client who is unable to block any incoming sensory stimuli. When the client attempts to read a book, he states that all he can hear is a ticking clock
When he is watching television, he has to stop and look at every person who walks by. Based on this information, the nurse would anticipate a disturbance in which portion of the brain?
A) Hypothalamus
B) Amygdala
C) Thalamus
D) Pituitary gland
C
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When describing newborns with birth-weight variations to a group of nursing students, the instructor identifies which variation if the newborn weighs 5.2 lb at any gestational age?
A) Small for gestational age B) Low birth weight C) Very low birth weight D) Extremely low birth weight
The nurse is going to measure, at the bedside, the amount of air that moves in and out of a patient's lungs with each normal breath. The nurse is going to measure which of the following?
1. vital capacity 2. tidal volume 3. minute ventilation 4. forced expiratory volume
You cannot hear a person's blood pressure. What should you do?
a. Take it again. b. Get a different stethoscope. c. Tell the nurse. d. Record the previous measurement.
The client is experiencing urinary retention, and the health care provider is contacted. The nurse anticipates a medication that will be ordered to promote emptying of the bladder is:
1. Oxybutynin chloride (Ditropan) 2. Bethanechol (Urecholine) 3. Propantheline (Pro-Banthine) 4. Nystatin (Mycostatin)