Intravenous fat or lipids are usually given separately from parenteral nutrition (PN). What allergy would make lipids contraindicated in a client?
A) Egg B) Milk C) Peanuts D) Soy
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Clients with egg allergies may not tolerate lipid emulsions because they contain egg phospholipids as emulsifiers.
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A) Enflurane B) Desflurane C) Sevoflurane D) Isoflurane
The community health nurse, working with a group of women from another country who smoke, encourages them to stop smoking before and during pregnancy. A participant asks the nurse, "why is it important to stop smoking before and during pregnancy?"
Which health problem associated with smoking before and during pregnancy will the nurse include in the response? A) Benzodiazepine withdrawal B) Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) C) Unhappy memories D) A personality disorder
The nurse teaches a client to snap a rubber band on her wrist whenever an obsessive thought enters
her mind. This technique, designed to interrupt obsessive thinking, can be identified as a. modeling. b. flooding. c. desensitization. d. thought stopping.
Nurse managers often have a large span of control, which contributes to a heavy workload and leaves little time to think about problems. What other factor compounds a nurse manager's ability to find or implement a good solution to a problem?
a. interprofessional team b. shared governance c. "wicked" problems d. vertical integration