You are caring for a patient with myocarditis. You know that myocarditis can result from what comorbidity?
A) Influenza B
B) Strep throat
C) Kidney disease
D) HIV
Ans: D
Feedback: Myocarditis usually results from viral (eg, coxsackievirus A and B, human immunodeficiency virus [HIV], influenza A), bacterial, rickettsial, fungal, parasitic, metazoal, protozoal (eg, Chagas disease), or spirochetal infection.
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A Chinese American girl is admitted to the psychiatric unit for depression. She complains of insomnia to the nurse. The psychiatric nurse should first:
a. determine if the client is sleeping or not b. find out the client's beliefs about her symptoms c. determine how the Chinese react to illnesses d. take a course on the cultural patterns of the Chinese
What interventions will the nurse plan to prevent the onset of contractures for a patient in the rehabilitation phase of burn care? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected
Select all that apply. 1. Conduct exercises. 2. Splint joints. 3. Follow body positioning recommendations. 4. Perform range-of-motion exercises. 5. Schedule surgery to release the joints.
An older adult client who is taking doxazosin (Cardura) for hypertension is given a prescription of sildenafil for erectile dysfunction. The nurse should caution the client about which effect?
1. Sildenafil causes rapid elimination of doxazosin through the kidneys. 2. Sildenafil will potentiate the hypotensive effects of doxazosin. 3. Sildenafil blocks the absorption of doxazosin from the gastrointestinal tract. 4. Sildenafil causes hypertension, counteracting the effect.