A nurse is caring for a severely underweight patient who has an admitting diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. When assessing this patient, the nurse anticipates which of the following? Select all that apply
1. Anemia
2. Oily hair
3. Brittle nails
4. Severe diarrhea
5. Muscle weakness
ANS: 1, 3, 5
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Mr. L's health insurance has just expired though he is still in the recovery stages of a serious exacerbation of his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Backdating the paperwork by only 2 days will spare Mr
L the out-of-pocket expense of home oxygen therapy. The nurse who is organizing Mr. L's care on discharge has chosen a course of action that prioritizes the principle of veracity. Which of the following courses of action best exemplifies this principle? A) Backdating the paperwork to ensure that Mr. L does not sustain harm from having to pay or having to go without oxygen therapy. B) Backdating the paperwork because it will clearly maximize Mr. L's well-being at a nominal cost to the insurer. C) Refusing to backdate the paperwork because to do so would be untruthful. D) Refusing to backdate the paperwork because to do so would be an unjust act toward the insurance company.
A patient is receiving enteral feedings and has just vomited 250 mL of milky green liquid. The nurse holds the tube feeding, which had been infusing at 100 mL/hr. The nurse knows that the next action should be:
a. connect the feeding tube to suction. b. continue the tube feeding. c. decrease the tube feeding. d. recheck the residual in 2 hours.
The impending demand for a sufficient number of nurses will occur when ______ reach an age when they will consume the greatest number of health care services
a. baby boomers b. Generation Xers c. elderly adults d. children
A client is seeing the physician at the clinic and tells the nurse he is fatigued and short of breath with minimal exertion. What lab study may reflect a decrease in transport of oxygen?
A) Erythrocyte count B) Leukocyte count C) Platelet count D) Albumin level