The nurse preparing a client for a T3 and T4 radioimmunoassay would recognize that the medication with the potential to influence test results, making readings unreliable, is
a. aspirin.
b. digitalis.
c. gentamicin.
d. heparin.
D
Hypothyroidism, strenuous exercise, heparin, and lithium decrease serum T4 level.
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A nurse is working with a parent-teacher association to combat school bullying. What action can the nurse suggest that would best help to decrease this form of interpersonal violence?
A. Advise that victims' parents call law enforcement and press charges. B. Begin offering martial arts classes in the school for bullied children. C. Encourage the school to adopt no-tolerance policies for bullying. D. Suggest limiting television viewing, especially for younger children.
When a community health nurse is conducting a family assessment on an assigned family, which of the following would be most appropriate?
A) Use quantitative data only to maintain objectivity. B) Interview one family member to avoid confusion and repeated information. C) Use a checklist format, completing the tool in the family's presence. D) Make several visits and accumulate data from all family members.
While completing an admission assessment, the nurse learns that a female adult patient has smoked a pack of cigarettes daily for 20 years and works at a chemical plant. From this information, what is this patient most at risk for?
1. Decline in muscle mass 2. Nutritional deficiencies 3. Depression and social isolation 4. Occupational hazard shortening life expectancy
A patient is diagnosed with Lyme disease. Which medications should the nurse expect to be prescribed for managing the manifestations of this health problem?
Select all that apply. 1. aspirin 2. ibuprofen 3. erythromycin 4. warfarin sodium 5. amoxicillin (Amoxil)