Which of the following aging changes is most significant to renal efficiency?
a. loss of up to half of functioning nephrons
b. decreased cardiac output
c. nocturia
d. a and b
D
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To administer a large-volume enema to a client, the nurse should place the client in which of these positions?
a. position of comfort for the client b. prone, with legs extended c. left lateral with right leg sharply flexed d. right lateral with left leg sharply flexed
A nurse is assisting a physician who is performing a circumcision on a newborn. The physician asks the nurse to prepare lidocaine and epinephrine for injection to provide anesthesia. What will the nurse do?
a. Ask the provider why an injectable anes-thetic is being used for this procedure. b. Draw up the medication as ordered and prepare the infant for the procedure. c. Make sure that seizure precautions are in place. d. Question the use of the epinephrine for this procedure.
A client who has had a prosthetic valve replacement asks the nurse why he must take anticoagu-lants for the rest of his life. What is the nurse's best response?
a. "The prosthetic valve places you at greater risk for a heart attack." b. "Blood clots form more easily in artificial replacement valves." c. "The vein taken from your leg reduces circulation in the leg." d. "The surgery left a lot of small clots in your heart and lungs."
The Community Health Improvement Model often asks nurses to be involved in the process by providing data relevant to community health services. Nurses can also be involved in
1. Changing public policy 2. Initiating, coordinating and being a part of the research team conducting evaluation research 3. Providing nursing diagnoses for the community 4. Rewriting the objectives for Healthy People 2010