A patient with a history of heart failure is admitted with dehydration, malnutrition, and fatigue. The nurse learns that the patient has been taking multiple doses of a thiazide diuretic. The nurse would review laboratory reports for which electrolyte imbalance?
1. Hypernatremia
2. Hypophosphatemia
3. Hypocalcemia
4. Hypermagnesemia
Answer: 2
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A client's calcium level is 9.5 mg/dL. A nurse would expect the client's phosphate level to be:
a. high c. low b. the same as the calcium level d. normal
In reading conclusions drawn from qualitative research, nurses should check for potential researcher effects or bias. They should also confirm that study participants had the same characteristics as the target population, which is known as
a. clustering. b. plausibility. c. representativeness. d. reliability.
Massage therapy relieves pain by closing the pain gate with the stimulation which fibers?
a. A? b. A? c. B d. C
The nurse is meeting with the parents of a patient recently diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). What is an appropriate goal for this first meeting?
1. Provide information on ASD. 2. Improve the child's school behavior. 3. Determine the causes of the child's ASD. 4. Determine an appropriate medication regimen for the child.