When preparing the patient for an amniocentesis, the nurse should:
a. restrict food intake.
b. restrict fluid intake.
c. monitor fetal heart tones.
d. inform patient results will be available immediately.
C
When a patient has an amniocentesis, fetal heart tones should be monitored. There are no fluid or food restrictions, and the patient should be told to contact her physician to obtain results, which are usually available after 2 weeks.
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The nurse is obtaining vital signs for a client in the clinic who has had a cardiac transplant. The nurse obtains an apical heart rate of 110 beats/minute. What is a priority action by the nurse?
A) Obtain an electrocardiogram. B) Notify the physician. C) No action is required because the transplanted heart beats faster than the natural heart. D) Administer a calcium channel blocker to decrease the heart rate.
A 29-year-old white woman appears jaundiced. Liver disease as a cause has been excluded. What history questions should the nurse ask?
a. Whether she had unprotected sex b. Whether she has a history of diabetes mellitus c. Whether she had unusual bleeding prob-lems d. Whether she eats a lot of yellow and orange vegetables
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What will be an ideal response?
Health care workers
A. need not be concerned about the Patient's Bill of Rights. B. should refer questions about "rights" to the physician. C. must not discuss patient rights because of confidentiality concerns. D. must be familiar with the "rights" document for their respective setting.