The mother of a 5-year-old girl describes her daughter's symptoms to the pediatric nurse in the emergency room. She states that her daughter has had "a dry, hacking cough for the past 3 days that got worse during the night
" She further states that "now she is coughing up phlegm." The nurse suspects that the patient has:
A) sinusitis.
B) tonsillitis.
C) bronchitis.
D) pharyngitis.
C
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A patient with chronic renal disease has mild metabolic acidosis with a pH 7.30 and bicarbonate level 16 mEq/L. What treatment does the nurse anticipate?
A) IV sodium bicarbonate B) Reduction of respiratory rate C) Sodium citrate and citric acid (Bicitra) D) Massive IV fluids
Which is not on the list of drugs considered unsuitable for the older adult?
a. Indomethacin (Indocin) b. Reserpine (Reserpine) c. Chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton) d. Venlafaxine (Effexor)
What is the purpose of a nurse gathering client information?
1. It enables the nurse to modify behaviors related to personality disorders. 2. It enables the nurse to make sound clinical judgments and plan appropriate care. 3. It enables the nurse to prescribe the appropriate medications. 4. It enables the nurse to assign the appropriate Axis I diagnosis.
Cytotoxic hypersensitivity, or Type II reactions, occur when the body mistakenly identifies its normal constituent as foreign. What is an example of a hypersensitivity Type II reaction?
A) Hay fever B) Goodpasture's syndrome C) Lupus erythematosus D) Rheumatoid arthritis