An 85-year-old client is taking acetazolamide, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. A nursing intervention associated with clients receiving this drug is to monitor what?
a. Weight
b. Complete blood count
c. Electrolytes
d. Urine output
Answer: c. Electrolytes
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A medical patient's CA 19-9 levels have become available and they are significantly elevated. How should the nurse best interpret this diagnostic finding?
A) The patient may have cancer, but other GI disease must be ruled out. B) The patient most likely has early-stage colorectal cancer. C) The patient has a genetic predisposition to gastric cancer. D) The patient has cancer, but the site is unknown.
Mrs. V is an elderly woman in the final stages of Alzheimer's disease; she is unlikely to live more than a year longer. Breast cancer has been diagnosed, and her surgeon wants to operate
Mrs. V cannot grasp the situation, however, and is becoming agitated about it. Her children think surgery would be painful and not worth the potential benefit. What might a nurse advise Mrs. V's family? A) The patient herself should make the decision. B) The need for surgery is of secondary importance. C) Surgery is definitely indicated. D) The insurer should be involved in the decision.
Which of the following is not considered to be one of the six areas or elements that make up health?
a. spiritual health c. professional health b. social health d. nursing health
Lymph in the lymphatic system can be best described as which color?
a. clear c. slightly blood tinged b. pale yellow d. blood colored