The homemaker/home health aide should check with the case manager before nail care to a client with
a. emphysema
b. diabetes
c. a heart condition
d. a broken hip
b. diabetes
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the nurse "I do not know what to do. How will I get another job? Who will pay the bills? How will I get money to feed my three kids? I am not in the driver's seat anymore!" The nursing diagnosis that should be considered is a. hopelessness. b. powerlessness. c. chronic low self-esteem. d. disturbed thought processes.
The physician has ordered 100 units of regular insulin in 250 mL of NS. It is to infuse at 8 units/hour per infusion pump. What is the correct IV rate in mL/hr? Round off to the closest whole number
What will be an ideal response?
A patient asks a nurse why he cannot use digoxin [Lanoxin] for his heart failure, because both of his parents used it for HF. The nurse will explain that digoxin is not the first-line therapy for which reason?
a. It causes tachycardia and increases the cardiac workload. b. It does not correct the underlying pathol-ogy of heart failure. c. It has a wide therapeutic range that makes dosing difficult. d. It may actually shorten the patient's life expectancy.
A community picnic is held. Following this, a number of the attendees become ill. The pathogen in this case was acquired via:
1. indirect contact. 2. common vehicle. 3. airborne transmission. 4. vector transmission.