A client is prescribed a drug therapy that helps alter the urine pH. Which of the following diets may be suggested in conjunction with the drug therapy that will help the client alter the urine pH?
A) A low-protein, high-carbohydrate diet
B) A high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet
C) An acid ash and a low-carbohydrate diet
D) An acid ash or basic ash diet
D
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A) Decreased blood pressure B) Decreased diuresis C) Hyperkalemia D) Hyperglycemia
A nurse admits a client from the emergency department. Client data are listed below:
History Physical Assessment Laboratory Values 70 years of age History of diabetes On insulin twice a day Reports new-onset dyspnea and productive cough Crackles and rhonchi heard throughout the lungs Dullness to percussion LLL Afebrile Oriented to person only WBC: 5,200/mm3 PaO2 on room air 65 mm Hg What action by the nurse is the priority? a. Administer oxygen at 4 liters per nasal cannula. b. Begin broad-spectrum antibiotics. c. Collect a sputum sample for culture. d. Start an IV of normal saline at 50 mL/hr.
The nurse is caring for a trauma patient with the nursing diagnosis of Acute pain r/t fracture and muscle spasms. Which is an appropriate goal for this nursing diagnosis?
a. The patient will experience less pain when participating in physical therapy. b. The patient will describe meditation techniques that can be used to cope with pain. c. Nursing staff will explain the ordered pain management approach to the patient. d. The patient will feel less pain each day when range-of-motion therapy is performed.
Prevention programs for adolescents should focus on what two ethical principles?
a. beneficence and nonmaleficence b. human rights and neoethics c. principlism and women's rights d. bioethics and maternalism