The NCLEX category of client need that includes pharmacology is:
1. Safe, Effective Care Environment.
2. Health Promotion and Maintenance.
3. Psychosocial Integrity.
4. Physiological Integrity.
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Rationale: Physiological integrity includes basic care and comfort, pharmacological and parenteral therapies, reduction of risk potential, and physiological adaptation.
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For a client scheduled for an angiocardiography, which of the following interventions does the nurse implement during client preparation?
A) Recommend that the client fast for at least 3 hours before the test. B) Stop administering antihistaminic medication, if any, before the test. C) Draw arterial blood samples for blood gas analysis before the test. D) Restrict client activity for about 12 hours before the test.
The patient with a mediastinal tube placed 22 hours ago has produced 350 mL of drainage since insertion. Which action by the nurse would be most appropriate?
a. Notify the healthcare provider of exces-sive bleeding. b. Document the drainage output in the pa-tient record. c. Place extra dressings and tape over the insertion site. d. Clamp the mediastinal tube once each shift.
The nurse is preparing immunizations for a healthy 11-year-old boy who has received all his primary immunizations. Which immunizations will the nurse consider? Select all that apply
a. Meningococcal b. DTaP c. OPV d. Smallpox
As nurses delegate more and more tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP), it becomes essential that nurses learn to:
A. Bring out the "best" qualities of each of the team members to foster collaboration. B. Test the knowledge of the UAP on a daily basis. C. Develop time management lists for each UAP with the specific tasks they must do. D. Assign least experienced UAPs the most complex patients.