A patient prescribed a thiazide diuretic may experience which side effect?
A. potassium loss
B. magnesium loss
C. iron loss
D. calcium loss
Answer: A
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The nurse knows that which of the following statements is true regarding the importance of hygiene?
a. The nurse has the opportunity to assess the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary systems during the bath. b. UAPs perform hygiene because there is no benefit of nurses doing it. c. The mucous membranes of the lips, nostrils, anus, vagina, and urethra are not a part of the integumentary system when providing hygiene. d. The main purpose of bathing is to decrease odor.
The older adult female patient is concerned about incontinence when she sneezes. What is the correct terminology for this type of incontinence?
a. Urge incontinence b. Stress incontinence c. Overflow incontinence d. Functional incontinence
A patient with long-standing type 1 diabetes presents to the emergency department with a loss of consciousness and seizure activity. The patient has a history of renal insufficiency, gastroparesis, and peripheral diabetic neuropathy
Emergency personnel reported a blood glucose of 32 mg/dL on scene. When providing discharge teaching for this patient and family, the nurse instructs on the need to do which of the following? (Select all that apply.) a. Administer glucagon 1 mg intramuscularly any time the blood glucose is less than 70 mg/dL. b. Administer 15 grams of carbohydrate orally for severe episodes of hypoglycemia. c. Discontinue the insulin pump by removing the infusion set catheter. d. Increase home blood glucose monitoring and report patterns of hypoglycemia to the provider. e. Perform blood glucose monitoring before exercising and driving.
For data collection to be valid, what must occur?
a. The tool must be thorough. b. The tool must be unbiased. c. The tool must measure what it is supposed to measure. d. The tool must be accurate all of the time.