You are examining a woman in her eighth month of pregnancy and discover that her blood pressure is 100/70 mm Hg, her heart rate is 90 beats/min, and her respirations are 20 breaths/min. These vital signs indicate:
A) Normal changes during pregnancy
B) The patient is hypoxic
C) Moderate hypovolemia at this stage of pregnancy
D) Severe dehydration
Ans: A) Normal changes during pregnancy
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1. The client is easily able to read from a paper held at close range without corrective glasses. 2. There is a noticeable increase in fat within the orbit of the eye. 3. The client states that she feels her tear production has increased over the years. 4. The pupillary light reflex is slower bilaterally.
Which of the following statements in the critique of a study would indicate to the reader that the study contains information that could assist in implementing new findings into practice?
a. "All the references are current and relevant to the topic of interest. The author is to be commended." b. "Further study is clearly needed from the lack of agreement among the experts represented in the review of literature." c. "The literature presented in this review seems to agree that the suggested intervention leads to better patient compliance." d. "This study does an excellent job of reviewing all the literature on use of compression stockings."
It is important for the parents of a child who has had a severe allergic reaction to either peanuts or tree nuts to talk to their health care provider about whether the child should have medication available at school in case of an unanticipated
exposure to nuts. Epinephrine is now available and easy to use in a device known as the ____________. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A child is in uncompensated metabolic acidosis. What should the nurse expect the arterial blood gas to be?
a. HCO3, 24; pH, 7.35 b. HCO3, 28; pH, 7.50 c. HCO3, 20; pH, 7.30 d. HCO3, 26; pH, 7.40