A patient is receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). The physician has ordered a total hourly fluid balance of zero. Since hemofiltration is being used, the nurse must determine how much replacement fluid is required each hour
For this hour, the patient received 500 mL intravenous fluid. The patient has 300 mL of nasogastric drainage and 100 mL of wound drainage this hour. Dialysate is infusing at 1,000 mL per hour. Ultrafiltrate amount for this hour is 2,500 mL. For the next hour, to maintain fluid balance at zero, the nurse infuses replacement fluid at what rate per hour?
2,400 mL per hour
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1) Nonrebreather mask 2) Nasal cannula 3) Partial rebreather mask 4) Venturi mask
Ms. Washington is a 67-year-old who had a heart attack last month. Now she complains of shortness of breath and not being able to sleep in a flat position (orthopnea). On examination you note increased jugular venous pressure, an S3 gallop, crackles low in the lung fields, and swollen ankles (edema). This is an example of a:
A) Pathophysiologic problem B) Psychopathologic problem
The research design for a quantitative study involves decisions with regard to all of the following except:
A) Whether there will be a theoretical context B) Whether there will be an intervention C) What types of comparisons will be made D) How many times data will be collected
The nurse is assigned to a child in a spica cast for a fractured femur suffered in an automobile accident. The child's teenage brother was driving the car, which was totaled
The nurse learns that the father lost his job three weeks ago and the mother has just accepted a temporary waitress job. Which nursing diagnosis will the nurse use when planning care for this child and family? 1. Compromised Family Coping Related to the Effects of Multiple Simultaneous Stressors 2. Impaired Social Interaction (Parent and Child) Related to the Lack of Family or Respite Support 3. Interrupted Family Processes Related to Child with Significant Disability Requiring Alteration in Family Functioning 4. Risk for Caregiver Role Strain Related to Child with a Newly Acquired Disability and the Associated Financial Burden