The nurse is correctly interpreting nonverbal communication when the nurse:
A) obtains a rectal temperature for an infant with flushed, moist skin. B) provides a snack to the child when the mother reports that the child is hungry. C) picks up a toddler to cuddle it while the child is laughing and smiling, sitting on a parent's lap. D) questions the child about pain after the child pulls back when the IV site is touched.
D
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A) hypocalcemia. B) hypomagnesemia. C) hypercalcemia. D) ingestion of ethylene glycol.
The nurse is caring for patient diagnosed with smallpox. Currently the lesions are scabbed throughout his body. The nurse realizes this patient would be considered:
1. Infectious. 2. Clear of the infection. 3. Incubating until the second crop of lesions appears. 4. A carrier but unable to transmit the infection to others.
Symptoms of vitamin D toxicity include
a. lethargy and loss of coordination. b. rickets, osteomalacia, and osteoporosis. c. blistered skin, joint pain, and liver dam-age. d. high levels of calcium in the blood and urine.
The nurse is caring for a client with Crohn's disease who had surgery to create a continent bowel diversion. Which of the following describes this type of surgery?
A) The client's own tissues are formed into internal receptacles for stool. B) An opening is made into the colon and intestines are brought outside the body. C) An opening is made in the ileum and intestines are brought outside the body. D) A loop of intestine is brought through a stoma to allow for feces drainage.