A 33-year-old man has developed acute gouty arthritis. He has been prescribed colchicine. When developing a care plan for this patient, which factor will be most important for the nurse to consider?
A) Dietary habits
B) Work environment
C) Typical daily fluid intake
D) Ethnicity
A
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For an elderly client who is experiencing chronic nausea and weight loss, which laboratory result would the nurse recognize as being most consistent with a diagnosis of Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements?
a. Serum glucose of 78 mg/dL b. Serum albumin of 3.2 g/dL c. Creatinine of 1.0 mg/dL d. Potassium of 4.1 g/dL
The nurse is performing an assessment on a patient who has presented to the emergency room with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Which of the following changes in the heart characterizes DCM?
A) Dilated ventricles with hypertrophy of the ventricles B) Dilated ventricles without hypertrophy of the ventricles C) Hypertrophy of the ventricles with no dilation of the ventricles D) Dilation of the atria and hypertrophy of the ventricles
An elderly patient comes to the clinic with her daughter. The patient is a diabetic and is concerned about foot care
The nurse goes over foot care with the patient and her daughter as the nurse realizes that foot care is extremely important. Why would the nurse feel that foot care is so important to this patient? A) An elderly patient with foot ulcers experiences severe foot pain due to the diabetic polyneuropathy. B) Avoiding the complications associated with foot ulcers may mean the difference between institutionalization and continued independent living. C) Hypoglycemia is a dangerous situation and it may lead to unsteadiness of the feet and falls. D) Drugs that the patients are required to take for their diabetic condition often decrease circulation to the lower extremities.
A 12-year-old girl asks the nurse about an increase in clear white odorless vaginal discharge. What response should the nurse give?
a. "This may mean a yeast infection." b. "This is normal before menstruation starts." c. "This is caused by an increase in progesterone." d. "This is possibly a sign of a sexually transmitted infection."