A nurse prepares to administer a dose of ceftriaxone to a patient with acute epididymitis resulting from chlamydial infection. How should this drug be given?
a. Orally with meals
b. Orally on an empty stomach
c. Intramuscularly
d. Intravenously
c
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The nurse is conducting training for crisis counselors. The nurse would include the intervention strategies of safety and security, ventilate and validate, predict and prepare which are:
1. A way to identify when the crisis is maturational. 2. Best used before a crisis. 3. Applied when the clients are unable to progress. 4. Referred to as the ABCs of crisis counseling.
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing dumping syndrome following a nasointestinal intubation. Which of the following signs or symptoms is seen in a client with dumping syndrome?
A) Pallor B) Wheezing C) Headache D) Dizziness
The nurse is caring for an older client who has returned from the operating room. Which intervention would be a priority for this client?
1. Postoperative teaching 2. Monitoring the client for reduced temperature 3. Preventing visitation 4. Determining the client's likes for dinner
The nurse monitors for which serologic marker in the client who is a carrier of chronic hepatitis B?
a. Anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies b. Anti-hepatitis B (HBs) antibodies c. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) an-tibodies d. Hepatitis A virus (HAV) antibodies