The home care nurse is conducting patient teaching with a patient beginning corticosteroid therapy
To achieve consistency with the body's natural secretion of cortisol, when would the home care nurse instruct the patient to take her corticosteroid medication?
A) In the evening between 4 PM and 6 PM
B) Prior to going to sleep at night
C) At noon every day
D) In the early morning between 7 AM and 8 AM
D
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A woman with a history of mild heart failure has just vaginally given birth to a healthy baby. What action by the nurse is most important?
A. Assess the woman for signs of heart failure. B. Facilitate an EKG. C. Insert a Foley catheter for hourly urine output assessments. D. Auscultate the woman's heart sounds.
During an admission assessment, the nurse collects objective and subjective data. What is an example of subjective data?
a. The patient complains of nausea. b. The patient is vomiting. c. The patient experiences tachycardia. d. The patent is pacing the halls.
The nurse should anticipate an elevated hemoglobin level in a
a. 40-year-old woman with congestive heart failure. b. client who lives in Colorado. c. client with iron deficiency anemia. d. dehydrated elderly client being given IV fluids.
A newborn weight loss of ____________________% in a breastfeeding infant during the first 3 days of life should be investigated. Most often, the excessive weight loss is associated with poor breastfeeding techniques
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