Which intervention is important for the nurse to perform before beginning antibiotic therapy?
A. Obtain a specimen for culture and sensitivity.
B. Give with an antacid to reduce gastrointestinal upset.
C. Monitor adverse effects
D. Restrict oral fluids
Answer: A. Obtain a specimen for culture and sensitivity.
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Select all that apply. 1. Expect this test to take 16 hours to complete. 2. Abstain from smoking as directed by the health care provider. 3. A sedative will be provided prior to the beginning of the test. 4. Do not eat or drink anything as directed by the health care provider. 5. Blood and urine samples will be collected every hour during the test.
The public health nurse is taking care of a poor family, whose parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents also have been poor. This is called:
1. Near poor 2. Persistent poor 3. Impoverished 4. Neighborhood poverty
A nursing instructor asks a group of students to explain the four-step process necessary for bacterial DNA replication. The student with the correct answer is the one who states that the four-step process is:
1. relax, unwind, replicate, and migrate. 2. migrate, replicate, unwind, and relax. 3. unwind, relax, migrate, and replicate. 4. replicate, unwind, relax, and migrate.
A patient on an orthopedic unit has been prescribed intravenous (IV) diltiazem for atrial fibrillation. What should the nurse do?
a. Continuously monitor the patient's oxygen saturation and pulse during infusion. b. Arrange for the patient to be transferred to a unit where constant monitoring of blood pressure and electrocardiogram is possible. c. Have another nurse check the calculated drip rate before hanging the medication by gravity. d. Move the resuscitation cart into the patient's room.