Your client has been fed via nasogastric tube for the last 3 days. Diarrhea has now developed. You know that a common complication of tube feedings is:
1. infection.
2. fluid overload.
3. fluid deficit.
4. aspiration.
ANS: 3
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The nurse is administering a dose of rapid-acting insulin at 0800 to an insulin-dependent pediatric client. Based on when the insulin peaks, when will the client be at greatest risk for a hypoglycemic episode?
1. At about noon 2. Between bedtime and breakfast the next morning 3. Between lunch and dinner 4. Around 0930
Poor mental health is demonstrated by _________________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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The admission chest x-ray report reads, "small pleural effusion in the left lower lobe". Identify three actions you could initiate to help correct this situation.