The nurse is caring for a patient with impaired diffusion of oxygen secondary to pneumonia. Assessment findings related to this impairment are similar to those the nurse would see in patients with which other disease states?
1. Spinal cord injuries
2. Flail chest
3. Atelectasis
4. Carbon monoxide poisoning
Answer: 3
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a. Acceptance b. Rapport c. Problem solving d. Genuineness e. Therapeutic use of self f. Mutual support
The nurse is providing discharge education to a client with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). What priority instruction will the nurse include?
a. "Take your digoxin at the same time every day." b. "You should begin an aerobic exercise program." c. "You should report episodes of dizziness or fainting." d. "You may have only two alcoholic drinks daily."
When preparing a teaching plan for elderly clients about their medications, the nurse understands that which factor is not true of elderly clients?
a. About 95% live in the community and are not institutionalized. b. They have difficulty distinguishing blue and green. c. They tend to be as compliant in using their medications as younger adults. d. Many older adults experience short-term memory loss.
The nurse teaches the client to perform a sterile dressing change at the catheter insertion site. Which client assessment requires follow-up nursing care?
1. Has serum WBC at 9000/mm3 2. Keeps supplies locked in cabinet 3. Uses plastic-lined trash container 4. Reinforces a saturated dressing/