The professional in the allied health team whose job it is to evaluate the individual's physical capabilities and limitations and design therapies to correct or minimise deformity is the:
a. occupational therapist.
b. speech therapist.
c. physiotherapist.
d. nurse.
c
The physiotherapist develops treatments to correct or
minimise deformities such as the use of specific exercises and
heat, cold or water treatment.
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The priority nursing focus for the period immediately after electroconvulsive therapy treatment should be on:
a. monitoring for the return of the capacity for full range of motion. b. assessing the degree of accumulating memory impairment. c. making positive comments while the patient is more receptive. d. assessing the level of consciousness and normal body functions.
How does intravenous infusion of a glucose and insulin solution reduce serum potassium levels?
A. The glucose stimulates an osmotic diarrhea, which results in an actual loss of total body potassium. B. The insulin activates membrane-bound sodium-potassium pumps, which results in a relative decrease in serum potassium. C. Each glucose molecule substitutes one potassium ion for one carbon atom, re-sulting in a relative decrease in serum potassium. D. Insulin stimulates the release of aldosterone, increasing renal excretion of potas-sium and resulting in an actual loss of total body potassium.
A nurse is caring for a client who is undergoing chemotherapy. A relative of the client
wants to bring the client a bouquet of flowers. What is expected of the nurse in this given situation? A) Set the flowers on the client's table B) Allow the relative to present the flowers to the client C) Explain to the relative why the flowers are not allowed in the room D) Accept the flowers and hand them to the client
The nurse is caring for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The patient has been receiving high-flow oxygen therapy for an extended time. What symptoms should the nurse anticipate if the patient were experiencing oxygen toxicity?
A) Bradycardia and frontal headache B) Dyspnea and substernal pain C) Peripheral cyanosis and restlessness D) Hypotension and tachycardia