The client tells you that he usually expectorates about 2 ounces of thin, clear, colorless sputum each day, mostly in the morning after getting out of bed. What is your best action?
A. Ask the client to produce some sputum now into a clean specimen container for laboratory analysis.
B. Obtain a sterile specimen of the sputum for culture.
C. Document the report as the only action.
D. Notify the physician.
C
Sputum production is a normal function of the respiratory tract. Most healthy people produce about 90 mL of sputum per day. This sputum should be thin, clear, odorless, and have minimal or no color.
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The nursing student is taught correctly that local health departments do not oversee
A. The surveillance of disease B. Investigation of disease outbreaks C. Licensing of local hospitals D. Public sanitation and water supply
The nurse is teaching a client how to avoid allergic reactions. Which of the following is not an appropriate recommendation?
1. "Avoid the allergen." 2. "Carry your prescribed medications." 3. "Use corticosteroids daily to prevent reactions." 4. "Wear a medical alert bracelet."
The outcome that resulted from the fundamental flaw with the deinstitutionalization of mental health patients was that: (Select all that apply.)
a. patients had to be readmitted to state hospitals because of the lack of adequate community services. b. there was insufficient financial support to care for the psychiatric patients at the homeless shelters currently in place. c. funds for services were misused since policymakers did not require adequate documentation of patient service needs. d. there were insufficient numbers of community health professionals available to care for the psychiatric patients who qualified for deinstitutionalization care. e. patients refused to seek out or accept mental health care from community-basedfacilities since they were unfamiliar with them and therefore generally distrustful of them.
OTC drugs
A. are available by prescription only 2 B. are free of toxic effects C. have a high potential for misuse D. have a lower margin of safety than prescription drugs