A patient with renal impairment is found to have a positive Chvostek's sign. What additional information should the nurse assess for?
A) Hyperkalemia
B) Hyponatremia
C) Hypocalcemia
D) Hypermagnesemia
C
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1. Discussing her feeling about adoption with the client 2. Asking the charge nurse for an alternate assignment 3. Clustering care so she will not have to go into the room often 4. Ask the local chapter of Planned Parenthood to meet with the client.
A patient's health decline necessitates the use of total parenteral nutrition. The patient has questioned the need for insertion of a central venous catheter, expressing a preference for a "normal IV."
The nurse should know that peripheral administration of high-concentration PN formulas is contraindicated because of the risk for what complication? A) Chemical phlebitis B) Hyperglycemia C) Dumping syndrome D) Line sepsis
In the last decade, and with the requirement to build EHRs that meet the 2009 meaningful use criteria, the use of which type of data has expanded to include pay-for-performance initiatives, care coordination, patient safety monitoring, and public
health surveillance? 1. Patient 2. Coded 3. Embedded 4. Qualitative
If a preparation is labeled "otic," it is safe to use:
1. by mouth. 2. in the ear. 3. in the eye. 4. rectally.