Which patient population(s) should the nurse advise to avoid lindane-containing preparations? You may select more than one answer
1. Patients allergic to sulfa
2. Children
3. Adults with autoimmune disorders
4. Breast-feeding women
5. Patients who consume large quantities of alcohol
Correct Answers: 2, 4
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Which will the nurse include in the discharge teaching to decrease the client's risk for developing a thrombosis or pulmonary embolism? Select all that apply. A) Place pillows under the knees when in bed. B) Use compression stockings. C) Limit ambulation. D) Limit fluids. E) Continue with leg exercises.
The nurse understands that medications in this group of antineoplastics are cell-cycle nonspecific:
a. antimetabolites c. alkylating agents b. mitotic inhibitors d. antibiotic agents
The local nursing program has opened a nurse-run health clinic. Services at the clinic will be available to poor, minority families who have not benefited from the services that have been accessible in their community. The nursing program is primarily addressing which of the goals of Healthy People 2020? a. Create social and physical environments that promote good health for al b. Attain high
quality, long lives free of preventable diseases, disability, injury, andpremature death. c. Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups. d. Promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
When caring for the newborn after a vaginal delivery, the nurse needs to be able to identify the respiratory changes that occur during the transition of the fetus to extrauterine life
Which factors does the nurse recognize as contributing to the changes in the newborn's lung function after birth? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. Adequate lung development and production of surfactant 2. Marked decrease in pulmonary circulation 3. Inspiratory gasp triggered by the elevation in PCO2 and decrease in pH and PO2 4. Stimulation of skin nerve endings due to chilling 5. Chemical stimulator associated with transient asphyxia of the fetus