The nurse is planning a health promotion program for senior citizens in the community. Information that the nurse should include in this program would be:
a. car accident prevention. c. self-image.
b. regular physical activity. d. workâlife balance
ANS: B
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The nurse is caring for a patient receiving ethotoin to control seizure activity. When reviewing the patient's laboratory results, the nurse would assess the patient is in a therapeutic level when the lab result is within what range?
A) 5 to 15 mcg/mL B) 10 to 20 mcg/mL C) 15 to 50 mcg/mL D) 20 to 30 mcg/mL
A patient who injured his cervical spine was first taken to the emergency department of a small hospital where methylprednisolone (MPSS) was started intravenously. The patient has now been transferred to a neurointensive care unit in a large hospital. What interventions would the nurse in the receiving agency include in the plan of care?
1. Assess the patient's breath sounds every 2 hours. 2. Check all stools for blood. 3. Keep the patient on nothing by mouth (NPO) status. 4. Insert an indwelling urinary catheter so accurate intake and output (I&O) can be measured. 5. Monitor for the development of hypotension.
During labor, the fetus was in a brow presentation, but after a prolonged labor, the fetus converted to face presentation, and was delivered vaginally with forceps assist. The nurse should explain to the parents that:
1. The infant will need to be observed for meconium aspiration. 2. Facial edema and head molding will subside in a few days. 3. The infant will have prophylactic antibiotics. 4. Breastfeeding will need to be delayed for a day or two.
A new triage area has been built in the emergency department, causing conflict between the nurse manager and the nurses who think the design is not ?user friendly
? After repeated complaints the nurse manager asks maintenance to change the arrangement of the room. How did this conflict generate this change? 1. The complaints motivated the nurse manager to make the change to increase unit effectiveness. 2. The room design was uncomfortable for the nurses, which convinced the nurse manager to change the design. 3. The nurse manager was afraid the nurses would refuse to work in the room so the room had to be changed. 4. The nurses would keep complaining so the nurse manager changed the room to stop the griping.