A severely stressed patient has hypoglycemia each time the patient’s blood glucose is checked. The healthcare professional should order laboratory tests to measure which hormone in the patient’s blood?
a. Epinephrine
b. Norepinephrine
c. Cortisol
d. Growth hormone
Ans: c. Cortisol
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The nurse is assessing a patient who was prescribed levodopa 1 week earlier. How might the nurse evaluate the effectiveness of drug therapy?
A) Stable mood B) Psoriasis C) Drug–drug interactions with dopaminergic agents D) Improvement in handwriting
Several of the life-supporting systems of the body are involved in shock. However, shock itself results from failure of the:
1. circulatory system. 2. endocrine system. 3. neurological system. 4. respiratory system.
How do practice pattern profiling and nursing-sensitive patient outcomes research relate to one another?
a. The identification of nursing-sensitive patient outcomes is a type of practice pattern profiling. The purpose of both is to identify the outlier, so as to improve patient outcomes. b. Practice pattern profiling scrutinizes an individual in comparison with a group; nursing-sensitive patient outcomes research addresses nurses as a group, rather than as individuals. c. Both can identify variables that affect patient outcome. d. Both pose risk to the person who delivers care. e. Neither can be undertaken without signed consent from the participants. f. Both are types of outcomes research.
A person drank 180 milliliters (mL) of coffee for breakfast, 240 mL of juice for lunch, and 250 mL of diet soda for dinner. What is the total liquid intake for these three meals?
(A) 550 mL (B) 570 mL (C) 660 mL (D) 670 mL