What is your primary nursing goal at this time?
What will be an ideal response?
The primary nursing goal is to decrease the effects of the excess hormone while supporting
cardiovascular function and maintaining a safe patient environment.
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Oxygen saturation of left atrial blood is normally between 96% and 99%. What is the explanation for less than 100% saturation?
a. As blood passes to the alveolar–capillary membrane, a predicted percentage of hemoglobin will not bind with oxygen. b. During normal respiration, the majority of alveoli are not expanded. c. Venous blood from the bronchial circulation is returned to the left atrium. d. A small amount of blood leaks from the right atrium to the left atrium with each ventricular contraction.
A male patient diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia typically relates effectively with female staff but angrily tells the male nurse, "You act like a homosexual. None of the men trust you or want to be around you."
The nurse, who is heterosexual, is perplexed by the patient's statements and discusses the event with his mentor. Which explanation most likely underlies the patient's behavior? a. The patient was unleashing unconscious, hostile feelings toward the nurse. b. The patient feared the nurse would reject him, so he coped by rejecting the nurse first. c. It was the patient's way of distancing himself from potential emotional intimacy. d. The patient was coping with homosexual urges by projecting them onto the nurse.
A client has been diagnosed with temporomandibular disorder and has not been able to eat. What suggestion can the nurse make to modify the diet so that the client will be able to eat?
A) Have the client's food pureed. B) Have the client placed on a liquid diet. C) Have the client eat soft rather than coarse food. D) Give the client clear liquids as well as intravenous fluids.
A hospital patient's most recent blood work reveals a Ca2+ level of 14.2 mg/dL (normal 8.5 to 10.5 mg/dL) and a phosphorus level of 1.4 mg/dL (normal 3.0 to 4.5 mg/dL)
What hormone has the potential to cause this alteration in the patient's electrolyte levels? A) Calcitonin B) Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) C) Thyroid hormone D) Parathyroid hormone