The nurse is caring for an elderly client in a nursing home. The client has been extremely irritable the entire day. In planning the client's care, an appropriate snack to offer the client to decrease the irritability would be a:
A) Chocolate candy bar.
B) Handful of raisins.
C) Granola bar.
D) Glass of milk.
D
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A patient diagnosed with HIV/AIDS has diarrhea that is not responding to antidiarrheal agents. Which medication will best assist in treating this patient's diarrhea?
A) Bismuth salts (Pepto-Bismol) B) Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) C) Cholestyramine (Questran) D) Octreotide acetate (Sandostatin)
The researcher has preset the , or level of significance, at = .05 and the probability of the statistical analysis is calculated to be p = .09. What decision would the reader of this research expect of the researcher?
1. Fail to reject the null hypothesis. 2. Fail to reject the alternative or research hypothesis. 3. Accept the null hypothesis. 4. Not able to draw a conclusion since the numbers were so close, within .04 points.
A patient who has been taking amiloride (Midamor) for the past 3 months reports that she must shave her legs more frequently. What is the nurse's best action?
a. Hold the next dose and notify the prescriber immediately. b. Instruct the patient to stop taking oral contraceptives while she is taking this drug. c. Document the response and reassure the patient that this is an expected side ef-fect. d. Ask the patient whether she has noticed any changes in the thickness of her scalp hair.
If a prescriber's signature is illegible and not on a preprinted blank, what number will help identify the prescriber?
a. prescription number b. NPI number c. inscription d. signa