Which assessment finding would cause the nurse to suspect that an older adult patient is the victim of financial abuse?
1) Weight loss
2) Dehydration
3) Disconnected utilities
4) Disappearance of personal belongings
ANS: 4
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A patient presents to the emergency department (ED) having an acute asthma attack. An ED physician has ordered a sympathomimetic (epinephrine). The nurse expects what as the therapeutic effect of this drug?
A) Decrease the inflammatory response in the airways B) Reduce the surface tension within the alveoli allowing for gas exchange C) Inhibit the release of histamine and slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis (SRSA) to prevent the allergic asthmatic response D) Cause dilation of the bronchi with increased rate and depth of respiration
During an initial assessment of a new patient in a walk-in clinic, the nurse suspects that the patient might have thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). The assessment that has led to this conclusion is:
1. frontal hair loss. 2. large irregular areas of ecchymosis. 3. flushed ruddy complexion. 4. excessive urine output.
After providing a patient with a preoperative sedative, the nurse notes that the surgical consent form has not been signed by the patient. What should the nurse do?
1. Contact the surgeon. 2. Ask the patient to sign the consent form. 3. Send the patient for surgery with an unsigned consent form. 4. Phone the operating room suite to notify the nurse that the patient has not signed the consent form.
Which of the following gaits is characterized by one leg being dragged and swung forward by hip motion?
A) Festinating B) Spastic C) Hemiplegic D) Waddling