A patient is placed on tacrolimus and has an increased blood urea nitrogen level. Based on this finding, which route of administration is preferred?
A) Oral
B) Intramuscular
C) Intravenous
D) Subcutaneous
A
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A patient is hospitalized with cryptococcal pneumonia and AIDS. What is the most important standard precaution for the health care team to implement?
a. Hands are washed before and after glov-ing. b. After gloves are put on, they do not need to be changed until care is finished. c. Needles and sharps should be placed in puncture-resistant containers on the medi-cine cart out of the room. d. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation must be performed immediately unless the patient is a designated as "do not resuscitate."
Which of the following statements are accurate descriptors regarding change (select all that apply)?
a. Organization-wide change is more sus-tainable when leadership imposes the change. b. Change within an organization is often externally imposed. c. Change within an organization may ori-ginate internally. d. Nurses do not need to participate actively in the organizational changes. e. Change is often complex and irrational.
To prepare staffing schedules, a nurse manager needs to calculate paid nonproductive time. When calculating paid nonproductive time, the nurse manager considers:
a. Work time, educational time, and holiday time. b. Paid hours minus worked hours. c. Vacation time, holiday time, and sick time. d. Paid hours minus meeting time.
The nurse is caring for several patients on a medical-surgical unit. To which patient statement is the nurse most alerted for making a mental health referral?
a. "Since finding out I have cancer, I feel nervous and uneasy all the time." b. "Sometimes I feel very down about my job, but if I get to the gym and do some exercising, I feel better." c. "When things really bother me, I just put them right out of my head and go on." d. "Things at home are just piling up. I just feel so alone and empty inside of me."