A patient with heart failure is taking an ACE inhibitor and a diuretic as prescribed but continues to be symptomatic. What patient behavior would explain lack of achievement of therapeutic goals?
A) Exercises regularly (walking and water aerobics)
B) Diet of mostly canned food and soda pop
C) Does not drink any alcoholic beverages
D) Takes medications as prescribed
B
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In preparing a cancer risk reduction pamphlet for African-American clients, it is most important that the nurse include information on prevention and early detection for which types of cancer?
a. Lung and prostate b. Bone and leukemia c. Skin and lymphoma d. Stomach and esophageal
Computerized adaptive testing implies that:
a. the candidate must be computer literate. b. competency is determined on the basis of difficulty of questions, knowledge of the nursing process, and the number of questions answered correctly. c. testing facilities have been adapted for the physically challenged candidate. d. questions cannot be adapted to the needs of the student.
A goal of community nursing is to provide primary prevention from disease. Which of the following nursing actions reflect this goal?
A) A nurse creates a pamphlet discussing heart-healthy foods and distributes it in the neighborhood community center. B) A nurse starts an intravenous line on a dehydrated baby who has been brought to the emergency department. C) A nurse performs range-of-motion exercises for a patient in traction. D) A nurse repositions an elderly patient confined to a wheelchair to avoid the formation of pressure ulcers.
Which should the nurse expect to find in the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) results of a child with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)? (Select all that apply.)
a. Decreased protein concentration b. Normal glucose c. Fewer than 10 white blood cells (WBCs/mm3) d. Elevated red blood cell (RBC) count