The nurse, caring for a patient with cystic fibrosis, administers pancreatic enzymes on what schedule?
A) 1 hour after meals and snacks
B) With meals and snacks
C) 2 hours before meals and snacks
D) In the morning and before bed
B
Feedback:
To be sure the pancreatic enzymes are in place when food enters the small bowel the enzymes are administered with every meal and snack. Administering them before or after meals would render them ineffective.
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A. ensures high validity. B. has no effect on validity. C. is necessary, but not sufficient for validity. D. has a slight effect on validity.
Nadolol (Corgard) is prescribed for a patient with chronic stable angina and left ventricular dysfunction. To determine whether the drug is effective, the nurse will monitor for
a. decreased blood pressure and heart rate. b. fewer complaints of having cold hands and feet. c. improvement in the strength of the distal pulses. d. the ability to do daily activities without chest pain.
Several health belief systems exist. The client tells the nurse of believing that physical biomedical processes control life
Which health belief system is dominated by this belief that physical and biomedical processes can be studied and manipulated to control life? A) Scientific/biomedical B) Magicoreligious C) Holistic medicine D) Yin–yang and hot–cold theories
When preparing for IV insertion, the nurse:
A. Shaves the hair from the site B. Selects a proximal site in an extremity C. Applies a tourniquet 4 to 6 inches above the selected site D. Vigorously taps and massages the selected vein