A patient diagnosed with colon cancer is being prepared for palliative surgery to correct an intestinal obstruction. The nurse understands that palliative surgery is:
1. the removal and study of tissue to make a diagnosis.
2. done to relieve symptoms or improve function without correcting the basic prob-lem.
3. done to remove diseased tissue or to correct defects.
4. done to correct serious defects that only affect appearance.
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Palliative surgery is done only to relieve symptoms or improve function. It is not curative.
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The nurse is performing a skin assessment on a client and notes an oval-shaped, elevated, fluid-filled mass that is approximately 1.5 centimeter in size. The nurse would correctly document this finding as which of the following?
1. Vesicle 2. Bulla 3. Papule 4. Tumor
A person from an underrepresented background in nursing is interested in entering nursing school and researches the ethnicity, age, and gender make-up of the nursing profession and finds:
a. nursing is a career field that is primarily made up of women younger than 30 years. b. the number of male RNs has steadily increased and is equal to the number of female RNs. c. the majority of RNs are Caucasian or non-Hispanic. d. more than half of all RNs are ages 55 through 65.
Calculate the amount to administer: ____________ (round decimal appropriately). Ordered: Imitrex 8 mg
subcut prn headache. On hand: Imitrex injection 6 mg/0.5 mL. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word