The pediatric nurse monitors a patient who has received a renal transplant. The nurse knows that the child will be on long-term medications to prevent rejection and that these medications may cause:
Select all answers that apply.
A) infection.
B) kidney cancer.
C) diabetes mellitus.
D) Cushing syndrome.
A, C, D
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The nurse is assessing a patient who has been in shock. One common sign that the nurse will find is:
1. skin that is cool and dry, with cyanotic nail beds. 2. skin that is cool and moist with cyanotic nail beds. 3. reddened nail beds and moist, warm skin. 4. redness of nail beds with warm, dry skin.
During an assessment a patient with multiple substance addictions asks why the need for drugs and alcohol is so great. What should the nurse include when responding to this patient?
Select all that apply. 1. "Substance abuse is sign of weakness and boredom with life." 2. "Alcohol reinforces the transmission of opioids in the system." 3. "There is a human tendency to seek pleasure and avoid stress and pain." 4. "It really depends upon genetic makeup and if your parents used drugs." 5. "One substance in the brain, dopamine, is responsible for drug-seeking behavior."
The nurse is delegating care related to her patients to the NAP. Which of the following indicates the nurse is appropriately delegating tasks related to pressure ulcer care? (Select all that apply.)
a. The nurse asks the NAP to report any redness in the patient's skin. b. The nurse explains to the NAP that the patient will need to be repositioned every 2 hours. c. The nurse asks the NAP to assess the pa-tient's risk factors for skin breakdown. d. The nurse explains to the NAP which po-sitions the patient should be repositioned in. e. The nurse asks the NAP to record the pa-tient's nutritional intake.
Medications that are titrated based on patient response must be administered using an _________
__________ _________. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word