A patient was admitted with acute abdominal and back pain. Which test results would the nurse evaluate as indicating additional testing for acute pancreatitis is likely?
1. Secretin stimulation test
2. Hematocrit level
3. Hemoglobin level
4. Serum lipase level
5. Amylase
4, 5
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The nurse is aware of the goal of "Patient will eat at least 50% of all meals." The nurse has observed the patient eating over 50% of all meals for 2 days. The evaluation statement should read:
1. ate well for all meals. 2. resolved: goal met. 3. goal met: patient ate 50% of all meals on 7/12 and 7/13. 4. ate 50% of meals.
A client is admitted with persistent diarrhea and a weight loss of 10 pounds. What would the nurse recognize as the significance of the weight loss if the client stated that he had lost the weight over the past 3 months?
A) Signifies a chronic versus acute condition B) Signifies that it was an intentional weight loss C) Signifies there is no nutritional deficit D) Signifies an ongoing acute condition
A person who has always wished to care for "special children" adopts a biracial child and another child who has spina bifida. What is the highest step of the value clarification process that this person has achieved?
a. Doing something with the choice in a pattern of life b. Choosing freely from alternatives c. Being happy with the choice d. Affirming the choice publicly
The nurse understands that the client with which of the following conditions is at risk for ob-structive sleep apnea?
1. Heart disease 2. Respiratory tract infections 3. Nasal polyps 4. Obesity