A patient with a large thermal burn injury is found to have depressed cardiac contractility and a resultant low cardiac index. What is the underlying, primary, physiologic rationale for this situation?
A) Inflammation-triggered release of nitric oxide
B) Reduction of platelet aggregation and adhesion
C) Decreased intravascular volume from third spacing
D) Peripheral vasodilatation from inflammation
A
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When caring for a child diagnosed with cellulitis, which area of the body would the nurse expect to be affected?
a. face and lower extremities c. torso only b. hands and arms d. upper extremities only
An amendment to the Social Security Act of 1935 established which one of the following for the United States?
a. Healthy People 2000 b. Medicare Program c. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion d. Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program
A new graduate asks the nurse preceptor, "What are the areas in which the concerns regarding health disparities are applied to the clinical setting?" The preceptor would be correct in responding which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Dealing with cultural issues and developing cultural competency b. Assuring that the hospital remain financially viable c. Assigning each nurse with clients from the nurse's own ethnic group d. Hiring only BSNs and APNs to provide care e. Hiring nurses from other countries to provide care to patients f. Providing equity in access to care and quality of care by increasing evidence-based practice
A newly diagnosed client asks a nurse what it means to have a neoplasm. Which statement by the nurse is accurate?
A) This is a life-limiting diagnosis. B) This is an abnormal growth of tissue that grows at the expense of healthy tissue. C) A neoplasm can be readily treated and is very curable. D) A neoplasm is always malignant and usually metastatic.