A client undergoing a diagnostic examination for gastrointestinal disorder was given polyethylene glycol or electrolyte solution as a part of his cleansing enemas
Which of the following measures should the nurse take after the solution is administered? A) Instruct the client to have low-residue meals.
B) Allow the client to have fatty test meals.
C) Allow the client to drink only clear liquids.
D) Provide saline gargles to the client.
C
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A patient is admitted to the critical care unit after sustaining a head injury. Based on the injury, it is determined that there is a decrease in ADH. Which of the patient's symptoms would alert the medical team to a possible decrease in ADH?
a. Rapidly escalating hypertension c. Pulmonary edema b. Massive diuresis d. Hyperkalemia
After admitting a patient to the unit, the nurse is organizing times to administer ordered medications. What important consideration will guide the nurse's timing of each medication?
A) Comfort B) Ethnicity of patient C) Gender D) Age
Match the pain theory to the correct physiologic basis for the pain
A. Specificity theory 1. Light touch applied to the skin would produce the sensation of touch through low-frequency firing of the receptor. B. Pattern theory 2. Repeated sweeping of a soft-bristled brush on the skin over or near a painful area may result in pain reduction for several minutes. C. Gate control theory 3. Proposes that the brain contains a widely distributed neural network that contains somatosensory, limbic, and thalamocortical components. D. Neuromatrix theory 4. Describes how an acute injury is predicted to be but does not take into account the person's feelings of how the pain feels to him or her.
Health literacy is a problem for which of the following reasons? (Select all that apply.)
1. Age and very little money. 2. Unable to read a map. 3. Cannot read a prescription 4. Little knowledge of diseases