The nurse is planning care for a patient with diabetes insipidus (DI). Which outcomes are important for the nurse to include? (select all that apply.)
a. Maintain fluid therapy.
b. Conserve energy.
c. Supporting dietary choices to reduce di-arrhea.
d. Assess for bradycardia.
e. Encouraging exercise to reduce weight.
A, B, D
Goals for the patient with DI should include fluid therapy maintenance, energy conservation, and assessment for bradycardia. DI patients are often constipated and frail from weight loss.
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a. Intrarenal b. Nonoliguric c. Prerenal d. Postrenal
When caring for a victim of family violence, the intervention that would be most therapeutic is to:
A) Acknowledge the victim's inability to change the situation. B) Avoid pressuring the victim to leave the abuser. C) Invite the abuser to stay with the victim during the assessment. D) Avoid asking the victim directly whether abuse is occurring.
The nurse is preparing an educational in-service presentation about jaundice in the newborn. What content should the nurse include in this presentation? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected
Select all that apply. 1. Physiologic jaundice occurs after 24 hours of age. 2. Pathologic jaundice occurs after 24 hours of age. 3. Phototherapy increases serum bilirubin levels. 4. The need for phototherapy depends on the bilirubin level and age of the infant. 5. Kernicterus causes irreversible neurological damage.
Quantitative and qualitative research do not share which of the following features?
A) A desire to understand the true state of human affairs B) Roots in 19th-century phenomenologic thought C) A reliance on external evidence collected through the senses D) Utility to the nursing profession