A pt recently received anticoagulant therapy for complications of PE after knee surgery. The pt is now in a rehab facility and is receiving warfarin. What is the nursing responsibility related to coumadin?
a. having protamine sulfate available as an antidote
b. administering NSAIDs or aspirin for pain related to the knee
c. teaching the pt about foods high in vitamin k
d. monitoring platelets for thrombocytopenia
Answer: c. teaching the pt about foods high in vitamin k
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The school nurse is caring for a child with a penetrating eye injury. Emergency treatment includes
a. Applying a regular eye patch b. Applying a Fox shield to the affected eye and any type of patch to the other eye c. Applying ice until the physician is seen d. Irrigating the eye copiously with a sterile saline solution
The nurse is removing gloves after performing client care activities. Place the steps in correct order for removing gloves. A) Pull off one glove by touching the outside of the glove at the cuff.B) Slip one finger of ungloved hand under glove cuff of other hand.C) Pull down and off so both gloves are removed as one.D) Roll up glove and place in gloved hand.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following lists the correct order of the four phases of the menstrual cycle?
1. Menstrual, follicular, secretory, ischemic 2. Luteal, follicular, secretory, menstrual 3. Menstrual, proliferative, secretory, ischemic 4. Luteal, secretory, ischemic, follicular