During a school physical examination, the nurse reviews the patient's current medical history. With a positive medical history of asthma, eczema, and allergic rhinitis, the nurse expects which physical finding on nasal examination?
a. Polyp
b. Yellow discharge
c. Pale nasal mucosa
d. Puffiness of nasal mucosa
C
Pale nasal mucosa with clear mucoid discharge indicates allergic rhinitis. Polyps are tumorlike growths. Yellow discharge would be seen with infection. Habitual use of intranasal cocaine and opioids causes puffiness and increased vascularity of the nasal mucosa.
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a. weighing the patient to estimate the weight of the saturated dressing. b. reinforcing the dressing. c. circling and dating the outline of the exudate on the dressing. d. counting each dressing as 1 mL of drainage.
During physical assessment of a patient, age 64, which finding would the nurse consider abnormal?
a. Nonpalpable ovaries b. Serous nipple drainage c. Pendulous breasts d. Atrophy of vaginal tissue
A female complains that her husband only meets his sexual needs and never her needs. According to Freud, which personality structure should a nurse identify as predominantly driving the husband's actions?
A. The id B. The superid C. The ego D. The superego
The nurse is preparing to administer parenteral calcium chloride. The nurse will administer the medication
a. deep into the deltoid muscle with a 2-inch, 19-gauge needle. b. into the subcutaneous tissue with a -inch needle. c. by rapid intravenous (IV) injection after mixing the calcium with phosphates. d. by slow IV injection after warming the solution to body temperature.