Your assessment findings are unremarkable and you notify the intern on duty of C.O.'s vital signs. After
evaluating C.O., the orders shown in the chart are written.
Do these orders seem appropriate for this patient? Explain.
What will be an ideal response?
The orders are appropriate with the exception of the method of acetaminophen suppository.
Patients who are neutropenic and thrombocytopenic should not have suppositories administered
because of the risk of tearing the rectal mucosa and causing infection or inducing bleeding.
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Which way of selecting a journal for publication of a research study is most likely to reduce lag time?
1. Prepare the article and then match the article to a journal's specifications. 2. Identify a journal that most typically publishes a study of similar topics and prepare an article according to the journal's specific guidelines. 3. Write query letters to journal editors to determine their interest in publishing the nurse researcher's article. 4. Submit simultaneously a written report of the research to at least six journals that may be interested.
Why is critical thinking an integral part of the nursing process?
a. It promotes flexibility and individualized care. b. It incorporates decision making. c. It includes the patient in part of the nurs-ing process. d. It provides guidelines of care.
A nurse making a care plan for a 10-year-old boy with hyperpituitarism identifies a disturbed self-image. What should the nurse relate this nursing diagnosis to?
a. Lack of facial hair b. Excessive height c. Small genitalia d. Skin eruptions on the face
The pathophysilolgy instructor is talking to the pre-nursing students about hypovolemia and the kidneys. The instructor points out that when the blood pressure is low due to dehydration the body will compensate by secreting what?
A) Antidiuretic hormone B) Aldosterone C) Renin D) Angiotensin