Monitoring of a patient who is on a lipid-lowering drug includes:
1. Fasting total cholesterol every 6 months
2. Lipid profile with attention to serum LDL 6 to 8 weeks after starting therapy, then again in 6 weeks
3. Complete blood count, C-reactive protein, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate after 6 weeks of therapy
4. All of the above
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A nurse is interviewing a 76-year-old patient who lost her spouse of 51 years over a year ago. The patient describes herself as feeling intensely sad and hopeless all the time. What is an appropriate response for the nurse?
1. Assess the patient as experiencing normal grieving. 2. Decide that the patient is experiencing unresolved grief. 3. Determine that the patient is experiencing chronic sorrow. 4. Determine that further assessment for depression is needed.
A patient is admitted to the hospital with fever, cough, malaise, and weakness. Forty-eight hours later, the symptoms have become progressively worse, and they progress to severe respiratory distress, septicemia, and hemorrhagic meningitis
The nurse recognizes these signs and symptoms as: a. tularemia. b. smallpox. c. inhalation anthrax. d. pneumonic plague.
When caring for the client prescribed hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and digoxin, the nurse would monitor the client for:
a. hypokalemia c. tachycardia. b. peripheral edema. d. hypoglycemia.
In planning for home care of a woman with preterm labor, which concern should be addressed?
a. The necessity of home health care providers coming into the home. b. Restricted activity and medications will be necessary to prevent recurrence of preterm labor. c. Child and family care tasks are typically carried out by the woman. d. Nursing assessments will be different from those done in the hospital setting.