During a health history, a male client tells the nurse that he "can't breathe well" at night when he is lying down and has trouble sleeping because he wakes up with trouble breathing. The nurse would assess this client further for which of the f
A) Pneumonia
B) Tuberculosis
C) Bronchitis
D) Heart failure
D
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1. Caring theory 2. Transactional analysis theory 3. Maslow's theory 4. Lewin's theory
The nurse explains to the family of a client with a spinal cord injury that IV methylprednisolone will reduce
a. pain. b. possibility of seizure. c. muscle spasms. d. spinal cord edema.
The nurse is reviewing drug therapy for hypertension
According to the JNC-8 guidelines, antihypertensive drug therapy for a newly diagnosed hypertensive African-American patient would most likely include which drug or drug classes? a. Vasodilators alone b. ACE inhibitors alone c. Calcium channel blockers with thiazide diuretics d. Beta blockers with thiazide diuretics
A patient has a body mass index (BMI) of 27. How should the nurse explain this finding to the patient?
A. Obese B. Normal weight C. Overweight D. Metabolic syndrome