You are the nurse on a medical unit taking care of a 50-year-old man, A.A., who was admitted 18 hours
ago with peptic ulcer disease secondary to suspected chronic alcoholism.
You enter A.A.'s room and find
him having a generalized convulsive (tonic-clonic) seizure.
What is your immediate concern for A.A.?
This patient is at risk for total airway collapse resulting in hypoxia leading to brain damage.
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A client in psychotherapy asks the mental health practitioner what the goal of this treatment is. What would be the practitioner's best response?
A) "The goal is to reduce the symptoms of the emotional disturbance." B) "The goal is to allow clients to make choices." C) "The goal is to help clients have the inner courage to act on their priorities." D) "The goal is to give advice to the client."
A client who is a body builder has noticed a decrease in muscle mass. What should the nurse suspect as the reason for this client's muscle mass change?
a. Fat restriction b. Protein restriction c. Use of ergogenic aids d. Carbohydrate restriction
The nurse researcher knows it is important to make a distinction between target and accessible populations. What is the target population?
A) Aggregate of cases that conform to designated criteria and that are accessible for a study. B) Aggregate of cases about which the researcher would like to generalize. C) Characteristics of individuals that must not be included in the research sample. D) Characteristics of individuals that meet the specific population characteristics.
A patient who had a hypophysectomy 3 days ago begins to have 3000 mL of urine output every shift and complains of thirst and a dry mouth. Which problem does the nurse suspect?
a. Overreaction to diuretics b. Diabetes insipidus (DI) c. Diabetes mellitus d. Glucose intolerance