The home health nurse examines a child being treated at home with acetaminophen for a flulike ailment and finds the initial sign of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, which is:
a. Bleeding from the nose
b. A pustular rash on the face
c. Blister-like lesions between the fingers
d. Mucosal lesions in the eyes and mouth
D
The sign of Stevens-Johnson syndrome after the flulike period is the appearance of lesions in the eyes and mouth as well as in the entire gastrointestinal tract.
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TPN is necessary for some seriously ill older patients to provide nutrition; however, it may cause low blood levels of
a. Calcium b. Phosphorus c. Vitamin B2 d. Copper
After teaching the parents of a child with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder about ways to control the child's behavior, the nurse determines a need for additional teaching when the parents state which of the following?
A) "If he starts to act out, we'll have him do a time-out to help him refocus." B) "We can use a reward system when he behaves appropriately." C) "If he misbehaves, we need to punish him instead of reward him." D) "We need to help him set realistic goals that he can achieve."
A patient has not responded to a long-standing intervention by producing a desired outcome. Which of the following should the nurse do if implementing evidence-based practice?
1. Find research, quality improvement study outcomes, and information from experts to change the intervention. 2. Apply the intervention again. 3. Find a research study about the intervention and apply the study's finding. 4. Evaluate what went wrong with the intervention.
Prepare a 300 mg dose from a label reading 300 mg/5mL
What will be an ideal response?