When suffixes are written without the rest of the word, they are preceded with a hyphen
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False
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The nurse working in the Emergency Department admits a client requiring surgical repair of a laceration on the hand, and anticipates what type of anesthesia?
1. Spinal 2. General 3. Topical 4. Local
A client requests a throat lozenge that is ordered PRN for pain. The nurse should instruct the client to:
a. Chew it before swallowing. c. Dissolve it entirely under the tongue. b. Dissolve it entirely in the mouth. d. Swallow it whole.
Which information from a patient who had a transurethral resection with fulguration for bladder cancer 3 days ago is most important to report to the health care provider?
a. The patient is voiding every 4 hours. b. The patient is using opioids for pain. c. The patient has seen clots in the urine. d. The patient is anxious about the cancer.
Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is still largely a hospital-acquired infection. Community health nurses should know
1. Persons with MRSA usually have a chronic illness. 2. MRSA is still a nosocomial (health-care acquired) infection and not often seen in the community. 3. VRE (Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) follows MRSA. 4. MRSA is becoming more common in the community, especially in school athletic programs and prison populations.