The nurse is obtaining a client's health history. Which illness alerts the nurse to the possibility of abnormal heart valves?
a. Tuberculosis
b. Recurrent viral pneumonia
c. Rheumatic fever
d. Asthma
C
Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that typically is caused by infection with group A beta-hemolytic streptococci that can affect the endocardium.
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The nurse is preparing a young adult, female patient for intravenous pyelogram (IVP). What are the priority actions by the nurse prior to this procedure? Select all that apply
a. Obtain an informed consent prior to the procedure. b. Ask whether the patient has an allergy to shellfish. c. Check laboratory results for serum BUN and creatinine. d. Encourage increased fluid intake prior to the procedure. e. Determine whether the patient has had a barium enema in the past 4 days.
A nurse is teaching the parents of an infant with congenital adrenal hyperplasia about the signs and symptoms of adrenal crisis. The nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the parents identify which of the following?
A) Bradycardia B) Constipation C) Fluid overload D) Persistent vomiting
4.499 rounded to the nearest hundredth is
A. 4 B. 4.49 C. 4.5 D. 5
Spontaneous termination of a pregnancy is considered to be an abortion if:
a. The pregnancy is less than 20 weeks. b. The fetus weighs less than 1000 g. c. The products of conception are passed intact. d. No evidence exists of intrauterine infection.