What factors stimulate hyperventilation that can result in respiratory alkalosis?
What will be an ideal response?
Hyperventilation resulting from stress anxiety, use of drugs, change in altitude, disease of the nervous system.
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An 18-year-old pregnant female has tested positive for HIV and asks the nurse if her baby is going to be born with HIV. What is the nurse's best response?
A) "There is no way to know that for certain, but we do know that your baby has a one in four chance of being born with HIV." B) "Your physician is likely the best one to ask that question." C) "If the baby is HIV positive there is nothing that can be done until it is born, so try your best not to worry about it now." D) "It's possible that your baby could contract HIV, either before, during, or after delivery."
Within an energy field perspective, nurses in mutual process assist clients in
A. Negotiating their plan of care. B. Actualizing their field potentials by enhancing their ability to participate knowingly in change. C. Being supported until the client can perform self-care. D. Client-centered cooperative decision-making.
Which of the following tests has become a widely accepted method of evaluating fetal status?
1. Contraction stress test (CST) 2. MSAFP test 3. Non-stress test (NST) 4. Nuchal translucency test
The nurse recognizes which patient as having the greatest risk for undiagnosed diabetes mellitus?
a. Young white man
b. Middle-aged African-American man
c. Young African-American woman
d. Middle-aged Native American woman