A patient has tearing of the eye and states that he has a gritty feeling of the eye. What common eye disorder is suspected?
A) Hordeolum
B) Blepharitis
C) Conjunctivitis
D) Glaucoma
C
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A 20-year-old male patient has been brought to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance with a gunshot wound that has resulted in urethral trauma. In light of this patient's injuries, the ED nurse should anticipate what intervention?
A) Insertion of a urinary catheter B) Cystoscopy C) Insertion of a suprapubic catheter D) Lithotripsy
The unit is extremely busy when the physician orders that a urinary catheter be inserted in a patient. The patient's assigned nurse is new, has seen the procedure done, but has never done it independently
How should the charge nurse handle this situation? 1. The charge nurse should do the procedure to save time. 2. The charge nurse should ask the new nurse to try the procedure alone. 3. The charge nurse should assign the task to a different nurse. 4. The charge nurse should assist the new nurse with the procedure.
A 58-year-old female asks the nurse how often she should have a mammogram. The nurse states she should have one done:
A) every year. B) every other year until age 75, then yearly. C) every 5 years if her current one is negative. D) only if she feels a lump or has a strong family history of breast cancer.
The nurse is talking to the working parents of a child with sickle cell anemia. The nurse explores the feelings of the parents and finds that both parents are admitting to feeling guilty a lot of the time
Which of the following causes will the nurse most likely find as the greatest contributor or cause of this guilt? a. Both parents are carrying at least one recessive gene for sickle cell anemia. b. Both parents are working and cannot spend as much time with the child as they would like. c. The parents are not able to help their child more, and they fear that the child is suffering a great amount of the time. d. The child wants more and more things that cost more and more money, and the parents can't comply because of hospital bills.