Which example below best characterizes a patient's race?
a. The language spoken in the patient's home is Tagalog.
b. The patient's family follows a kosher diet.
c. The patient and his family have blonde hair and fair skin.
d. The patient's grandparents came to the United States from Germany.
ANS: C
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When a nurse realizes that a medication error has occurred, the nurse should take which of the following steps? (Select all that apply.)
a. Immediately check the patient and determine if the error poses a risk to the patient's condition. If so, notify the physician immediately. b. Try to find someone to blame for the error. c. Notify the nursing supervisor. d. Analyze how and why the error occurred, and how it might be avoided in the future. e. Record in the patient's chart exactly what happened and fill out any other required (incident/medication error) reports.
A pediatric nurse is doing her initial shift assessments on assigned patients. One of the patient's is a toddler with pneumonia. How would the nurse assess this patient's skin turgor?
A) Pinch a fold of skin on the patient's abdomen B) Pinch a fold of skin on the patient's cheek C) Pinch a fold of skin on the patient's upper thigh D) Pinch a fold of skin on the patient's forearm
Which client data requires follow-up nursing care during a gastroscopy?
1. Client in left lateral position 2. Anterior gastric erosion ulcer 3. Blood pressure 86/44 mm Hg 4. Lethargic, aroused with touch
What type of drugsareonabotulinumtoxin A (Botox) and rimabotulinumtoxin B (Myobloc)?
1. Peripherally acting antispasmodic 2. Indirect-acting antispasmodic 3. Centrally acting antispasmodic 4. Direct-acting antispasmodic