When caring for an HIV-positive patient, what isolation technique should the nurse implement?
A) Droplet
B) Aerosol
C) Contact
D) Standard
D
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During a home visit, the nurse is concerned that an older client is at risk for nutritional health problems. Which data collected during the home visit caused the nurse to come to this conclusion?
Select all that apply. A) Client's spouse recently died. B) Client prepared a stew on the weekend and has been eating it for 4 days. C) Client's adult children arrive to eat dinner together several times a week. D) Client is prescribed 15 medications. E) Client's Social Security payments have gone down over the last year.
A patient with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is no longer responding to the medication vancomycin (Vancocin). The nurse realizes that this patient is most likely demonstrating which condition?
1. A superinfection 2. VISA 3. VRE 4. PRSP
What is a potential side-effect of acupuncture?
Which type of atypical antipsychotic is available in special formulations for difficult patients needing immediate treatment from a psychotic episode?
A. Risperidone B. Aripiprazole C. Olanzapine D. Clozapine