In interpreting CJ's lab values, indicate those that suggest a nutrition problem and explain why
• Depressed serum albumin and % Lymph indicate protein malnutrition.
• Mg and P indicate improper or inadequate total nutritional intake.
• Hgb, hct, MCV, MCH indicate anemia that could be due to inadequate intake of iron, protein, or food in general.
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A nurse cares for a male client with hypopituitarism who is prescribed testosterone hormone replacement therapy. The client asks, "How long will I need to take this medication?" How should the nurse respond?
a. "When your blood levels of testosterone are normal, the therapy is no longer needed." b. "When your beard thickens and your voice deepens, the dose is decreased, but treatment will continue forever." c. "When your sperm count is high enough to demonstrate fertility, you will no longer need this therapy." d. "With age, testosterone levels naturally decrease, so the medication can be stopped when you are 50 years old."
An older client in a long-term care facility does not sleep much at night and prefers to stay up late reading. The client takes "power naps" during the day. How should the nurse respond to this client's plan to acquire adequate sleep?
1. "Daytime napping is a positive method to restore the missed sleep time at night." 2. "You do not need the same quantity of sleep as younger adults." 3. "If you feel like you are getting enough rest at night, a daytime nap is acceptable." 4. "There is no problem as long as the total number of hours slept per 24-hour period is at least 8."
Which of the following denotes the most serious prognosis?
a. Decorticate posturing b. Decerebrate posturing c. Absence of Babinski reflex d. GCS score of 14
A patient exercises for 30 minutes today. She has not been on an exercise regimen for many years. The exercise will result in what autonomic neurotransmitter to be released?
A) Norepinephrine B) Epinephrine C) Acetylcholine D) Insulin