A child has osteosarcoma and the healthcare team is assessing for metastases. What diagnostic study would be the priority?
a. Pancreatic enzyme analysis
b. Liver biopsy
c. Chest x-ray or CT scan
d. Brain MRI
Ans: c. Chest x-ray or CT scan
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A critically ill patient is not expected to survive this admission. The family asks the nurse how the patient is doing. When answering this question, what should the nurse include?
A) Emphasize that the patient is young and strong and may still survive. B) Refer the family to the physician for all details and answers. C) Give specific information such as descending trends in parameters. D) Ask if the family has determined which funeral home will be called.
The nurse is caring for a patient in acute renal failure. The nurse should expect hypertonic glucose, insulin infusions, and sodium bicarbonate to be used to treat:
A) Hypernatremia. B) Hypokalemia. C) Hyperkalemia. D) Hypercalcemia.
Which of the following is a common benign variation in the breasts of a pregnant woman?
a. Unilateral leakage of bloody fluid b. Bilateral leakage of bloody fluid c. Bilateral pronounced venous patterns d. Reddened areas in the tail of Spence
A school bus carrying children in grades K–12 crashed into a ravine. The critically injured children are transported by ambulance and admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
Which is the most effective nursing intervention to calm the frightened children? 1. Explain that the equipment being used is state-of-the-art. 2. Tell the children that the providers are competent. 3. Call the children's parents to come to the unit. 4. Assure the children that the nurses are caring.