Aspirin intake carries an increased risk of
A. headache pain
B. gastric bleeding
C. vaginal bleeding
D. increased blood clotting
Answer: B. gastric bleeding
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A 19-year-old patient with a diagnosis of Down syndrome is being admitted to your unit for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. When planning this patient's care, the nurse recognizes that this patient's disability is categorized as what?
A) A sensory disability B) A developmental disability C) An acquired disability D) An age-associated disability
Toddlers often express their anger through
1. crying. 2. manipulation. 3. temper tantrums. 4. direct aggression.
When teaching a patient about injection site selection and rotation, and how to self-inject insulin, which statement made by the patient indicates that clarification is needed?
a. "The abdominal site is best because it is closest to the pancreas." b. "I can reach my thigh the best, so I will use different areas of the same thigh." c. "By rotating the sites within one area, my chance of having tissue damage is less." d. "If I change injection sites from the thigh to the arm, the rate the insulin is absorbed may be different."
A nurse is teaching a patient who has congested lungs how to keep secretions thin and more easily coughed up and expectorated. What would be one self-care measure to teach?
A) Limit oral intake of fluids to less than 500 mL per day. B) Increase oral intake of fluids to 2 to 3 quarts per day. C) Maintain bedrest for at least 3 days. D) Take warm baths every night for a week.