A heart rate of 66 beats per minute, a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per minute, and a blood pressure (BP) of 120/80 mm Hg represents __________ data
A. personal
B. disputable
C. subjective
D. objective
D
Personal data refer to patient's name, age, sex, etc. Subjective data are patients' perceptions about their health problems.
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1. 4000 mEq/h 2. 4 mEq/h 3. 1.6 mEq/h 4. 0.16 mEq/h
A client with a gastric ulcer and Helicobacter pylori infection is being treated with triple therapy (bismuth, metronidazole, and amoxicillin) and ranitidine (Zantac)
The client asks why ranitidine is necessary, because the triple therapy will treat the cause of the ulcer. What is the nurse's best response? A. "Ranitidine will help to heal the ulcer and prevent recurrence." B. "Ranitidine is a potent antibiotic used to eliminate H. pylori infection." C. "Ranitidine dissolves in the stomach and coats the ulcer so it will heal faster." D. "Ranitidine will help control diarrhea that can result from the triple therapy."
Critical pathways are designed to indicate:
a. key events that must happen each day in order to achieve an acceptable length of stay b. actions that are acceptable by the health care team and actions that are not acceptable c. the client's responsibilities in working with the health care team d. turning points in which the client is not progressing normally and requires more critical care
You are working in an extended care facility when M.Z.'s daughter brings her mother in for a week's stay
while she goes on a planned vacation. M.Z. is an 89-year-old widow with a 4-day history of nonlocalized abdominal pain, incontinence, new-onset mental confusion, and loose stools. Her most current vital signs are 118/60, 88, 18, 98.4° F (37.4° C). The medical director ordered a postvoid catheterization, which yielded 100 mL of cloudy urine that had a strong odor, and several lab tests on admission. Urine culture and sensitivity results are pending; the other results are shown in the chart. What condition do the lab reports point toward?