Health promotion for hypertension
What will be an ideal response?
Educate patient on weight loss:
Limit alcohol use
Increase aerobic exercise activity pattern
Reduce sodium intake
Maintain adequate sources of dietary potassium, calcium and magnesium
Smoking cessation
Reduce intake of saturated fats and cholesterol
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a. Administering PRN sedation to calm the patient. b. State: "You may not hit others; you are safe here.". c. Distract the patient into playing a board game. d. State: "I notice you are trying to hit people.".
The nurse assesses a patient's endotracheal cuff pressure to be 22 mm Hg. The purpose for assessing the cuff pressure is to
1. check endotracheal tube placement. 2. facilitate a nasogastric tube feeding. 3. ensure adequate blood flow to the trachea and surrounding tissues. 4. determine if suctioning is needed.
The nurse is assessing an adolescent patient admitted to the emergency department (ED) with right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain. What test can be done to assess for appendicitis?
1) Murphy sign 2) Iliopsoas muscle test 3) CVA tenderness 4) Scratch test
The Jones Criteria established in 1944 was established to assist in the diagnosis of:
1. Kawasaki disease. 2. Rheumatic heart disease(RHD). 3. Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis. 4. Toxic Shock Syndrome.