A patient has been admitted to the hospital with burns to the upper chest. The nurse notes singed nasal hairs. The nurse needs to assess this patient frequently for which condition?
a. Decreased activity
b. Bradycardia
c. Respiratory complications
d. Hypertension
ANS: C
Signs and symptoms of inhalation injury include singed nasal hairs. Breathing difficulties may take several hours to occur.
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The pediatric nurse understands blood types. Which of the following donor/recipient matches are suitable? (Select all that apply.)
A. Donor: A+ Recipient: A+ B. Donor: B+ Recipient: B- C. Donor: AB+ Recipient: Anyone D. Donor: O- Recipient: Anyone E. Donor: A- Recipient: A-, A+
If you are supporting the steps in the AHRQ document "Five Steps to Safer Health Care," you would ensure that:
a. Patients are actively encouraged to make decisions related to care. b. Rules and decisions are made through centralized processes. c. You monitor the performance of each staff member closely. d. Preference is given to increasing staff numbers rather than staff credentials.
Stress the ____________________, not the disability.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Immediately after receiving spinal anesthesia a client develops hypotension. To what physiologic change does the nurse attribute the decreased blood pressure?
a. dilation of blood vessels b. decreased response of chemoreceptors c. decreased strength of cardiac contraction d. distribution of cardiac accelerator pathways.