The child with hydrocephalus is found to have an obstruction in the subarachnoid space. Based on this finding, the child has __________ type of hydrocephalus
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Communicating
Communicating hydrocephalus is caused by a defect in the absorption of CFS in the subarachnoid space.
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A daughter of an older adult patient who has just returned from surgery is distressed about her father's pale, cold hands and feet. What is the best response by the nurse after covering the pa-tient with an extra blanket?
a. "Don't be concerned. It is quite cold in the operating room. Your dad will be warm in a minute." b. "Older patients like your dad get a little shocky during surgery." c. "When patients have blood loss during surgery, superficial vessels close off tem-porarily, resulting in cold extremities." d. "We are watching the disturbed circula-tion in your dad's hands and feet very carefully."
The nurse is reviewing the health history of a patient diagnosed with an acute lung injury for a cause of the disease process. Which statement correctly identifies the cause for this type of lung injury?
1. Acute lung injury can be caused indirectly from sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, or pancreatitis. 2. Acute lung injury is a single organ dysfunction syndrome that has a chronic onset. 3. Acute lung injury is caused by few infiltrates on chest radiography. 4. Acute lung injury is caused by right ventricular failure.
A nurse is assessing a patient's ethnohistory. Which question should the nurse ask?
a. What language do you speak at home? b. How different is your life here from back home? c. Which caregivers do you seek when you are sick? d. How different is what we do from what your family does when you are sick?
The nurse developing a plan of care for a client whose spouse recently died determines the client has a problem with dysfunctional grieving. Which priority intervention does the nurse incorporate into the plan?
A. Monitoring the client's sleep pattern B. Assessing the client's risk for violence toward self and others health care provider C. Obtaining a health care provider's prescription for an antidepressant D. Assisting the client in resolving the grief through emotional, cognitive, and behavioral means