The nurse monitors the patient receiving phenobarbital for what adverse reaction?
A. Gingival hyperplasia
B. Renal insufficiency
C. Drowsiness
D. Insomnia
Answer: C. Drowsiness
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1. Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale 2. Ballard Maturity Scale 3. Dubowitz Gestational Age Scale 4. Ortolani maneuver
The population health nurse encourages a single parent of a child with juvenile arthritis to participate in weekly yoga classes. Which type of coping is the nurse encouraging this parent to develop?
1. Emotional. 2. Future-focused. 3. Problem-focused. 4. Appraisal-focused.
A client with peptic ulcer disease is scheduled for a partial gastrectomy and vagotomy. The nurse understands the surgery will accomplish which of the following physiologic effects?
A) Improve the nutritional status. B) Delay gastric emptying. C) Prevent pernicious anemia. D) Remove source of acid secretion.
A nurse is helping a potential home health client acquire the supplies that will be needed once the client is discharged from acute care. When considering these supplies, the nurse should remember that:
A) Medicare will cover supplies, but only with a physician's written order. B) Most clients in this age group live on a fixed income, and supplies used should be as economical as possible. C) Clients have to be responsible for their own supplies. D) Between insurance supplements and Medicare, the elderly client shouldn't have any difficulty with coverage.