A first aider must stay with the victim until another equally or better trained person takes over. Failure to do so would be considered:

-negligence
-abandonment
-breach of duty
-assault


abandonment

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A client has a possible connective tissue disease and the nurse is reviewing the client's laboratory values. Which laboratory values and their related connective tissue diseases (CTDs) are correctly matched? (Select all that apply.)

a. Elevated antinuclear antibody (ANA) - Normal value; no connective tissue disease b. Elevated sedimentation rate - Rheumatoid arthritis c. Lowered albumin - Indicative only of nutritional deficit d. Positive human leukocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27) - Reiter's syndrome or ankylosing spondylitis e. Positive rheumatoid factor - Possible kidney disease

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Femoral pulses are palpated and auscultated when you are assessing the ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A client is to receive amoxicillin (Amoxil, Augmentin) suspension. The nurse recognizes which complication of the medication that is due to its hyperosmolar state?

a. Vomiting b. Severe headaches c. Diarrhea d. Clotting abnormalities

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A nurse is caring for and obese 62 year old patient with arthritis who has developed an open reddened area over his sacrum. which of the following is a priority nursing diagnosis?

a. imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements related to immobility b. impaired physical mobility related to pain and discomfort c. Chronic Pain related to immobility d. risk for infection related to altered skin integrity

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