A patient is scheduled for extraction of a cataract. How should the nurse classify this patient's surgical procedure?
A. Major elective
B. Minor diagnostic
C. Major constructive
D. Minor elective
Answer: D
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The nurse instructs an anxious mother of a child with Rocky Mountain spotted fever that the disease is:
a. extremely contagious among humans. b. contracted from handling unvaccinated animals. c. a hemolytic B Streptococcus infection spread by droplet transmission. d. a serious disease contracted from the bite of a tick.
With what type of professionals are skilled nursing facilities mandated to staff facilities?
a. Licensed health professionals around the clock b. RN in charge on each shift c. RNs to supervise the patient care given by aides d. Only RNs to provide complex care
A family member of a critically ill patient is verbalizing the purpose of hemodynamic monitoring. Which of the following statements indicates that the family member needs more education?
1. "The hemodynamic monitor can measure how much blood is in the arteries and veins.". 2. "The hemodynamic monitor can measure how much oxygen is left in the blood after it circulates through the body.". 3. "The hemodynamic monitor can measure how much pressure is in the heart.". 4. "The hemodynamic monitor can measure how much blood comes out of the heart each minute.".
A child is brought to the healthcare provider's office. The child has been receiving phenytoin (Dilantin) for seizure activity
The family reports that despite the child's previously reported controlled seizures, the child has been seizing two or three times a day. The nurse would anticipate that the: a. child's medication will be changed. b. child will be admitted to the hospital. c. child will be placed on nasogastric medications. d. child's phenytoin level will be drawn.