A hospital is an example of a/an ____________________ care facility.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
acute
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a. Activity b. Nursing diagnosis c. Times to chart d. Admission form
A patient has undergone bone marrow transplant. Which injection should the nurse anticipate this patient will receive to help stabilize the immune response and prevent rejection?
a. Dexamethasone (Decadron) b. Filgrastim (Neupogen) c. Zidovudine (Retrovir) d. Nevirapine (Viramune)
A patient who has been on methotrexate
therapy is experiencing mild pain. The patient is asking for aspirin for the pain. The nurse recognizes that which of these is true in this situation? a. The aspirin will aggravate diarrhea. b. The aspirin will masks signs of infection. c. Aspirin can lead to methotrexate toxicity. d. The aspirin will cause no problems for the patient on methotrexate.
The nurse will perform which action when doing a wet-to-dry dressing change on a patient's stage III sacral pressure ulcer?
a. Soak the old dressings with sterile saline 30 minutes before removing them. b. Pour sterile saline onto the new dry dressings after the wound has been packed. c. Apply antimicrobial ointment before repacking the wound with moist dressings. d. Administer the ordered PRN hydrocodone (Lortab) 30 minutes before the dressing change.