A client comes to the emergency department with a fever, diarrhea, and general malaise. Which information obtained during assessment does the nurse communicate immediately to the health care provider?
a. Blood pressure of 110/90 mm Hg
b. Allergy to aspirin
c. The client having just returned from a 14-day trip to Asia
d. A blood transfusion 12 years ago
C
Travel can expose the client to infectious organisms that he or she might not ordinarily encounter in the local community, increasing the chance that infection could lead to illness. The client's diastolic blood pressure is slightly high but would not need to be reported immediately. The as-pirin allergy should be noted on the client's chart but most likely will not be a factor in the client's immediate problem. A blood transfusion 12 years ago would not likely be the cause of the client's current problems.
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The nursing student tells her instructor, "My patient is Jewish and when I tried to teach her about her antihypertensive medication she said, ‘I'd rather eat chicken soup than take those medications.'"
What is the most appropriate response by the instructor? a. "This is common folk medicine among some Jewish people. You can talk to her about taking her medications and eating chicken soup." b. "There is no scientific evidence to support chicken soup as a substitute for antihypertensive medications. Maybe you should do some research on this." c. "The patient can make her own choices and decisions, and there is nothing we can do about this." d. "You can tell the patient she can eat her soup, but she needs to understand that she has to take her medications first."
You share the family's joy at the birth of their baby and demonstrate it with warm congratulations for the parents and admiration for the baby. This is an example of which nursing attitude?
1. empathy 2. unconditional positive regard 3. protectiveness 4. genuineness
The nurse understands that ______________ is defined as a decreased response occurring in the course of prolonged CNS drug use.
A. tolerance B. addiction C. physical dependence D. psychological dependence