A client is admitted with a diagnosis of fever of unknown origin. The health care provider's orders include requests for blood and urine cultures, initiation of intravenous (IV) fluids, and IV antibiotics. Which actions must the nurse take FIRST?
a. Start antibiotics to ensure fastest treatment of underlying pathogen.
b. Obtain cultures before initiating antibiotic therapy.
c. The order of procedures does not matter.
d. Establish an intravenous line.
B
Priority nursing intervention when cultures and antibiotics are ordered is to ensure the culture sample has been collected prior to starting the first dose of antibiotic medication.
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a. "I've heard many people say that it helps to prevent the flu." b. "All-natural products are safe to use so you don't have to worry about it." c. "Some dietary supplements may interact with other medications, but since echinacea is a plant you don't have to worry." d. "Before taking any dietary supplement you should discuss potential adverse side effects with your healthcare provider."
Ralph is an experimental psychologist. He studies rat behavior. He runs rats through a maze, under different scent conditions. At the end of the maze is cheese. Sometimes the maze is lit, and sometimes it is dark
During each run, the rates are subjected to different scents (cat pheromone, the smell of cheddar cheese, tiger pheromone, the smell of rat feces) at crucial decision-points in the maze. Ralph measures the time it takes the rats to finish the maze. Which of the following could be considered independent variables in this study? (Select all that apply.) a. The rats b. Light versus dark c. Ralph d. The amount of time the rats take to finish the maze e. The scents f. The cheese at the end of the maze g. Rat behavior
When auscultating the patient's blood pressure (BP), what should the nurse do to avoid the auscultatory gap
1) Take a palpable BP. 2) Inflate the cuff to 30 mm Hg greater than the point where the palpable pulse is obliterated. 3) Inflate the cuff to the point where the palpable pulse is obliterated. 4) Always inflate the cuff above 200 mm Hg pressure.
Dying patients are often put on a very restrictive diet
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.