The lab has called the nurse to report the completion of the urinalysis. The physician suspects the client has acute glomerulonephritis. What would be present in the urine in acute glomerulonephritis?
a. nitrites c. leukocyte esterase
b. proteniuria d. casts
B
A client with acute glomerulonephritis will show proteinuria in urinalysis. Nitrites, casts and leukocyte esterase are all negative in a normal urinalysis.
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a. warm, edematous, and red. b. painful and cyanotic. c. painless and numb. d. edematous and cool.
The nurse is determining the effectiveness of nutritional teaching with a pregnant patient. Which food item that the patient selects indicates that additional teaching on good sources of iron is needed?
A) Milk B) Beef C) Grains D) Legumes
What is the best way for the nurse to communicate with a client who is intubated and is receiving mechanical ventilation?
a. Ask the client to point to words on a board. b. Ask the client to blink for "yes" and "no." c. Have the client mouth words slowly. d. Teach the client some simple sign lan-guage.
You are delegating a task to another RN on your team. Which of the following would be the most appropriate instruction for the RN? a. "Please teach the patient how to do ostomy care at home.". b. "Please teach the patient and the family the correct method for ostomy care when thepatient is discharged."
c. "Please assess the patient's understanding of how to care for the ostomy while at homeand report back to me when you finish.".s d. "Please construct a teaching plan for this patient's ostomy care today. Be sure that the patient and his wife will be able to perform effective ostomy care at home."