The nurse is working on a busy respiratory unit. In caring for a variety of clients, the nurse must be knowledgeable of diagnostic studies
With which diagnostic studies would the nurse screen the client for an allergy to iodine? Select all that apply. A) Lung scan
B) Chest x-ray
C) Fluoroscopy
D) Pulmonary angiography
E) Bronchoscopy
F) Pulmonary functions test
A, C, D
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The nurse must be well educated in screening clients before diagnostic procedures which include contrast medium for an allergy to iodine. A lung scan, fluoroscopy and pulmonary angiography all require contrast medium.
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1. Increased turnover in the organization 2. Increased client satisfaction on the unit 3. Increased litigation against the organization 4. Decreased sick call-ins on the unit 5. Decreased job satisfaction 6. Decreased nurse recruitments
The nurse is administering a controlled substance that is ordered in a smaller dose than what is available. What should the nurse do with the remaining amount of medication?
a. Save the remaining medication until the patient is scheduled to take the medication again. b. Flush the remaining medication in the toilet in the patient's bathroom. c. Ask another nurse to witness the waste, sign the inventory report, and document the situation. d. Administer the dose that is available and not the smaller dose ordered.
What does the rationale for use of balanced anesthesia with a client include?
a. A desire for a slow induction of anesthesia to maintain the anesthetic state b. A reduction in the amount of drug to maintain the desired state of anesthesia c. The need to minimize adverse reactions through maximizing side effect d. The need for increased respiratory depression during the surgical period
Which of the following best explains how the government inadvertently encourages low-income persons to use emergency departments as their primary care provider?
a. A huge amount of paperwork is required when Medicaid clients go to a physician's office. b. Government regulations require Medicaid clients to use emergency departments when their primary health care provider is unavailable. c. Legally, emergency departments must see clients even if clients can't pay. d. Physicians' limited office hours make them unavailable during evenings and weekends.