A nurse recognizes that diseases of adaptation are most likely to occur when:
A) Individuals have not had to face stress in the past.
B) Individuals inherit maladaptive genes.
C) Existing conditions exacerbate stress.
D) Physiological and psychological resources become depleted.
D
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What is the primary purpose of nursing orders?
a. To support physician's orders b. To provide direction for all caregivers c. To provide broad, general statements d. To clarify nursing principles
A patient receiving treatment for lymphoma suddenly becomes critically ill and is diagnosed with tumor lysis syndrome. The nurse would review laboratory results for which expected levels?
1. High serum phosphate 2. Low serum potassium 3. Low serum calcium 4. High uric acid 5. Hyponatremia
When an individual's serum pH begins to fall below 7.35, the mechanism that responds instantaneously to return the serum pH to normal level is
a. ammonia gas combining with H+. b. excretion of acid by the lungs. c. plasma bicarbonate buffering the acid. d. secretion of hydrogen ions (H+) by the kidneys.
A patient is being weaned from parenteral nutrition. Which of the following interventions would support the weaning process?
1. Reduce the rate according to protocol. 2. Discontinue the nutrition and provide regular meals. 3. Discontinue parenteral nutrition and begin enteral nutrition. 4. Discontinue parenteral nutrition and begin peripheral nutrition with dextrose 20%.