A 30-year-old African-American woman tested positive for TB and is prescribed isoniazid. The nurse will plan the patient's care to include close monitoring of the drug therapy because
A) the process of drug elimination will be faster in this patient.
B) the therapeutic effect of the drug may be too slow to be effective.
C) the patient is at greater risk for high serum levels of the drug.
D) the process of drug metabolism may be faster in this patient.
C
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The nurse stops to assist an adolescent who has experienced severe trauma when hit by a motorcycle. The emergency medical system (EMS) has been activated. The first person who provided assistance applied a tourniquet to the child's leg
because of arterial bleeding. What should the nurse do related to the tourniquet? a. Loosen the tourniquet. b. Leave the tourniquet in place. c. Remove the tourniquet and apply direct pressure if bleeding is still present. d. Remove the tourniquet every 5 minutes, leaving it off for 30 seconds each time.
A nurse in a large metropolitan city enjoys working in a health clinic that primarily serves Hispanic patients. What does this statement imply about the nurse?
A) The nurse's knowledge and skills are not adequate to care for patients with acute illnesses. B) The nurse respects and values providing culturally competent care. C) The nurse is attempting to overcome cultural blindness. D) This employment makes the nurse feel superior to a minority group of people.
A nurse is doing an admission assessment of a young adult female who has a history of depression and who was brought to the hospital by her boyfriend
In response to the nurse's question regarding suicidal ideation, the client discloses that they are thinking about killing themselves. Which of the following questions should the nurse ask the client next? A) "What does your boyfriend think about your desire to kill yourself?" B) "What are your spiritual beliefs about suicide?" C) "What will killing yourself accomplish?" D) "What thoughts have you had about how you would kill yourself?"
A caregiver has just learned that his child has diabetes insipidus and asks the nurse: "Just what is diabetes insipidus?" Which of the following is the nurse's best answer?
a. "This disease involves a shortage of a hormone called antidiuretic hormone (ADH) that normally concentrates urine, and a shortage results in excretion of large amounts of dilute urine." b. "It is a form of diabetes mellitus, and although it shares some features, it is somewhat different from type 1 and type 2." c. "It is the only type of diabetes that does not involve the pancreas and insulin deficiency." d. "There is a malfunction of the thirst mechanism in the brain, and the child drinks copious amounts of water without ever being satisfied and is in danger of water intoxication."