The capability of the fetus to survive outside the uterus is called ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
viability
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A nurse is educating a patient who has Parkinson disease and her husband about the possible adverse effects of carbidopa-levodopa. The nurse should emphasize the need for the patient and her husband to monitor for any sudden increase in
A) involuntary movements. B) perspiration. C) appetite or thirst. D) mobility.
A nurse performed these actions while caring for patients in an inpatient psychiatric setting
1 . Removed cuticle scissors from a suicidal patient. 2 . Helped a patient make an appointment with an attorney. 3 . In patient's presence, opened a package mailed to patient. 4 . Remained within arm's length of patient with homicidal ideation. 5 . Permitted a patient with psychosis to refuse oral psychotropic medication. Which action violated patients' rights? (Select all that apply.) a. none b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4 f. 5
The nurse is working with a father and his three children, ages 10, 14, and 17. The mother recently died after a long illness. The children are doing poorly in school, and the father is having a difficult time keeping up with household chores
He has recently taken on a second job to help pay his late wife's hospital bills. Which nursing diagnosis should the nurse consider in planning care for this family? Select all that apply. 1. Dysfunctional Grieving 2. Impaired Family Processes 3. Impaired Adjustment 4. Caregiver Role Strain 5. Hopelessness
When preparing to cool a patient who is to begin therapeutic hypothermia, which intervention will the nurse plan to do (select all that apply)?
a. Assist with endotracheal intubation. b. Insert an indwelling urinary catheter. c. Begin continuous cardiac monitoring. d. Obtain an order to restrain the patient. e. Prepare to give sympathomimetic drugs.