A nurse determines that a patient's jugular venous pressure is 3.5 inches. What additional data does the nurse expect to find?
a. Weight loss
b. Tented skin turgor
c. Peripheral edema
d. Capillary refill greater than 5 seconds
ANS: C
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The recommended pediatric dosage for a drug is 0.02 to 0.05 mg/kg/day. The safe dosage range for a child weighing 14 lb is _______________
a. 0.06 to 0.25 mg/day b. 0.28 to 0.7 mg/day c. 0.62 to 1.54 mg/day d. 0.13 to 0.32 mg/day
What is the first step in helping patients to increase adaptability?
a. Assess past methods of coping with stress. b. Suggest using past coping strategies. c. Determine external coping strategies. d. Determine what the patient perceives as stressful.
A 16-year-old boy confides to a nurse that he has been sexually experimenting with a male peer. He reports feeling ambivalent about the encounters and wonders if he is gay. Which is the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) "This phase of your development includes experimentation. It doesn't necessarily mean it's a lifelong commitment." B) "After you've had a homosexual experience, it means you can never be considered exclusively heterosexual." C) "There's nothing to be ashamed about. It's okay to be homosexual." D) "You should look for a nice girl to date."
Chemical names are assigned for each drug. What are the major reasons that nursing usually does not use the chemical name of the drugs?
1. They are usually not brief or easy to remember. 2. They are often difficult to pronounce. 3. There is no standard for assigning names. 4. They do not explain the nature of the drug. 5. There is only one chemical name for each drug.