Which of the following patients, based on age, would require extra consideration when calculating medication dosages?
A. 70-year-old male
B. 25-year-old female
C. 40-year-old female
D. 18-year-old male
Answer: A
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a. Client with a Glasgow Coma Scale score that was 10 and is now is 8 b. Client with a Glasgow Coma Scale score that was 9 and is now is 12 c. Client with a moderate brain injury who is amnesic for the event d. Client who is requesting pain medication for a headache
A nurse is caring for a client from a different culture. Which of the following actions would be the most helpful for the nurse to take?
a. Ask to have a nurse from that culture assigned to the patient even if the nurse must be obtained from a different clinical area b. Be aware of cultural similarities and differences between the nurse and the client c. Explain that the patient must follow the rules of the hospital while a patient d. Verbalize the nurse's own discomfort, and ask for assistance with surmounting the cultural differences
An older adult patient experienced a fall and required treatment for a fractured hip on the orthopedic unit
Which of the following are contributory factors to the incidence of falls and fractured hips among the older adult population? Select all that apply. A) Loss of visual acuity B) Adverse medication effects C) Slowed reflexes D) Hearing loss E) Muscle weakness
Change 3/10:2/5 to a fraction. ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word