The nurse uses the diaphragm of the stethoscope to best assess:
a. carotid sounds.
b. lung sounds.
c. vascular sounds.
d. low-pitched sounds.
B
Lung sounds are auscultated by using the diaphragm of the stethoscope.
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a. "You may take some sips of water when I begin to insert the tube into your nose." b. "Please hold your breath when I insert the tube through your nose." c. "Tilt your head down to your chest when the tube gets to the back of your throat." d. "The distance from the end of your nose to your navel tells me which size tube to use."
As a nurse, you rate a patient's pain on a scale from severe to low. This results in which type of scale?
A. interval B. ratio C. ordinal D. nominal
The health care provider prescribes 10 mg morphine sulfate IM for a postoperative 145 lb. client
If the recommended dose for morphine sulfate is 0.1-0.2 mg/kg/dose, what is the dosage range of morphine sulfate for this client and is the prescribed dose of morphine sulfate safe for this client? a. Yes because the client can receive up to 20 mg per dose. b. Yes because the client can receive between 6.6 mg and 13 mg per dose c. No because the client can only receive a maximum of 6.5 mg per dose. d. No because the client can only receive a maximum of 4 mg per dose.
A client's social readjustment rating scale score was 325. The nurse should interpret this result as increasing the client's risk for:
1. disease. 2. sleep disturbances. 3. developing obesity. 4. inactivity.