A patient is diagnosed with hypermagnesemia. The nurse would assess for which changes on the patient's cardiac rhythm strip?
1. Prolonged QT interval
2. Tachycardia
3. Narrow, upright QRS
4. Atrioventricular (AV) block
5. Prolonged PR interval
1, 4, 5
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A client is receiving plasmapheresis as treatment for Goodpasture's syndrome. When planning care, the nurse places highest priority on interventions for which client problem?
a. Reduced physical activity related to the disease's effects on the lungs b. Inadequate family coping related to the client's hospitalization c. Inadequate knowledge related to the plasmapheresis process d. Potential for infection related to the site for organism invasion
The preoperative nurse who is providing patient teaching to a 49-year-old patient who is scheduled to undergo a right-side inguinal surgery repair
The nurse informs the patient that the American Society of Anesthesiologists recommend that patients undergoing surgery with a general anesthesia fast from meat and fried foods for how many hours before surgery? a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8
The method of anesthesia in labor that is considered the safest for the fetus is:
a. epidural block. b. pudendal block. c. local infiltration. d. spinal (subarachnoid) block.
Which is the largest artery?
a. Aorta b. Carotid artery c. Radial artery d. Brachial artery