Heparin is administered to
A. decrease blood clotting.
B. increase blood clotting.
C. decrease blood cell production.
D. increase blood cell production.
A
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A nurse teaches a client who is recovering from a urography. Which instruction should the nurse include in this client's discharge teaching?
a. "Avoid direct contact with your urine for 24 hours until the radioisotope clears." b. "You may have some dribbling of urine for several weeks after this procedure." c. "Be sure to drink at least 3 liters of fluids today to help eliminate the dye faster." d. "Your skin may become slightly yellow from the dye used in this procedure."
The nursing student received a failing score on the first exam. The student develops a plan to increase the score of the next exam by including which of the following activities? (Select all that apply.)
a. understand each missed question and review related content b. move on to the next area of content c. wait until peers take the test and ask what was on it d. stay home to have extra study time instead of attending class e. attend test reviews f. look for patterns among the mistakes
The nurse assigned to the assertive community treatment program is responsible for determining the
location of a new inner city site for a 3-hour block of time each Tuesday. The nurse has learned the following facts: A conference room is available on the sixth floor of city hall as well as a large lobby area on the first floor, either of which could each be used as a site between 9 AM and noon. City police have been successful in clearing homeless individuals from a two-block area around city hall. A firehouse near city hall has offered a room that could be used on alternate Tuesdays from 2 to 5 PM. A fast-food restaurant located approximately four blocks from city hall is willing to allow use of its "party room" from 7 to 10 AM. The most preferable site would be the a. city hall conference room. b. city hall lobby. c. firehouse room. d. restaurant "party room.".
When a client is in remission of nephrotic syndrome, which of these therapies should be considered?
a. corticosteroid and diuretic administration b. kidney biopsy c. kidney transplant d. administration of pneumococci and flu vaccines