The advanced practice nurse explains that the client has an upper respiratory infection (URI) and suggests several measures that might make the client more comfortable
Which of the following best describes why the nurse doesn't just prescribe antibiotics as the client repeatedly requests? (Select all that apply.)
a. Antibiotics are expensive, whereas the support measures would be almost free of cost.
b. Viral diseases are not affected by antibiotics.
c. Clinics cannot afford to continually give antibiotics to anyone who asks for them.
d. The more antibiotics are prescribed, the more infectious agents develop resistance to such drugs.
ANS: B, D
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a. The office staff needs to make sure that the right medicine was administered be-fore the patient leaves. b. The nurse always forgets to ask the patient about allergies before administering the antibiotic. c. Antibiotics are a common source of severe allergic reactions within the first few minutes after an injection. d. The staff wants to make sure that the pa-tient has time to pay for the services deli-vered that day.
Concerning dysfunctional labor, nurses should be aware that:
1. women who are underweight are more at risk. 2. women experiencing precipitous labor are about the only "dysfunctionals" not to be exhausted. 3. hypertonic uterine dysfunction is more common than hypotonic. 4. abnormal labor patterns are most common among older women.
A nurse is counseling an adolescent, in her second month of pregnancy, about the risk of teratogens. The adolescent has understood the teaching if she makes which statement?
a. "I will be able to continue taking isotretinoin (Accutane) for my acne." b. "I can continue to clean my cat's litter box." c. "I should avoid any alcoholic beverages." d. "I will ask my physician to adjust my phenytoin (Dilantin) dosage."
The rhythmic contractions of the lining of the GI tract to push food along the passageway is defined as which of the following?
A. peristalsis B. intestinal motility C. defecation D. eructation