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A nurse is caring for a patient with Paget's disease and is reviewing the patient's most recent laboratory values. Which of the following values is most characteristic of Paget's disease?
A) An elevated level of parathyroid hormone and low calcitonin levels B) A low serum alkaline phosphatase level and a low serum calcium level C) An elevated serum alkaline phosphatase level and a normal serum calcium level D) An elevated calcitonin level and low levels of parathyroid hormone
The nurse is calling report to the emergency room from a long-term care facility. The nurse states that the client abruptly experienced a change in mentation including disorientation and confusion
Vital signs are: temperature, 102.2° F; pulse rate, 88 beats/minute; respiratory rate, 24 breaths/minute; and blood pressure, 152/70 mm Hg. Lungs are clear. Which potential diagnosis would the emergency room physician place in the initial documentation? A) Delirium B) Dementia C) Disorientation D) Alzheimer's disease
A barely conscious patient is brought to the ER with the handle of a nail file sticking part way out of the right side of the chest. The nurse's actions initially should be to:
1. turn the patient to the left side and prepare to remove the nail file. 2. place a pillow under the right side and elevate the head. 3. notify the charge nurse to call the hospital administration. 4. stabilize the nail file with a dressing and turn the patient to the right side.
A 9-year-old boy has several physical disabilities. His father explains to the nurse that his son concentrates on what he can, rather than cannot, do and is as independent as possible. The nurse's best interpretation of this is that the:
a. father is experiencing denial. b. father is expressing his own views. c. child is using an adaptive coping style. d. child is using a maladaptive coping style.