A patient recovering from thyroid surgery is now experiencing numbness and tingling around the mouth with an increase in irritability. Which additional assessment finding would cause the nurse the most concern?
1. Decreased creatinine and BUN levels
2. Abdominal distention and pain
3. Hyperactive bowel sounds
4. Diarrhea
Answer: 2
You might also like to view...
A patient states: "I'm not worth anything. I have negative thoughts about myself. I want to go to sleep and never wake up." Which nursing intervention has the highest priority?
a. Self-esteem building activities b. Anxiety self-control measures c. Sleep enhancement activities d. Suicide precautions
You are explaining interprofessional education (IPE) to your staff. Which statement would best describe IPE?
1. IPE is concerned with interprofessional relationships. 2. IPE is easy to provide and should be provided to all staff. 3. Multidisplinary and interprofessional are the same when considering education. 4. IPE considers both individual profession competencies and interprofessional competencies.
The evening medication nurse has been noticing some small but seemingly minor inconsistencies as he passes out medications for the clients. He has discovered these events occur most commonly after one nurse
Which action may indicate a nurse is diverting meds for personal use? (Select all that apply.) A) Wasting entire doses B) Duplicate doses disappear C) Substitution of a controlled substance for a noncontrolled D) Medication from a discharge client disappears E) Medications client brought from home disappear
While providing a bath the nurse suspects that an older female patient has a Trichomonas infection. What type of discharge did the nurse observe to come to this conclusion? (Select all that apply.)
a. Frothy discharge b. Foul-smelling discharge c. Yellow-green discharge d. Open sores on the labia majora e. Wart-like growths on the labia minora