When would a nurse use The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services?
a. Conducting group risk appraisal and risk reduction
b. Providing recommendations for preventive interventions
c. Completing a community wellness inventory
d. Improving environmental living conditions and sanitation
ANS: B
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A patient's CVP reading suddenly increased from 10 to 48 mm Hg. His lungs are clear except for fine rales at the bases. Immediate response should be which of the following?
a. Nothing; this reading is still within normal limits. b. Place a stat call into the physician. c. Administer ordered prn Lasix. d. Check the transducer level.
A patient who has a long-term addiction to opioids takes an overdose of barbiturates. The nurse preparing to care for this patient will anticipate:
a. a severe abstinence syndrome when the effects of the barbiturates are reversed. b. minimal respiratory depression, because the patient has developed a tolerance to opioids. c. observing pinpoint pupils, respiratory de-pression, and possibly coma in this patient. d. using naloxone [Narcan] to reverse the effects of the barbiturates, because cross-tolerance is likely.
A 6-year-old child is diagnosed as having streptococcal pharyngitis. When planning care, you should be aware that the chief danger of such an infection is that
A) lymph nodes will swell and obstruct the airway. B) the infection may spread and cause a tooth abscess. C) a small proportion of children develop rheumatic fever. D) four out of five children develop nephrosis afterward.
Which of the following best describes a health professional shortage area (HPSA)?
a. An area with inadequate health care facilities for residents b. An isolated area of underserved populations within an urban region c. A region with insufficient numbers of health care providers d. A rural region of the United States with a population density of less than 10,000