The nurse is planning care for a patient with signs of acute adrenal insufficiency. What is the priority nursing diagnosis?
A. Altered comfort
B. Altered nutrition
C. Fluid volume deficit
D. Activity intolerance
Answer: C. Fluid volume deficit
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The public health nurse serves a population where food insecurity is prevalent. When assessing for food insecurity, the nurse is likely to observe which behavior?
A) A lack of knowledge about proper nutrition B) A lack of cooking skills C) Making poor food choices at the grocery store D) An inability to secure nutritious food
A patient is receiving the antitumor antibiotic doxorubicin (Adriamycin) to treat lung cancer. The patient is experiencing shortness of breath and palpitations. The nurse is concerned that the patient has developed which condition?
a. Anemia b. Cardiotoxicity c. Hypersensitivity d. Pulmonary infection
American _______ / Alaska Natives are the racial ethnic group that report the highest illicit drug use for the past month.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
When mixing dry powder with 150 mL of distilled water to process a prescription order calling for reconstituted oral antibiotic suspension, 40 doses of 5 mL each, the final suspension, in milliliters, accounted for by the dry drug is:
A. 50 B. 100 C. 150 D. 200