A nurse develops a plan of care to meet the needs of a patient who has had a large loss of blood after a snowmobile crash. The interventions include administering and monitoring the patient's physiologic response to intravenous fluids and blood
What has the nurse focused care on?
A) a medical diagnosis C) a collaborative problem
B) a nursing diagnosis D) a goal for care
C
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A child is admitted for revision of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for noncommunicating hydrocephalus. What is a common reason for elective revision of this shunt?
a. Meningitis b. Gastrointestinal upset c. Hydrocephalus resolution d. Growth of the child since the initial shunting
Paul is a first-time father and is changing the diaper of his 1-day-old newborn girl. He asks the nurse, "What is this black sticky stuff in her diaper?" The nurse's best response is:
1. "That is meconium, which is your baby's first stool. It is normal.". 2. "That is transitional stool.". 3. "That means your baby is bleeding internally.". 4. "Oh, don't worry about that. It's okay.".
A nurse at a health care facility administers a prescribed drug to a client and does not record doing so in the medical administration record
. The nurse who comes during the next shift, assuming that the medication has not been administered, administers the same drug to the client again. The nurse on the previous shift calls to inform the health care facility that the administration of the drug to this client in the earlier shift was not recorded. What should the nurse on duty do immediately upon detection of the medication error? A) Report the incident to the physician. B) Report the incident to the supervising nurse. C) Check the client's condition. D) Fill in the accident report sheet.
Which class of drugs is the treatment of choice for acute anginal attacks?
1. ACE inhibitors 2. Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors 3. Organic nitrates 4. Antiplatelet agents