Medicine

A nurse is preparing to obtain a sputum specimen from a client. Which of the following nursing actions will facilitate obtaining the specimen?A. Limiting fluidsB. Having the client take 3 deep breathsC. Asking the client to spit into the collection containerD. Asking the client to obtain the specimen after eating
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A nurse is teaching the parents of a school-age child who has asthma about a rescue medication to use during an acute asthma attack. what typeof medications should the nurse include in the teaching?
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a person with schizophrenia hears multiple voices inside his head talking to him at the same time and forcing him to do things. it may be inferred that he is experiencing the symptom of
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A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. The nurse should expect the provider to prescribe a drug from which of the following classifications of antibiotics?a)First generation cephalosporinsb)Third generation cephalosporinsc)Monobactamsd)Macrolides
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which of the following would be one way to reduce the risk of disease transmission between yourself and an injured or ill person?
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which of the following best describes why the secondary response to an antigen is faster than the primary response?
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Focus Charting is just one type of documentation that a nurse can use when reporting on psychiatric-mental health patients. Which of the following statements are correct about Focus Charting? Select all that apply.a. Focus Charting uses the DAR format, which stands for Data, Action, Response.The focus can be on nursing diagnosis, current concerns, or significant changes/events.b. Data are any information that supports the focus and are based only on observations.c. Action includes all nursing actions that address the focus and evaluate the care plan.d.Response is the evaluation of the patient responses to the plan of care.
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A null hypothesis isa) nearly always the same as the research hypothesisb) a statistical hypothesis that assumes that the participants in two treatment groups were unequal before treatment beganc) a statistical hypothesis that assumes there is a difference among the effects of the treatmentsd) a statistical hypothesis that assumes that there is no difference among the effects of treatments
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the split-off point is the point in the manufacturing process at which the products can be recognized as separate products
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which statement is accurate and included in the inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine information statement?
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A nurse is providing postoperative teaching for a client who had a total knee arthroplasty. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? a. Flex the foot every hour when awake. b. Place a pillow under the knee when lying in bed. c. Lower the leg when sitting in a chair. d. Ensure the leg is abducted when resting in bed.
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what is exocrine gland is found in the dermis and secretes an oily substance to nourish the skin and hair?
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please select the two correct answers to test your understanding of the primary goals of antimicrobial treatment.
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which class of medication promotes urine production to reduce blood volume
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a heart murmur is described as holosystolic. what is the nurse prepared to hear?
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A patient has severe hypertension and enlargement and distention of the left ventricle making filling very difficult. What type of heart failure may the patient display ?Systolic heart failureDiastolic heart failureHigh-output heart failureCor pulmonale
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essential nutrients are nutrients that __________.
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in which situation is there an increased likelihood for prolonged labor?
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physician specializing in eye diseases and disorders is called?
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the method of choice for performing a specific gravity measurement of urine following administration of x-ray contrast dyes is:
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determine the order of the three loci y, ec, and w, and estimate the distances between them on the linkage map of the x chromosome.
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quiz about undesirable and altered immunity?
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Which approach(es) would not decrease a lawyer's incentive to take on a malpractice case? Collateral offset rule Joint and several liability Special health courts No-fault malpractice system
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according to the pre-1967 media stories, which of the following were the major dangers posed by the use of lysergic acid diethylamide (lsd)?
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