Medicine

the nurse is preparing an intraoperative care plan for a client. which intervention would be excluded from the care plan?
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the nurse is caring for a client who was hit on the head with a hammer. the client was unconscious at the scene briefly but is now conscious upon arrival at the emergency department (ed) with a gcs score of 15. one hour later the nurse assesses a gcs score of 3. what is the best nursing action based on the assessment findings?
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the use of pressure anesthesia before, during, and after palatal injections to blanch the tissue is recommended to reduce patient discomfort. the overlying palatal tissue is dense and adheres firmly to the underlying bones of the palate. group of answer choices both the statement and reason are correct and related. both the statement and reason are correct but not related. the statement is correct, but the reason is not. the statement is not correct, but the reason is correct.
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a nurse is teaching a client with osteoporosis about dietary selections. what client statement indicates the teaching was effective?
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which type of illness produces physical symptoms for which no disease or other organic cause can be identified?
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a medical assistant looks in a reference book to determine whether a particular drug is a controlled substance. what is the most authoritative standard for officially approved drugs in the united states?
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research that was identified as an experimental design in psychology might be called what other synonymous term if it were work testing a new treatment in medicine?
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when assessing correct body alignment when the client is standing, the nurse would document which abnormal findings? select all that apply.
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the environmental service manager contacted the infection prevention and control (ipac) team about the risk of transmission of influenza in the rehabilitation therapy room. what effective interprofessional communication strategy does the example demonstrate?
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the client with a diagnosis of gastric ulcer has a prescription for oral sucralfate four times daily. the nurse reinforces instructions to the client about which adverse or side effect that can occur while taking this medication?
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a 12 kg child is prescribed azithromycin for community-acquired pneumonia. the prescription is for 10 mg/kg on day 1, followed by 5 mg/kg/dose once daily on days 2-5. azithromycin is available as a 100 mg/5ml suspension. how many mls will be required to complete the course?
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According to the American Dental Association, 8% of adults have never had cavity- dental graduate student contacts an SRS of 000 adults and calculates the proportion p in this sample Who have never had cavity. Identify the mean of the sampling distribution ofp_ Calculate and interpret the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of p. Check that the 10% condition is met Is the sampling distribution of p approximately Normal? Check that the Large Counts condition is met Find the probability that the random sample of 1000 adults will give & result within 2 percentage points f the true value. If the sample size were 9000 rather than 1000, how would this change the sampling distribution of.p?
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true or false? new hiv infections among newborns has declined by 50% since 2010 because fewer women with hiv are becoming pregnant.
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based exclusively on your review of structured and unstructured data, do you think it should be possible to generate a list of all patients with a certain icd10 diagnosis? why or why not?
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the nurse is caring for a client with a stage iv leg ulcer. the nurse is closely monitoring the client for sepsis. what would indicate that sepsis has occurred and that the health care provider should be notified immediately?
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a big difference in the treatment of childhood cancer as opposed to adult cancer is that chemotherapy is the most widely used treatment therapy for childhood cancer. what is the reason for this?
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assessment of a client who is bedridden due to hip fracture reveals atrophy of the leg muscles due to immobility. the nurse demonstrates understanding of muscle atrophy by identifying what as a characteristic?
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according to sectioin iv diagnositic coding and reporting guideline for outpatient service how does the first listed diagnosis in the outpatient setting differ from the selection of the principal diagnosis
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a nurse performs an initial examination of a client brought to the emergency department after sustaining a head injury in an automobile accident. which characteristic of discharge from the ears should alert the nurse that the client has a cerebrospinal fluid leak?
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the physician has ordered a mu opioid analgesic for a patient with pain. what drug does the nurse anticipate administering?
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vincent recently went to work for a hospital system. he is reading about various regulations that apply to his new industry. what law applies specifically to health records?
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a furiously angry and aggressive client was put in restraints and was told that the restraints would be removed once the client regained control. the nurse appropriately removes the restraints when which action occurs?
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dr. render is a neuropsychologist who works with postsurgical patients who have had surgery to sever the corpus callosum (to reduce severe seizures). when she presents the word sal-ted to one patient, sal transmits to his left visual field and ted to his right visual field. she then asks him to tell her what he saw. what does this patient say?
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which of the following is an example of a smart goal? group of answer choices stop drinking alcohol. reduce my weekend alcohol consumption from 4 or more drinks per night to no more than 3 drinks per night. drink less alcohol. none of these.
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