deWit: Medical-Surgical Nursing COMPILED PACKAGE DEAL EXAMS GRADED A+

The nurse points out that as a result of the aging process one change in the immune system is: - B. reduced ciliary action 1The nurse differentiates the humoral response from the cell mediated response in that the cellmediated response : - A. the sensitized lymphocytes attack the cells for which t...

1. A patient with diabetes mellitus has been maintained on metformin (Glucophage) for regulation of her blood glucose levels. What should be included in this patient's teaching? A. Report changes in voiding patterns. B. Allow 6 weeks for optimal drug effectiveness. C. Increase the amount of die...

A nurse is caring for a patient with signs and symptoms of influenza. What home care for this respiratory condition would be appropriate? 1) Schedule adequate periods of exercise and activity 2) Provide warming measures 3) Restrict fluid intake 3) Consider analgesics and antipyretics - 3) Consi...

How much of the human's body weight is water? - More than half Who are more likely to experience severe consequences with even minor changes in their fluid balances? - The older adult and the very young For all of the cell's life processes to take place, what must there be a continuous exchange...

mental process of perception, memory, judgment, reasoning; ability to perceive and process information - Cognition? diagnosed when there is a significant change in cognition from previous level of functioning; include delirium and dementia - Cognitive disorder? acute confusion, sudden and disapp...

The nursing student is studying the gate control theory of pain. The student correctly identifies the gate control theory of pain as having what characteristic? 1 The gate control theory suggests that when a large volume of nonpainful stimuli are competing for the gate, pain impulses may be block...

Which patients can be assigned to share the same two-bed hospital room? 1 A patient scheduled for a hysterectomy and a patient with a tubal ligation. 2 A patient with pneumonia and a patient who has just returned from having a cardiac catheterization. 3 A patient with AIDS and a patient with bron...