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denial - ANS A nurse in a dialysis center is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of end-stage kidney disease. When he arrives for his first dialysis treatment, he tells the nurse, "I decided to come today, but I am not sure if I will need to come back again this week. I am feeling much better since my discharge from the hospital and I think my kidneys are working again." The nurse should identify that this client is demonstrating which of the following Kübler-Ross stages of grievi...

A nurse caring for a client who has an infected wound removes a dressing saturated with blood and purulent drainage. How should the nurse dispose of the dressing material? A. Discard the dressing in the bedside trash receptacle. B. Dispose of the dressing in a biohazardous waste container. C. Enclose the dressing in a single clear plastic bag and discard in the bedside trash receptacle. - B. Dispose of the dressing in a biohazardous waste container. A nurse is caring for a female client w...

c. "I just can't believe that this dialysis is going to ruin my whole life" - ANS A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of chronic kidney disease. Which of the following statements should the nurse identify as an indication of anticipatory grieving? a. "I know that I will get a kidney transplant. I am a good candidate" b. "I can now eat whatever I want. The dialysis will remove it from my system" c. "I just can't believe that this dialysis is going to ruin my whole...

After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be: a. Objective b. Reflective c. Subjective d. Introspective -ANS a. Objective Rationale: Objective data are what the health professional observes by inspecting, percussing, palpating, and auscultating during the physical examination. Subjective data is what the person says about him or herself during history taking....

A - . After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be: A. objective B. reflective C. subjective D. Introspective C - A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These types of data would be: A. Objective B. Reflective C. subjective D. Introspective A - The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective...

computer's brain – ANS microprocessor performs all operations of computer - ANSCPU what is true about servers? - ANSused to provide services to Web users or users within large organizations procedures that different computers follow when they transmit and receive data – ANS protocols computer on the network that uses services provided by the server – ANS client computer that requests and provides services – ANS peer servers and clients have defined roles – ANS server-centric ne...

IM meds - quickly absorbed, 90 degree angle, 19-23 G needle, 1-2" length, average adult:11/2, 22G, mandatory to aspirate, purpose is to deposit meds into deep muscle for quick absorption deltoid muscle - only used for 1-2 ml of med b/c is smaller muscle quickest absorption - #1 is abdomen, #2 is arm, #3 is buttock Insulin - done sub-q into fatty tissue, measured in Units, draw up air prior and insert into vial Regular insulin - onset:15-30 mins, clear, peak:30-11/2 hr., duration:3-4 hrs., ...

a. "You are correct, but we have to learn it anyway." b. "This keeps the focus of nursing narrow." c. "Theories help explain why nurses do what they do." d. "Exposure to theories will help you later in graduate school." - ANS: C Theories offer well-grounded rationales for how and why nurses perform specific interventions and for predicting and/or prescribing nursing care measures. Although nursing theory will help the nurse in graduate school, it is also an important basis for ...

If a person were to eat a diet that provided carbohydrate, fat, and micronutrients, but very little protein, for example if he or she ate only whole-wheat pita bread with olive oil, body would manufacture amino acids to make essential proteins from fatty acids and glycogen. metabolism would decrease to conserve amino acids until protein intake was resumed. liver would recirculate amino acids instead of breaking them down and excreting urea. body would break down muscle tissue to provide...

Which of the following would be the earliest auscultatory finding in left ventricular failure (LVF)? A. Crackles B. S3 C. Murmur of mitral regurgitation D. Pericardial friction rub - B. S3 LVF would be the most subtle because early changes are usually subtle changes. Choose "S3." A patient with a triple-lumen subclavian catheter has been receiving total parenteral nutrition, maintenance fluids, and antibiotics by the catheter. He has been slightly confused. Suddenly he grasps the cathe...