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Which of these hospital staff members will the nurse manager assign to coordinate the discharge of a client who will need community-based rehabilitation services after a traumatic injury? A. The nurse who is responsible for the client's case management B. The physical therapist who developed the client's exercise program C. The physician who is assigned as the client's medical resident D. The unit-based RN who has cared for the client during the hospital stay - Correct Answer: A. Th...

What is coping? Strategies or practices that help people deal with stress. What is general adaptation syndrome? a three-stage set of physiological processes that prepare, or adapt, the body for danger so that an individual is more likely to survive when faced with a threat. When stress is perceived the hypothalamus activates one of two systems. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal or the sympathetic nervous system. What is the flight or fight response? The hypothalamus communicates with the res...

A client has these arterial blood gas values: anion gap 20 mEq/L, pH 7.29, pCO2 37mm Hg, HCO3- 11 mEq/L, base excess -6 mEq/L. With what condition do these values correspond? a) Hyperkalemia b) Multiple myeloma c) lithium toxicity d) Lactic acidosis - Correct Answer: d) Lactic acidosis Anion gap (AG) is the difference between the plasma concentration of sodium ions and the sum of the measured anions (chloride and bicarbonate). Normally, the AG value should be between 8 and 16 mEq/L. AG will ...

Nursing Implications SIADH - Answer: I and O Daily weights Fluid restriction as ordered Monitor Na Medications as ordered S/S of Hypercalcemia - Answer: Stones: renal stones Bones: bone pain; fractures Groans: nausea, anorexia, constipation, peptic ulcers, pancreatitis Moans: fatigue, myalgia, proximal muscle weakness, joint pain Psychiatric Overtones: depression, memory loss, confusion, lethargy, coma Thrones: polydipsia, polyuria, constipation Cardiac arrest Renal failure

1. A client with frequent PVCs is prescribed metoprolol, a beta blocker. The nurse is providing discharge teaching. Which of the following instructions is most important for the nurse to include? Answer>>>: Take your blood pressure regularly and report any significant changes 2. A nurse is reviewing the medication list of a client with first-degree heart block. The client is taking metoprolol and digoxin. What is the nurse's priority action? Answer>>>: Contact the healt...

1. Describe the desirable properties of drugs. What is the most important property? Effectiveness — ability to achieve desired result Safety — favorable risk/benefit ratio Selectivity — targets only desired site with minimal side effects 2. Review the rights of medication administration. Right drug Right patient Right dose Right route Right time Right documentation 3. Which patients are at highest risk during preadmission assessment? Those with liver or kidney impairment Pregn...

prescription for nifedipine be least appropriate? a. hypertension b. angina c. atrial fibrillation d. pvc's - Answer>>>: d. pvc's Which adverse effect will the nurse monitor for in a patient who is receiving amlodipine? a. Diarrhea b. Ankle edema c. Diaphoresis d. backache - Answer>>>: b. ankle edema What effect do calcium channels have on vascular smooth muscle? a. Positive Inotrope b.. Postiive chromotope c. Negative Chromotrope d. Negative Inotrope - Answer&...

Assessment findings include heart rate of 48bpm, 2+ pedal edema, and orthopnea. Which action would the nurse take first? - Answer>>>: Hold digoxin- hold digoxin if patient is experiencing bradycardia Heart undergoes cardiac remodeling during initial phase of heart failure. Which structural change occurs with heart failure? - Answer>>>: Ventricular wall thickening Nurse is preparing to adminster daily dose of digoxin. What is priority nursing intervention? - Answer>>>...

What effect does ASA have on the blood? - Answer>>>: Suppresses platelet aggregation (platelets less sticky) Three main adverse effects of ASA - Answer>>>: Occult GI bleeding Salicylate toxicity Reye's Syndrome (ammonia builds up; common in kids younger than 15; can cause confusion & combative behavior) ASA has these 3 characteristics - Answer>>>: • Anti-inflammatory • Antipyretic • Analgesic What is the aspirin triad (Samter's triad) - Answer&g...

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a treatment modality for which of the following disorders of cardiac function? a) Aortic valve regurgitation and aortic stenosis b) Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade c) Dilated cardiomyopathies d) Atherosclerosis and unstable angina - Answer>>>: d) Atherosclerosis and unstable angina Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may be the treatment of choice for people with significant coronary artery disease (CAD) who do not respond to m...