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A client has had a Miller-Abbott tube in place for 24 hours. Which assessment finding indicates that the tube is properly located in the intestine? Aspirate from the tube has a pH of 7 A client is resuming a diet after a Billroth II procedure. To minimize complications from eating, which actions should the nurse teach the client to do? Select all that apply. Lay down after eating Eat a diet high in protein Eat six small meals per day The nurse assists the health care provider with a liver b...

large molecules often contain carbon. why? - they can readily form bonds with other carbon atoms. this forms a 'backbone'. other atoms can then attach. describe benedicts test for reducing sugars - add equal volumes of the sugar sample and benedicts reagent. heat the mixture in a water bath for 5 minutes. brick red precipitate will form. what is a reducing sugar? - a sugar that can reduce (give electrons to) another chemical. describe the benedicts test for non reducing sugars - with food s...

A male client with bipolar disorder who began taking lithium carbonate five days ago is complaining of excessive thirst, and the RN finds him attempting to drink water from the bathroom sink faucet. Which intervention should the RN implement? A. Report the client's serum lithium level to the HCP. B. Encourage the client to suck on hard candy to relieve the symptoms. C. No action is needed since polydipsia is a common side effect. D. Tell the client that drinking from the faucet is not all...

A male client in the mental health unit is guarded and vaguely answers the nurse's questions. He isolates in his room and sometimes opens the door to peek into the hall. Which problem can the RN anticipate? A. Visual hallucinations. B. Auditory hallucinations. C. Excessive motor activity. D. Delusions of persecution. - D. Delusions of persecution. A female client with obsessive compulsive personality disorder is admitted to the hospital for a cardiac catheterization. The afternoon befor...

A client on the mental health unit is becoming more agitated, shouting at the staff, and pacing in the hallway. When the PRN medication is offered, the client refuses the medication and defiantly sits on the floor in the middle of the unit hallway. What nursing intervention should the RN implement first? - Take other clients in the area to the client lounge A client is admitted to the mental health unit and reports taking extra anxiety medications because, "I'm so stressed out. I just wan...

A provider prescribes phenobarbital for a client who has a seizure disorder. The medication has a long half-life of 4 days. How many times per day should the nurse expect to administer this medication? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four - A. One (Medications with long half-lives remain at their therapeutic levels between doses for long periods of time. The nurse should expect to administer this medication once a day.) A staff educator is reviewing medication dosages and factors that influen...

A nurse is assessing a client who reports using several herbal and vitamin supplements daily, including saw palmetto. The nurse should recognize that saw palmetto is a supplement used by clients to elicit which of the following therapeutic effects A. urinary health promotion B. immune system stimulation C. decreased leg pain from arterial disease D. prevention of nausea caused by motion sickness - A. urinary health promotion Saw palmetto is used primarily for manifestations related to pro...

A patient newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism is prescribed Levothyroxine (Synthroid) 0.25 mg PO daily. After 6 weeks of treatment the nurse determines that the medication was effective if the: 1) Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level is 2 microunits/mL 2) Total t4 level is 2 mcg/dL - 1) Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level is 2 microunits/mL A nurse providing teaching to a client who has just been prescribed prazosin (Minipress) which of the following client statement indicates under...

The home care nurse is visiting an older client whose spouse died 6 months ago. Which behavior by the client indicates ineffective coping? 1. Neglecting personal grooming 2. Looking at old snapshots of family 3. Participating in a senior citizens' program 4. Visiting their spouse's grave once a month - 1. Neglecting personal grooming Rational: Coping mechanisms are behaviors used to decrease stress and anxiety. In response to a death, ineffective coping is manifested by an extreme beha...

How does blood flow through the heart? - Deoxygenated venous blood → Sup. Vena Cava → Right Atrium →Tricuspid (AV) →Empties into R. Ventricle (& it contracts) → Blood ejected through Pulmonary Valve → Pulmonary Artery → Lungs to be Oxygenated → Pulmonary Veins → L. Atrium → Mitral (AV) → L. Ventricle (pumps with each contraction) → Aortic Valve → Aorta → Body What is systole? - Contraction of the heart which pumps blood Diastole - Relaxation of the heart What p...