Ultimate Medicine Study Guide - Questions & Answers

the nurse is assisting the health care provider with a colonoscopy for a client with rectal bleeding. the health care provider requests the nurse to administer glucagon during the procedure. why is the nurse administering this medication during the procedure?
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true or false? sarah has been experiencing considerable dietary complications. to ease her constipation, sarah makes herself vomit after some of her meals. due to the self-induced vomiting, sarah must be suffering from bulimia nervosa. group of answer choices
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a scientist wants to study the effect of vitamin c on colds. he gave 1000 mg of vitamin c per day to 100 people. what would be the best control?
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the nurse is caring for a client who has health insurance that is a form of managed care. what are likely characteristics of this client's health-care plan? select all that apply.
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a nurse is in the orientation phase of the nurse-client relationship with a client diagnosed with a mental disorder. when interviewing the client during this first encounter, which information about the client would be most important for the nurse to obtain?
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the nurse is teaching the parents of a 5-year-old child diagnosed with head lice about using permethrin. the nurse determines that the teaching was successful based on which statement by the parents?
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FILL IN THE BLANK. a neurodevelopmental disorder in which the child develops normally early in life, and then shows neurological and cognitive impairments is called ___ syndrome
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which of the following vital signs indicated the rhytmic beats that are felt as the heart pumps blood through the arteries?
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how should you care for a responsive infant who is choking and cannot cough, cry or breathe?
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a woman had a baby by normal spontaneous vaginal delivery a few minutes ago. the nurse notes that a gush of blood was just expelled from the vagina, the umbilical cord lengthened, and the fundus has risen in the abdomen. what should the nurse conclude?
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the nurse is educating the parents of a child requiring renal replacement therapy the parents express concern because they live in a remote, rural area with no access to pediatric specialty dialysis units. which would the nurse recommend to the parents?
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a school health nurse plans to use evidence-based practice (ebp) to guide the development of health education programs most likely to increase retention of learning in elementary school children. what may be the best way to use ebp in this situation?
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remi is so frightened of flying that they refuse a very good job offer that would have required them to travel by plane several times a month. remi has which type of phobia? group of answer choices situational blood-injury-injection natural environment
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an important first step for a clinician in the diagnostic process involves group of answer choices planning a treatment strategy. gaining a clear description of the client's symptoms. commencing the treatment program. ruling out differential diagnoses.
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a nurse is caring for a client who received naloxone to reverse respiratory depression due to opioid therapy. the client is now complaining of pain and wishes to receive the newly prescribed pain medication. what is the correct action by the nurse?
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during a pharmacology class the students are told that some drugs need to be closely monitored. what aspect should the nurse closely monitor for in clients who have been administered salicylates, loop diuretics, quinidine, quinine, or aminoglycosides?
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c. a hospital introduces a new order-entry system and wishes to study the impact of this intervention on the number of medication-related adverse events before and after the intervention. write a non-directional alternative hypothesis for this study.
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a client is diagnosed with syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (siadh). laboratory results reveal serum sodium level 130 meq/l and urine specific gravity 1.030. which nursing intervention helps prevent complications associated with siadh?
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the nurse is assessing the neurological functioning of a preschool child. what actions will best review functioning of cranial nerve iii?
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an 8-year-old boy comes to the emergency room with an eye injury after having a glass bottle shatter near his face. which intervention should the nurse do first while assisting this client?
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a child has been diagnosed with hookworm. the nurse is teaching the parent about the treatment for the condition. which statement made by the parent confirms that further education is needed?
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which level of trauma can provide appropriate medical intervention and support for patient sustained critical injuries in a multiple vehicle collision and needs advanced surgical care
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the nurse is caring for an adolescent who suffered an injury during a diving accident. during assessment the client is demonstrating the posturing in the figure. the nurse is aware that this type of posturing is the result of injury to what area?
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a health care client is looking to create wearable devices that constantly monitor the health of critical patients, suggest medications, and alert a doctor in case of an emergency. how do 5g and edge computing work together to make this possible?
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