Master Medicine with Fun Quizzes & Brain Teasers!

which characteristics would the nurse consider when attempting to assess the defense mechanism of an older adult client with neurocognitive disorder due to vascular impairment?
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a 33-year-old client with a history of sickle cell disease had an emergent open reduction and internal fixation of the right femur after a car crash. which nursing intervention
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which std is characterized by active and dormant stages? when a person chooses to treat this std, a future outbreak (active stage) may be more serious and harder to get rid of.
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a client has been prescribed a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (ssri) to treat depression. the regular use of which herbal supplement requires intervention by the nurse?
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after removing the dressing of a client's central venous access device (cvad), the nurse notes dried blood at the catheter insertion site. what is the next action by the nurse?
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the nurse is caring for an older client with dementia. for which reasons will the nurse question giving the client a prescribed antipsychotic medication? select all that apply.
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a client is taking masculinizing hormone therapy. what education will the nurse provide regarding masculinizing hormone therapy and the cessation of menses?
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a parent expresses concern that a 5-year-old child may develop epilepsy because the child experienced a febrile seizure at age 18 months. what will the nurse tell this parent?
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the nurse in charge of a rehabilitation center is planning the client assignments for the day. which client should the nurse assign to the unlicensed assistive personnel (uap)?
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a female adolescent is reporting general malaise and lethargy. which clinical assessment should the nurse perform in an effort to confirm or rule out infectious mononucleosis?
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an adolescent is diagnosed with a perceived inability to ingest food related to recent seizure activity which assessment data would be appropriate for identifying hyponatremia
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a group of students are role-playing scenarios involving biological weapon exposure. which medication would the students identify as using for a client with cutaneous anthrax?
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what explanation should a nurse give to a client who asks why it is important for her to stay off her back when the fetus is being monitored with electronic fetal monitoring?
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a nursing student is preparing to conduct a clinical conference regarding osteomyelitis. which event triggering the inflammatory process should be included in the discussion?
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the nurse is planning to teach a 9-year-old child with type 1 diabetes to perform blood glucose monitoring. which information would the nurse use as a basis for the teaching?
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a nurse is caring for a client who is receiving a corticosteroid for arthritic pain. which statement made by the client would raise concern about medication dosage revision?
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what assessment should the nurse perform prior to administering pharmacologic treatments prescribed for a client diagnosed with cocaine-induced psychosis?
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a patient's negative expectation about the outcome of a surgical proceudre can increase their experience of pain. this best illlustrates the imporatnce of
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achieving an optimal level of fitness should give someone question 1 options: 1) more energy 2) better ability to deal with stress 3) improved self image 4) all of the above
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a nurse is organizing the care of a child who takes somatropin. the desired outcome the nurse should prioritize in the planning of this child's care is that the client will:
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the client is reporting gi disturbances after receiving the first dose of carbidopa/levodopa for parkinson disease. which action should the nurse prioritize for this client?
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when picked up by a parent or the nurse, an 8-month-old infant screams and seems to be in pain. after observing this behavior, which would the nurse discuss with the parent?
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the so called baby aspirin an 80 mg dose is usually prescribed for people at risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke what is the physiological basis for this prescription
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after teaching a group of students about conditions that can lead to heart failure, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students identify:
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