Master Medicine with Fun Quizzes & Brain Teasers!

a nurse is providing care for a client diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) who has been taking methylphenidate for several months. when monitoring for potential adverse effects, the nurse should include what assessments?
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a group of nursing students and their professor are engaged in a service learning project and will be caring for clients in a region in which malaria transmission occurs. what medication should be administered to prevent the development of malaria?
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a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (tens) is prescribed for a client with pain, and the nurse provides information to the client about the tens unit. which client statements indicate the need for further teaching? select all that apply.
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a client with a phobia will be treated for the condition using a behavior modification technique known as systematic desensitization. the nurse describes the components of this form of therapy to the client and reinforces which client instruction?
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the spouse of a client who has been in a long-term care facility for a few months due to a brain injury that caused a vegetative state asks the nurse why the client is still being fed through the gastrostomy tube. what is the nurse's best response
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TRUE/FALSE. of the three core functions of public health, includes development of a competent public health workforce.
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When basing an agency clinical protocol on an evidence-based clinical practice uideline, which of the following courses of action is of questionable effectiveness? a. Selectively include in the protocol the evidence on which the protocol is based - b. Make the staff aware of the new protocol and communicate the expectation that they will follow it c. Design the protocol to closely adhere to the recommendations of a soundly produced guideline d. Develop a strategic plan to introduce the protocol
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the nurse is to make a room assignment for a client diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection. the other clients with empty beds in the room are listed in the accompanying chart. the best room assignment for the new client would be with client
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a physician has been found to have breached his contract with a patient through abandonment. as a remedy, the court may order that the physician continue to treat the patient until the patient can find a new provider. what type of remedy is this?
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the nurse has identified short- and long-term goals for a client after surgery to remove a leg tumor. when determining interventions for the goals, which questions are important for the nurse to consider? select all that apply.
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a patient presents with high fever, fatigue and dyspnea. upon assessment you find tachycardia and tachypnea, labs show leukocytosis and x-ray shows consolidation in the lung. what disease process do you suspect the patient has?
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nursing sensitive indicators that improve if there is a greater quantity or quality of nursing care are referred to as: group of answer choices structure indicators. process indicators. outcome indicators. standard indicators.
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what did magendie learn from his experiment involving the dogs and nitrogen? group of answer choices nitrogen is nonessential in the diet nitrogen is essential in the diet peptides are essential in the diet peptides are nonessential in the diet
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a 22-year-old client calls the clinic and tells the nurse that they are depressed and have been taking st. john's wort. the client wants to know whether this is a safe herbal remedy to take. what medications will the nurse ask specifically about?
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a nurse is developing a plan of care for a client, hospitalized with heart failure, who has a history of parkinson disease and is taking benztropine mesylate (cogentin) daily. which intervention does the nurse identify as a priority in the plan?
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the nurse is preparing to administer suvorexant to a client as ordered. the nurse should question the client receiving this dose and contact the primary care provider first if which findings were noted on the assessment? select all that apply.
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what is a set of screening, clinical, and functional status elements, including common definitions and coding categories, which forms the foundation of a comprehensive assessment for all residents of nursing homes that receive federal funding?
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the nurse is counseling a 28-year-old client with avoidant personality disorder. despite being employed, the client verbalizes having low quality of life due to anxiety and isolation. which therapeutic goals does the nurse establish as priority?
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a client arrives at the ambulatory care clinic with low abdominal pain. a routine urine specimen reveals hematuria. the client does not have a fever. the nurse should next ask the client about a history of which condition?
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a nurse is preparing to access the implanted port of a client's central venous access device (cvad). the nurse asks the client to turn the head away from the access site, but the client is unable to do so. what is the next action by the nurse?
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the charge nurse identifies that three admissions were received during the night shift, one nurse has called in sick, and the clients on the unit have high acuity levels. what action should the nurse implement first to ensure client safety?
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the nurse prepares to give a bath and change the bed linens for a client with cutaneous kaposi's sarcoma lesions. the lesions are open and draining a scant amount of serous fluid. which should the nurse use during the bathing of this client?
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what was the effort in china in which 1.8 million paramedical personnel were trained in rudimentary medicine and sent to rural areas to provide basic medical treatment and assist in efforts at preventive medicine and public health called?
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a patient is to receive 4.00 grams of a cephalosporin antibiotic by iv per day. the 0.500 l iv bag is labeled as containing 500.0 mg cephalosporin per 100.0 ml normal saline solution. what should the flow rate of the iv drip be in ml/min?
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