"I want to suck your blood"
What blood type is known as the “universal recipient”?*
What blood type is known as the “universal recipient”?*
C. Type AB
After performing an assessment, the nurse suspects that a patient is experiencing symptoms of osteoarthritis. Which findings supports this suspicion? (select all that apply)
A. Leg tremors
B. Joint tenderness
C. Joint flexibility
D. Crepitation
E. Joint Stiffness
A. Leg tremors
B. Joint tenderness
C. Joint flexibility
D. Crepitation
E. Joint Stiffness
What was the first wrapped penny candy in America?
Tootsie Rolls
A student nurse resists when encouraged to be creative when providing client care. What should the nurse educator say to encourage this student to be creative?
1. Creativity allows unique solutions to unique problems.
2. Not all your answers are going to be from your textbook.
3. Creativity makes nursing more fun.
4. Youll get bored if you dont learn to be creative.
10. A patient had hip surgery 16 hours ago. During the previous shift the patient had 40 mL of drainage in the surgical drainage collection device for an 8-hour period. The nurse refers to the written plan of care, noting that the health care provider is to be notified when drainage in the device exceeds 100 mL for the day. On entering the room, the nurse looks at the device and carefully notes the amount of drainage currently in it. This is an example
B
Rationale:
The patient's baseline for wound drainage was 40 mL, representing the initial assessment of the patient's wound condition. In this example the nurse is evaluating to determine if there is a change in the amount of drainage, which indicates the progress of wound healing.
Which of the following events requires immediate intervention by the nurse while teaching a nursing student how to administer PRBCs?
A. The nursing student says that the A- unit of blood may be given to a patient who is AB+
B. The nursing student primes the blood tubing with 5% dextrose to avoid having air bubbles in the tubing while administering the blood
C. The nursing student asks the nurse to double check the blood tubing set up, even though the blood has already been double checked.
D. The nursing student says that there are no extra considerations when giving A- blood to a patient who is pregnant for the second time.
B. The nursing student primes the blood tubing with 5% dextrose to avoid having air bubbles in the tubing while administering the blood
("poverty in bone"): low bone mass; reduction in bone volume (or mass) to below normal levels is known as
A. Osteoporosis
B. Spinal Lordosis
C. Osteoarthritis
D. Osteopenia
Double jeopardy: What is the diagnostic test for this condition?
D. Osteopenia
A dexa scan is a high precision xray that measures bone mineral density and bone lossThe scoring system for the scan measures your bone loss against that of a healthy young adult, according to standards established by the WHO. This is called your T score.
Which candy bar is listed as the most popular among trick or treaters.
The Snickers bar.
The patient was told she has carcinoma in situ, and the student nur wonders what that is. How should the nurse explain this to the stud
A nurse has been working on a surgical unit for 3 weeks. A patient requires a Foley catheter to be inserted, so the nurse reads the procedure manual for the institution to review how to insert it. The level of critical thinking the nurse is using is:
Commitment.
B.
Scientific method.
Basic critical thinking.
D.
Complex critical thinking.
C
Rationale:
This is an example of basic critical thinking, in which the nurse trusts that experts have the right answers for how to insert th Foley catheter and thus goes to the procedure manual.
Thinking is concrete and based on a set of rules or principles.
A patient has the following arterial blood gas (ABG) results: pH 7.32, PaO2 88 mm Hg, PaCO2 37 mm Hg, and HCO3 16 mEq/L. The nurse interprets these results as
a. metabolic acidosis.
b. metabolic alkalosis.
c. respiratory acidosis.
d. respiratory alkalosis.
a. metabolic acidosis.
The PH and HCO3 indicate acidosis.
The nurse is providing teaching to a young adult who is at risk for early-onset osteoporosis. Which intervention should the nurse suggest?
A) The client should stop all physical activity.
B) The client should reduce the intake of dairy in the diet.
C) The client should increase intake of calcium and vitamin D.
D) The client should start estrogen replacement therapy.
Answer: C
Explanation: A) An appropriate goal for this client is a diet rich in calcium and vitamin D. Walking and weight-bearing exercise help prevent osteoporosis, so the client should not stop all physical activity. Dairy is rich in calcium, so reducing intake of dairy is not recommended. Due to the client's age, it is not likely that the client needs estrogen replacement therapy at this time.
What is the oldest Halloween candy?
Double jeopardy.
What was the original name?
candy corn
It was first marketed as "Chicken Feed," and it was a candy that drew its inspiration from an industry that helped build America: agriculture.
The nurse completes collecting data from a client and determines a list of problems.
Which step in the nursing process should the nurse perform next?
A. assess
B. diagnose
C. evaluate
D. plan
D. plan
client is admitted with a cervical spine injury sustained during a diving accident. When planning this
client's care, the nurse should assign highest priority to which nursing diagnosis?
Impaired physical mobility
Ineffective breathing pattern
Disturbed sensory perception
Dressing or grooming self-care deficit
Ineffective breathing pattern
You're assessing your patient's morning labs. The metabolic panel shows the following results below. Which results are abnormal? Select all that apply:*
A. Potassium 2 mEq/L
B. Sodium 110 mEq/L
C. BUN 10
D. Magnesium 2.3 mg/dL
E. Phosphorus 1 mg/dL
F. Glucose 96 mg/dL
G. Creatinine 5 mg/dL
A. Potassium 2 mEq/L
B. Sodium 110 mEq/L
E. Phosphorus 1 mg/dL
G. Creatinine 5 mg/dL
A client diagnosed with localized idiopathic osteoarthritis (OA) asks the nurse what this means. Which response by the nurse provides the most accurate information?
A. "Idiopathic describes OA overall while localized indicates that it affects one body joint only."
B. "Idiopathic refers to the fact that the OA has already progressed significantly in one or two joints."
C. "Idiopathic OA has no identifiable cause; when it is localized, it only affects one or two joints."
D. "Idiopathic OA, as compared with secondary OA, is caused by some kind of underlying condition."
C. "Idiopathic OA has no identifiable cause; when it is localized, it only affects one or two joints."
What do the Ms op m & m candy mean?
The candy creator Mars and Murry
Which of the following nursing diagnoses
would be written when the nurse suspects that
a health problem exists but needs to gather
more data to confirm the diagnosis?
a. Actual
b. Potential
c. Possible
d. Apparent
C possible
Review the following list of nursing diagnoses and identify those stated incorrectly. (Select all that apply.)
A,B,and D.
Rationale:
Acute pain related to lumbar disk repair uses a medical diagnosis as a related factor. Sleep deprivation related to difficulty falling asleep uses a clinical sign rather than a treatable etiology such as "excess noise in environment." Potential nausea related to nasogastric tube insertion uses a diagnostic study as the etiology. None of the etiologies can be managed or treated by nursing intervention.
Your patient needs 1 unit of packed red blood cells. You’ve completed all the prep and the blood bank notifies you the patient’s unit of blood is ready. You send for the blood and the transporter arrives with the unit at 1200. You know that you must start transfusing the blood within _________.
A. 5 minutes
B. 15 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 1 hour
C. 30 minutes
A chronic skeletal bone disorder in which excessive bone resorption is followed by replacement of normal marrow by vascular fibrous CT. The new bone is larger, disorganized, and structurally weaker
Pagets disease
cause unknown tends to be familial
often no symptoms
dx in 40's
often found incidentally elevated alk phos leve, low serum calcium levels abnormal x-ray
bone scan to confirm
4.
Which candy bar was named after a horse?
A. Pay day
B. Kit Kat
C.
What, according to research, do nurses and admin staff do better than doctors?
Write
9. A nurse has been working on a surgical unit for 3 weeks. A patient requires a Foley catheter to be inserted, so the nurse reads the procedure manual for the institution to review how to insert it. The level of critical thinking the nurse is using is:
A. Commitment.
B. Scientific method.
C. Basic critical thinking.
D.Complex critical thinking.
C
Rationale:
This is an example of basic critical thinking, in which the nurse trusts that experts have the right answers for how to insert th Foley catheter and thus goes to the procedure manual.