Master Medicine with Fun Quizzes & Brain Teasers!

when completing a butterfly draw on a pregnant patient, the phlebotomist accidentally scratches the top of her hand through the glove as the needle is withdrawn. what should be done next?
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which of the following would be the least likely cause of an altered level of consciousness in a patient with a burn? a.hypoperfusion b.hypoglycemia c.head injury d.hypertension
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the nurse is providing education on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (stis) to clients. the nurse understands which client is at the highest risk of contracting an sti?
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a client has been diagnosed and treated for primary syphilis. what instruction should the nurse give this client about follow-up testing?
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a client with chronic kidney disease (ckd) has been receiving erythropoietin injections as prescribed. which outcome would indicate to the nurse that this medication has been effective?
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a patient on your unit has bacterial colitis and is being treated with oral vancomycin. why is vancomycin given orally, rather than intravenously, in the treatment of bacterial colitis?
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explain the patient factors that should be considered when a patient ais treated holistically.
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In the context of psychotherapy, what is the difference between inpatients and outpatients?.
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a child has a fluid volume deficit. the nurse performs an assessment and determines that the child is improving and the deficit is resolving if which finding is noted?
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an older adult client is being treated for benign prostatic hypertrophy and is prescribed the cholinergic doxazosin. the health care practitioner knows this medication has what effect?
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a client prescribed levothyroxine asks the nurse to explain when the medication should be taken. which would the nurse include in the response?
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a client is questioning the nurse about a superinfection that developed while receiving fluoroquinolone therapy. which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?
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one of the easiest ways to assess if you are at a healthy weight is to group of answer choices compare yourself to your friends. weigh yourself. look in the mirror. determine your bmi.
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a client who gave birth to a baby 36 hours ago informs the nurse that she has been passing unusually large volumes of urine very often. how should the nurse explain this to the client?
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when monitoring patients on the intensive care unit (icu), which central venous oxygen saturation (scv0 2/sv0 2) reading would the nurse report to the health care provider immediately?
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population studies suggest that people whose diets lack foods rich in beta-carotene have a higher incidence of: group of answer choices anemia macular degeneration osteomalacia rickets
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a nurse is providing care to a postpartum woman and is completing the assessment. which finding would indicate to the nurse that a postpartum woman is experiencing bladder distention?
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a nurse is caring for a 27 week premature infant who is receiving oxygen by head box. what is one important nursing measure to reduce the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (rop)?
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a client is prescribed mefloquine for malaria prophylaxis prior to a trip to rural southeast asia. when should the nurse instruct the client to begin taking the prescribed mefloquine?
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after assessing a client's progress of labor, the nurse suspects the fetus is in a persistent occiput posterior position. which finding would lead the nurse to suspect this condition?
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which action would the nurse take when caring for a client transferred to the postanesthesia care unit after a pyelolithotomy whose urinary output is 50 ml/h?
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in a client that has no medical history of allergies, what might the health care practitioner recommend for an over-the-counter (otc) anti-inflammatory medication for an ankle sprain?
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a client being treated for gerd is instructed to take over-the-counter h2-blocker. before the health care practitioner recommends the most widely used h2-blocker, what should she ask?
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the nurse is caring for a client with symptoms of ototoxicity from aminoglycoside administration. on which structure does the medication produce the ototoxic effect?
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