HURST10

The nurse is planning care for four clients with different medical issues. With which diagnosis would a client benefit most from an integrative medicine healthcare strategy?

chronic fatigue syndrome who has had no relief of fatigue. Chronic fatigue syndrome is a chronic health problem that is difficult to treat using only traditional medicine and responds well to the use of an integrative medicien healthcare strategy by using a combination of traditional and holistic threapies.

A premature HIV+ infant has been admitted to the Pediatric Unit with a new diagnosis of cytomegalovirus (CMV). The charge nurse is aware the most appropriate staff to assign to this client is what individual?

A new nurse orienting to the unit. Even though the new nurse is orienting, there are no indications of any untoward symptoms or illnesses which could put this new nurse at risk of CMV.

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?

call the nursing supervisor to request additional staff immediately. The hospital nurse to client staffing ratio should reflect the complexity of nursing care for high acuity clients.

The parents of a child admitted with rheumatic fever (RF) ask why the child has been placed on bedrest. The nurse explains that bedrest serves what primary purpose for the client?

decreases workload on the heart. Rheumatic fever is a secondary, infectious process that occurs several weeks after an unresolved streptococcal infection, such as strep throat.

A client who had a triple lumen catheter placed in the right subclavian vein 30 minutes ago reports chest discomfort and shortness of breath. The assessment reveals BP 92/58, HR 104, Resp 28, and unequal breath sounds over lung fields. What problem should the nurse suspect this client is exhibiting?

pneumothorax is the number one potential complication of all central venous access devices